| DIPHTHERIAL | • diphtherial adj. Relating to diphtheria. • DIPHTHERIAL adj. relating to diphtheria. |
| DIPHTHERIAS | • diphtherias n. Plural of diphtheria. • DIPHTHERIA n. an infectious throat disease in which the air-passages become covered with a leathery membrane. |
| DIPHTHEROID | • diphtheroid adj. Of, pertaining to or resembling diphtheria. • diphtheroid adj. Of, pertaining to or resembling the diphtheria bacillus Corynebacterium diphtheriae. • diphtheroid n. Any bacterium that can cause diphtheria. |
| HARPSICHORD | • harpsichord n. (Music) A musical instrument with a keyboard that produces sound through a mechanical process. When… • HARPSICHORD n. a keyboard instrument with horizontal strings that run perpendicular to the keyboard in a long tapering case and are plucked by points of quill, leather, or plastic operated by depressing the keys. |
| HERALDSHIPS | • heraldships n. Plural of heraldship. • HERALDSHIP n. the office of a herald. |
| HODOGRAPHIC | • hodographic adj. Relating to a hodograph. • HODOGRAPHIC adj. relating to a hodograph. |
| HOLDERSHIPS | • holderships n. Plural of holdership. • HOLDERSHIP n. the state of being a holder e.g. of a bill. |
| HYDROPATHIC | • hydropathic adj. Relating to hydropathy. • hydropathic adj. (Chemistry) Relating to hydropathicity. • hydropathic n. A temperance hotel offering hydropathy to guests. |
| HYDROPHILES | • hydrophiles n. Plural of hydrophile. • HYDROPHILE n. a plant loving moist places, also HYGROPHILE. |
| HYDROPHILIC | • hydrophilic adj. (Physics, chemistry) Having an affinity for water; able to absorb, or be wetted by water; water-loving. • HYDROPHILIC adj. of, relating to, or having a strong affinity for water. |
| HYDROPHOBIA | • hydrophobia n. (Pathology) An aversion to water, as a symptom of rabies; the disease of rabies itself. • hydrophobia n. (Psychology, colloquial) A morbid fear of water; aquaphobia. • HYDROPHOBIA n. the morbid fear of water, as in rabies victims. |
| HYDROPHOBIC | • hydrophobic adj. Of, or having, hydrophobia (rabies). • hydrophobic adj. (Physics, chemistry) Lacking an affinity for water; unable to absorb or to be wetted by water. • HYDROPHOBIC adj. having a morbid fear of water. |
| HYDROPHYTIC | • hydrophytic adj. Relating to hydrophytes. • HYDROPHYTIC adj. growing in or by water, also HYDROPHYTOUS. |
| HYPOTHYROID | • hypothyroid adj. Of or pertaining to hypothyroidism. • hypothyroid adj. Having hypothyroidism. • HYPOTHYROID adj. affected with hypothyroidism. |
| SHEPHERDING | • shepherding v. Present participle of shepherd. • shepherding n. The herding of sheep. • shepherding n. The act of one who shepherds or guides. |