| BIOETHIC | • bioethic n. A principle or system of bioethics. • BIOETHIC adj. relating to ethical questions in biology. |
| ECHINOID | • echinoid n. (Zoology) Any sea urchin or sea dollar of the class Echinoidea. • echinoid adj. Resembling a sea urchin. • ECHINOID n. a sea urchin, also ECHINUS. |
| EOLITHIC | • eolithic adj. (Archaeology) of or relating to the early period of the Stone Age marked by the use of eoliths. • EOLITHIC adj. of or like an eolith. |
| HELICOID | • helicoid adj. Having the form of a flattened helix. • helicoid n. (Mathematics) A minimal surface in the form of a flattened helix. • HELICOID n. a type of geometrical curve, a flattened spiral. |
| HELIOSIS | • heliosis n. Sunstroke. • heliosis n. Sunburn. • heliosis n. Exposure to the sun. |
| HEMIOLIA | • HEMIOLIA n. (Greek) in mediaeval music, a perfect fifth, also HEMIOLA. |
| HEMIOLIC | • hemiolic adj. In the proportion of 1½ to 1, or 3 to 2. • HEMIOLIC adj. in poetic rhythms, based on the ratio 3 to 2. |
| HEMIOPIA | • hemiopia n. Hemianopia. • HEMIOPIA n. a defect of vision in consequence of which a person sees only half of an object looked at, also HEMIANOPIA, HEMIANOPSIA, HEMIOPSIA. |
| HEMIOPIC | • hemiopic adj. Hemianopsic. • HEMIOPIC adj. suffering from hemiopia, blind in half the field of vision, also HEMIANOPIC, HEMIANOPTIC. |
| HOMICIDE | • homicide n. (Countable, uncountable, crime) The killing of one person by another, whether premeditated or unintentional. • homicide n. (Countable) A person who kills another. • homicide n. (Countable, US, police jargon) A victim of homicide; a person who has been unlawfully killed by someone else. |
| HOMILIES | • homilies n. Plural of homily. • HOMILY n. a sermon. |
| HOMINIES | • hominies n. Plural of hominy. • HOMINY n. hulled, dry corn. |
| HOMININE | • hominine adj. Of or relating to the Homininae, a subfamily of Hominidae that includes humans, gorillas, chimpanzees… • hominine n. Any member of the subfamily Homininae. • HOMININE adj. characteristic of man. |
| HOMINISE | • HOMINISE v. to alter the environment to conform with evolving man, also HOMINIZE. |
| HOMINIZE | • hominize v. (Transitive) To make human, or treat as if human. • HOMINIZE v. to alter the environment to conform with evolving man, also HOMINISE. |
| INHESION | • inhesion n. Inherence; act of inhering. • INHESION n. the state of being inherent, also INHERENCE, INHERENCY. |
| ISOCHEIM | • isocheim n. An isotherm connecting points on a map with equal mean winter temperature. • ISOCHEIM n. a line connecting points of same average winter temperature, also ISOCHEIMENAL, ISOCHIME. |
| ISOCHIME | • ISOCHIME n. a line connecting points of same average winter temperature, also ISOCHEIM, ISOCHEIMENAL. |
| THIONINE | • thionine n. (Chemistry) An artificial red or violet dyestuff consisting of a complex sulfur derivative of certain… • thionine n. (Organic chemistry) The unsaturated nine-membered heterocycle having eight carbon atoms, one sulfur… • THIONINE n. a violet dye, also THIONIN. |