| CHOROPLETH | • choropleth n. (Sometimes attributive) Ellipsis of choropleth map.. • CHOROPLETH n. a map using symbols (often a series of shadings) on geographic subdivisions to represent each subdivision's level in a range of values. |
| HELIOGRAPH | • heliograph n. An apparatus for signalling by means of a moveable mirror which reflects flashes of sunlight. • heliograph n. A heliogram. • heliograph n. An instrument for measuring the intensity of sunlight. |
| HEPTACHLOR | • heptachlor n. An organochlorine compound formerly used as an insecticide. • HEPTACHLOR n. a very toxic pesticide. |
| HEPTARCHAL | • HEPTARCHAL adj. of or like a heptarchy, government by seven persons, also HEPTARCHIC. |
| HERALDSHIP | • heraldship n. The status or office of a herald. • HERALDSHIP n. the office of a herald. |
| HETEROPHIL | • heterophil n. Alternative form of heterophile. • HETEROPHIL n. a polymorphonuclear leukocyte in humans that may be stained with dyes, also HETEROPHILE. |
| HIEROGLYPH | • hieroglyph n. An element of an ideographic (hieroglyphic) writing system. • hieroglyph n. (Informal) Any obscure or baffling symbol. • hieroglyph v. To represent by hieroglyphs. |
| HOLDERSHIP | • holdership n. The state of being a holder; the condition of having rights to something. • holdership n. The legal right to possess and use something that is owned by someone else. • HOLDERSHIP n. the state of being a holder e.g. of a bill. |
| HOLOPHRASE | • HOLOPHRASE n. a single word expressing a sentence or phrase. |
| HYDROPHILE | • hydrophile n. (Chemistry) Any hydrophilic substance. • hydrophile n. (Zoology) Any organism that thrives in the presence of water. • hydrophile adj. Hydrophilic. |
| HYGROPHILE | • HYGROPHILE n. a plant loving moist places, also HYDROPHILE. |
| HYPAETHRAL | • hypaethral adj. Open-air, outdoor, exposed to the sky. • hypæthral adj. Alternative spelling of hypaethral. • HYPAETHRAL adj. roofless; open to the sky (usually intentionally, so as to see the stars), also HUPAITHRIC, HYPETHRAL, UPAITHRIC. |
| LOPHOPHORE | • lophophore n. (Zoology) A feeding organ of brachiopods, bryozoans and phoronids. • LOPHOPHORE n. a ring of ciliated tentacles round the mouth of some sedentary marine animals. |
| PHILHORSES | • PHILHORSE n. (Shakespeare) a fill-horse, the horse in a team nearest to the carriage. |
| RHEOPHILES | • rheophiles n. Plural of rheophile. • RHEOPHILE n. a creature that lives in flowing water, also RHEOPHIL. |
| THERMOPHIL | • THERMOPHIL adj. requiring, or thriving best in, high temperatures. • THERMOPHIL n. a bacteria, plant etc. requiring or thriving in high temperatures, also THERMOPHILE, THERMOPHILIC, THERMOPHILOUS. |