| 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. |
| HALOPHYTES | • halophytes n. Plural of halophyte. • HALOPHYTE n. a plant found growing in salt marshes, or in the sea. |
| HELIOPHYTE | • heliophyte n. (Botany) Any plant that thrives in bright sunlight. • HELIOPHYTE n. a plant flourishing in sunlight. |
| HELOPHYTES | • helophytes n. Plural of helophyte. • HELOPHYTE n. any perennial marsh plant that bears its overwintering buds in the mud below the surface. |
| 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. |
| HEPTATHLON | • heptathlon n. (Athletics) An athletic contest comprising seven events; contested mostly by women, for whom this is an Olympic sport. • HEPTATHLON n. an athletic competition with seven events. |
| HETEROPHIL | • heterophil n. Alternative form of heterophile. • HETEROPHIL n. a polymorphonuclear leukocyte in humans that may be stained with dyes, also HETEROPHILE. |
| HOLOPHOTES | • holophotes n. Plural of holophote. • HOLOPHOTE n. an apparatus by which all the light from a lighthouse is thrown in the required direction. |
| HOLOPHYTES | • holophytes n. Plural of holophyte. • HOLOPHYTE n. a plant maintained entirely by its own organs. |
| HYLOPHYTES | • HYLOPHYTE n. a woodland plant. |
| 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. |
| LITHOPHANE | • lithophane n. A style of European porcelain in which the figures are seen by transmitted light. • Lithophane prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Noctuidae – certain moths. • LITHOPHANE n. porcelain with pictures showing through transparency. |
| LITHOPHYSE | • lithophyse n. (Mineralogy) A spherulitic cavity, often with concentric chambers, observed in some volcanic rocks… • LITHOPHYSE n. a bladderlike spherulite, also LITHOPHYSA. |
| LITHOPHYTE | • lithophyte n. (Biology) Any plant that lives grows on rocks, obtaining nourishment from rain and the atmosphere. • lithophyte n. (Zoology) Any organism, such as a coral, resembling a stony plant. • LITHOPHYTE n. a plant that grows on rock. |
| PHTHALATES | • phthalates n. Plural of phthalate. • PHTHALATE n. a salt of phthalic acid. |
| PHTHALEINS | • phthaleins n. Plural of phthalein. • PHTHALEIN n. any one of a very important class of dye-yielding materials formed by the union of phenols with phthalic anhydride. |
| 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. |