| HAPPENCHANCE | • happenchance n. (Informal, originally regional) Coincidence. • happenchance adj. Characterized by happenstance; chance; fortunate or unfortunate. • HAPPENCHANCE n. a circumstance esp. that is due to chance, also HAPPENSTANCE. |
| HEDGEHOPPING | • hedgehopping v. Present participle of hedgehop. • hedgehopping n. The action or pastime of hedgehopping. • hedge-hopping v. Present participle of hedge-hop. |
| HYPNOTHERAPY | • hypnotherapy n. Treatment of disease by means of hypnotism. • HYPNOTHERAPY n. therapy involving the use of hypnotism. |
| NEPHROPATHIC | • nephropathic adj. Relating to nephropathy. • NEPHROPATHIC adj. relating to nephropathy, kidney disease. |
| NONPHOSPHATE | • nonphosphate n. (Chemistry) A substance that is not a phosphate. • NONPHOSPHATE adj. not phosphate. |
| PHANEROPHYTE | • phanerophyte n. (Biology) Any woody plant that carries its dormant buds openly on branches above the ground. • PHANEROPHYTE n. a perennial plant that bears its perennating buds well above the surface of the ground. |
| PHENGOPHOBIA | • phengophobia n. (Rare) aversion to daylight. • PHENGOPHOBIA n. fear of daylight. |
| PHILANTHROPE | • philanthrope n. (Archaic) A philanthropist. • PHILANTHROPE n. someone who tries to benefit mankind. |
| PHONOGRAPHER | • phonographer n. (Obsolete) A person skilled at phonography. • PHONOGRAPHER n. a specialist in phonography. |
| PHOTOPHONIES | • PHOTOPHONY n. the art or practice of using the photophone. |
| PHYCOPHAEINS | • PHYCOPHAEIN n. a brown pigment found in seaweeds. |
| SIPHONOPHORE | • siphonophore n. (Zoology) Any of various transparent marine hydrozoans, of the order Siphonophorae, that float or swim… • SIPHONOPHORE n. a marine creature, colonial in habit. |
| SPHYGMOPHONE | • sphygmophone n. (Physiology) An electrical instrument for determining by ear the rhythm of the pulse of a person at a distance. • SPHYGMOPHONE n. an instrument for hearing the pulse. |