| CHOPHOUSE | • chophouse n. (Now chiefly historical) An inexpensive restaurant that specializes in chops or steaks; a steakhouse. • chophouse n. (Nigeria) Any restaurant. • chophouse n. A custom house in China where transit duties are levied. |
| HALOPHOBE | • halophobe n. (Biology) Any halophobic organism. • HALOPHOBE n. a plant that cannot survive in salty soil. |
| HOLOPHOTE | • holophote n. A lighthouse lamp with lenses or reflectors to collect the rays of light and throw them in a given direction. • HOLOPHOTE n. an apparatus by which all the light from a lighthouse is thrown in the required direction. |
| HOLOPHYTE | • holophyte n. (Biology) Any organism that produces its own food through photosynthesis. • HOLOPHYTE n. a plant maintained entirely by its own organs. |
| HOMEOPATH | • homeopath n. A person who practices homeopathy. • HOMEOPATH n. a practitioner of homeopathy, also HOMEOPATHIST, HOMOEOPATH, HOMOEOPATHIST. |
| HOMOPHILE | • homophile adj. (Dated) Homosexual, gay or lesbian, having a sexual or romantic preference for persons of one’s own… • homophile adj. (Chiefly historical) Of or pertaining to the “homophile movement”, a gay activist movement. • homophile n. (Dated) A homosexual, a gay man or lesbian, one who has a sexual or romantic preference for persons… |
| HOMOPHOBE | • homophobe n. A person who is prejudiced against homosexuals and homosexuality. • homophobe n. A person who is prejudiced against the LGBTQ+ community. • homophobe n. A person who fears sameness. |
| HOMOPHONE | • homophone n. (Semantics) A word which is pronounced the same as another word but differs in spelling or meaning or origin. • homophone n. A letter or group of letters which are pronounced the same as another letter or group of letters. • HOMOPHONE n. a word that sounds the same as another but is spelt differently e.g. 'to', 'too' and 'two'. |
| PAHOEHOES | • pahoehoes n. Plural of pahoehoe. • PAHOEHOE n. (Hawaiian) a hardened lava with a smooth or ropy surface. |
| PHOSPHORE | • phosphore n. Archaic form of phosphor. • PHOSPHORE n. phosphorus; a phosphorescent or fluorescent substance generally, also PHOSPHOR. |
| SHOPHOUSE | • shophouse n. (Southeast Asia) A building that has both retail and domestic use. • SHOPHOUSE n. (in Southeast Asia) a store opening onto the sidewalk and also used as the owner's residence. |
| THEOSOPHS | • theosophs n. Plural of theosoph. • THEOSOPH n. a believer in theosophy, immediate divine illumination or wisdom, also THEOSOPHER, THEOSOPHIST. |
| THEOSOPHY | • theosophy n. (Philosophy, religion) any doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism claiming that knowledge of… • theosophy n. (Religion) Any system which claims to attain communication with God and superior spirits by physical processes. • theosophy n. The system of beliefs and doctrines of the Theosophical Society. |