| HECTORSHIP | • hectorship n. (Archaic) bullying behaviour; hectoring. • HECTORSHIP n. blustering, bullying. |
| HELIOPHYTE | • heliophyte n. (Botany) Any plant that thrives in bright sunlight. • HELIOPHYTE n. a plant flourishing in sunlight. |
| HETEROPHIL | • heterophil n. Alternative form of heterophile. • HETEROPHIL n. a polymorphonuclear leukocyte in humans that may be stained with dyes, also HETEROPHILE. |
| HIEROPHANT | • hierophant n. (Ancient Greece) An ancient Greek priest who interpreted sacred mysteries, especially the priest of… • hierophant n. An interpreter of sacred mysteries or arcane knowledge. • hierophant n. One who explains or makes a commentary. |
| HYPOTHESIS | • hypothesis n. (Sciences) Used loosely, a tentative conjecture explaining an observation, phenomenon or scientific… • hypothesis n. (General) An assumption taken to be true for the purpose of argument or investigation. • hypothesis n. (Grammar) The antecedent of a conditional statement. |
| HYPOTHETIC | • hypothetic adj. Based on hypothesis or theory; hypothetical. • hypothetic adj. Existing as an abstract concept rather than a concrete reality. • HYPOTHETIC adj. of the nature of a hypothesis, also HYPOTHETICAL. |
| 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. |
| PHOSPHITES | • phosphites n. Plural of phosphite. • PHOSPHITE n. a salt of phosphorous acid. |
| THEOPATHIC | • theopathic adj. Sensitive to divine influence; being profoundly affected by ideas of god. • THEOPATHIC adj. relating to theopathy, also THEOPATHETIC. |
| THEOPHANIC | • theophanic adj. Of or relating to theophany. • THEOPHANIC adj. of or pertaining to a theophany, also THEOPHANOUS. |
| THEOPHOBIA | • theophobia n. The fear of God or gods. • THEOPHOBIA n. fear of God. |
| THEOPHORIC | • theophoric adj. (Of a name) Containing the name of a deity. • THEOPHORIC adj. derived from or bearing the name of a god. |
| THEOSOPHIC | • theosophic adj. Of, or relating to theosophy. • THEOSOPHIC adj. relating to theosophy, also THEOSOPHICAL. |
| 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. |
| THIOPHENES | • thiophenes n. Plural of thiophene. • THIOPHENE n. a five-membered heterocyclic compound with sulphur, also THIOPHEN. |