| HETEROPHONY | • heterophony n. (Music) The simultaneous performance by a number of singers or musicians of two or more versions of the same melody. • HETEROPHONY n. an independent variation on a single melody by two or more voices. |
| HETEROTROPH | • heterotroph n. (Ecology) An organism which requires an external supply of energy in the form of food as it cannot synthesize its own. • HETEROTROPH n. a secondary feeder eating plants or other animals. |
| HOMEOTHERMS | • homeotherms n. Plural of homeotherm. • HOMEOTHERM n. an organism that maintains the same temperature. |
| HOMEOTHERMY | • homeothermy n. The state or condition of being homeothermic. • HOMEOTHERMY n. the maintenance of a constant body temperature, also HOMEOTHERMISM, HOMOIOTHERMY, HOMOTHERMY. |
| HOMOEOTHERM | • homoeotherm n. (Zoology) Alternative form of homoiotherm. • HOMOEOTHERM n. an animal or organism that keeps its body at an almost constant temperature, also HOMEOTHERM, HOMOIOTHERM. |
| HOUSEMOTHER | • housemother n. A woman employed in a residence for young people, to look after them. • HOUSEMOTHER n. a woman in charge of children in an institution. |
| MOTHERHOUSE | • motherhouse n. The monastery from which the other ’houses’ of a religious order or congregation were (directly or indirectly)… • motherhouse n. The convent which is the seat (and often the above original foundation) of the superior of an order… • MOTHERHOUSE n. the convent in which the superior of a religious community resides. |
| PHOTOSPHERE | • photosphere n. (Astronomy) A visible surface layer of a star, and especially that of a sun. • PHOTOSPHERE n. the sun's luminous envelope. |
| TAWHEOWHEOS | • TAWHEOWHEO n. (Maori) a type of azalea found in New Zealand. |
| TECHNOPHOBE | • technophobe n. Somebody who suffers from technophobia; somebody afraid of new technology. • TECHNOPHOBE n. one with a fear of technology. |
| THEOSOPHERS | • theosophers n. Plural of theosopher. • THEOSOPHER n. a believer in theosophy, immediate divine illumination or wisdom, also THEOSOPH, THEOSOPHIST. |
| THEOSOPHIES | • theosophies n. Plural of theosophy. • THEOSOPHY n. immediate divine illumination or wisdom. |
| THEOSOPHISE | • theosophise v. Alternative form of theosophize. • THEOSOPHISE v. to practise theosophy, also THEOSOPHIZE. |
| THEOSOPHIZE | • theosophize v. To practice theosophy. • THEOSOPHIZE v. to practise theosophy, also THEOSOPHISE. |