| CLOSEMOUTHED | • closemouthed adj. Reticent, secretive or uncommunicative. • CLOSEMOUTHED adj. cautious in speaking. |
| HEMATOGENOUS | • hematogenous adj. Producing blood. • hematogenous adj. Spread by blood. • HEMATOGENOUS adj. producing blood, also HAEMATOGENOUS. |
| HETEROGAMOUS | • heterogamous adj. (Botany) in which the stamens and pistils are not present in every flower; i.e. there are male and female flowers. • heterogamous adj. (Biology) characterized by alternating generations of a parthenogenetic and sexual nature. • heterogamous adj. (Biology) involving heterogametes in the reproductive process. |
| HETEROMEROUS | • heteromerous adj. (Biology) Having different types or numbers of parts (within the same or similar structure). • HETEROMEROUS adj. unequal or different parts within the same structure. |
| HETERONOMOUS | • heteronomous adj. Arising from an external influence, force, or agency; not autonomous. • heteronomous adj. (Biology, of parts of an organism) Differing in development or in specialization. • heteronomous adj. (Linguistics, of a language) Being a dialect of an autonomous language. |
| HETERONYMOUS | • heteronymous adj. Of, or relating to a heteronym. • heteronymous adj. Being different words, but having a common relationship, as in the case of brother and sister, which denote siblings. • heteronymous adj. (Ophthalmology) Heteronymous hemianopsia (blindness in the left side of one eye and the right side of the other eye). |
| HOMOEOMEROUS | • homoeomerous adj. (Biology) Having similar quantities or variations pertaining to parts of structure. • homoeomerous adj. Being the same whether whole or divided into parts. • homœomerous adj. Obsolete form of homoeomerous. |
| HOUSEMOTHERS | • housemothers n. Plural of housemother. • HOUSEMOTHER n. a woman in charge of children in an institution. |
| MOTHERHOUSES | • motherhouses n. Plural of motherhouse. • MOTHERHOUSE n. the convent in which the superior of a religious community resides. |
| NEUROHORMONE | • neurohormone n. Any hormone that stimulates the nervous system. • NEUROHORMONE n. a hormone (as acetylcholine or norepinephrine) produced by or acting on nervous tissue. |
| THERMOCOUPLE | • thermocouple n. (Physics) A transducer consisting of two different metals welded together at each end; a voltage is… • THERMOCOUPLE n. a pair of different metals in contact giving a thermoelectric current. |
| THERMOGENOUS | • thermogenous adj. Producing heat. • THERMOGENOUS adj. relating to thermogenesis, the production of heat. |