| BUTTONHOLING | • buttonholing v. Present participle of buttonhole. • buttonholing n. The act of detaining someone in conversation against his or her will. • BUTTONHOLE v. to detain in talk, also BUTTONHOLD. |
| HEMATOGENOUS | • hematogenous adj. Producing blood. • hematogenous adj. Spread by blood. • HEMATOGENOUS adj. producing blood, also HAEMATOGENOUS. |
| HEPATOGENOUS | • hepatogenous adj. (Medicine) Synonym of hepatogenic. • HEPATOGENOUS adj. originating in the liver. |
| HETEROGENOUS | • heterogenous adj. (Genetics) derived from a different individual or species. • heterogenous adj. Alternative spelling of heterogeneous. • HETEROGENOUS adj. originating outside the body. |
| HETEROGONOUS | • heterogonous adj. (Botany) Characterized by heterogony. • HETEROGONOUS adj. reproducing both sexually and asexually. |
| HETEROGYNOUS | • heterogynous adj. (Zoology) Having females very unlike the males in form and structure. • heterogynous adj. (Zoology) Having females of two different kinds, one sexual and the other abortive or neuter, as ants or bees. • HETEROGYNOUS adj. of ants, bees, etc., having two types of female, one fertile and the other infertile. |
| HYPOGNATHOUS | • hypognathous adj. (Zoology) Having the maxilla, or lower jaw, longer than the upper jaw. • HYPOGNATHOUS adj. having the lower jaw or mandible protruding. |
| INTERBOROUGH | • interborough adj. Between boroughs. • INTERBOROUGH adj. between boroughs. |
| MESOGNATHOUS | • mesognathous adj. (Anatomy) having the jaws slightly projecting; between prognathous and orthognathous. • MESOGNATHOUS adj. having slightly projecting jaws. |
| ORNITHOGALUM | • Ornithogalum prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Asparagaceae – plants called star-of-Bethlehem and close relatives. • ORNITHOGALUM n. a plant of a large genus of herbs of the family Liliaceae. |
| OUTHUMOURING | • outhumouring v. Present participle of outhumour. • OUTHUMOUR v. to surpass in humoring, also OUTHUMOR. |
| OUTTHROBBING | • outthrobbing v. Present participle of outthrob. • OUTTHROB v. to surpass in throbbing. |
| PANTOPHAGOUS | • pantophagous adj. Eating all kinds of food. • PANTOPHAGOUS adj. eating or requiring a variety of foods. |
| POORMOUTHING | • poormouthing v. Present participle of poormouth. • POORMOUTH v. to complain about being poor. |
| STENOPHAGOUS | • stenophagous adj. (Ecology) Feeding on a limited variety of food. • STENOPHAGOUS adj. of animals, feeding on a single type or limited variety of food. |
| THERMOGENOUS | • thermogenous adj. Producing heat. • THERMOGENOUS adj. relating to thermogenesis, the production of heat. |
| THOROUGHNESS | • thoroughness n. The state of being thorough. • thoroughness n. Attention to detail. • THOROUGHNESS n. the state of being thorough. |
| THOROUGHPINS | • thoroughpins n. Plural of thoroughpin. • THOROUGHPIN n. a swelling of horses' hocks. |