| HALOPHILY | • halophily n. (Biology) The ability to live and thrive in an environment of high salinity. • HALOPHILY n. being adapted to salt conditions. |
| HALOPHYTE | • halophyte n. (Botany) Any plant that tolerates an environment having a high salt content. • HALOPHYTE n. a plant found growing in salt marshes, or in the sea. |
| HELOPHYTE | • helophyte n. (Botany) Any plant (typically found in marshy ground) whose buds overwinter under water. • HELOPHYTE n. any perennial marsh plant that bears its overwintering buds in the mud below the surface. |
| HEMOLYMPH | • hemolymph n. (Zoology) A circulating fluid in the bodies of some invertebrates that is the equivalent of blood. • HEMOLYMPH n. the circulatory fluid of various invertebrate animals, also HAEMOLYMPH. |
| HOLOPHYTE | • holophyte n. (Biology) Any organism that produces its own food through photosynthesis. • HOLOPHYTE n. a plant maintained entirely by its own organs. |
| HOMOPHONY | • homophony n. (Music) a texture in which two or more parts move together in harmony, the relationship between them creating chords. • homophony n. The quality of being homophonous. • HOMOPHONY n. sameness of sound. |
| HOMOPHYLY | • homophyly n. (Biology, archaic) That form of homology due to common ancestry (phylogenetic homology), in opposition… • HOMOPHYLY n. resemblance due to common ancestry. |
| HYDROPATH | • hydropath n. A hydropathist. • HYDROPATH n. a practitioner of hydropathy, the study of treating diseases with water. |
| HYGROPHIL | • HYGROPHIL adj. moisture-loving; living where there is much moisture, also HYGROPHILOUS. |
| HYLOPHYTE | • HYLOPHYTE n. a woodland plant. |
| HYPOMORPH | • hypomorph n. (Genetics) a mutation that causes a partial loss of gene function. • HYPOMORPH n. a mutant gene but having a similar but weaker effect than the corresponding wild-type gene. |
| HYPOPHYGE | • HYPOPHYGE n. the curve where a column merges in its base or capital. |
| HYPOTHECA | • hypotheca n. (Microbiology, planktology) The lower or posterior half of the theca of a thecate protist such as a… • HYPOTHECA n. the inner and younger layer of the cell wall of a diatom. |
| HYPOTHECS | • hypothecs n. Plural of hypothec. • HYPOTHEC n. in the law of Scotland, the Channel Islands, and ancient Rome, a creditor's right established over a debtor's property that continues in the debtor's possession. |
| PHYTOLITH | • phytolith n. A small particle of silica or mineral that occurs in many plants. • PHYTOLITH n. a microscopic particle in plants. |
| THEOPATHY | • theopathy n. The capacity of a person to worship, or to experience a religious belief. • THEOPATHY n. emotional experience brought on by religious belief. |
| THEOPHAGY | • theophagy n. (Rare) The eating or consumption of a god, in a sacramental context. • THEOPHAGY n. the sacramental consumption of a god. |
| THEOPHANY | • theophany n. A manifestation of a deity to a person. • Theophany n. One of the Great Feasts of the Eastern Orthodox Church, commemorating the revelation of Jesus’ divinity… • THEOPHANY n. the manifestation or appearance of a god to people. |
| 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. |