| BIORHYTHMS | • biorhythms n. Plural of biorhythm. • BIORHYTHM n. a periodic change in the behaviour or physiology of many animals and plants (e.g. hibernation and migration) mediated by hormones which are in turn influenced by changes in day-length. |
| HALOPHYTIC | • halophytic adj. Growing well under salty conditions. • HALOPHYTIC adj. growing in a salty environment. |
| HELIOPHYTE | • heliophyte n. (Botany) Any plant that thrives in bright sunlight. • HELIOPHYTE n. a plant flourishing in sunlight. |
| HOLOPHYTIC | • holophytic adj. (Biology) That can obtain nutrition without the ingestion of food. • HOLOPHYTIC adj. obtaining food by photosynthesis. |
| HYLOTHEISM | • hylotheism n. Theory equating matter with God or merging one into the other (see pantheism). • hylotheism n. Doctrine of belief that matter is God, or that there is no God except matter and the universe (see materialism). • HYLOTHEISM n. the doctrine that there is no God but matter and the universe. |
| HYLOTHEIST | • hylotheist n. A proponent of hylotheism. • HYLOTHEIST n. one who identifies God with matter or universe. |
| 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. |
| HYPOTHYMIA | • HYPOTHYMIA n. a state of depression; a diminished emotional response. |
| ICHTHYOIDS | • ichthyoids n. Plural of ichthyoid. • ICHTHYOID n. any fishlike creature. |
| ICHTHYOSES | • ichthyoses n. Plural of ichthyosis. • ICHTHYOSIS n. a disease in which the skin is thick, rough, and scaly. |
| ICHTHYOSIS | • ichthyosis n. (Pathology) A disease which gives the sufferer a dry, scaly skin. • ICHTHYOSIS n. a disease in which the skin is thick, rough, and scaly. |
| ICHTHYOTIC | • ichthyotic adj. Relating to or affected with ichthyosis. • ICHTHYOTIC adj. relating to ichthyosis, a disease in which the skin is thick, rough, and scaly. |
| LITHOGLYPH | • lithoglyph n. An engraving on a gem. • LITHOGLYPH n. an engraving on stone. |
| LITHOPHYSA | • LITHOPHYSA n. a bladderlike spherulite, also LITHOPHYSE. |
| 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. |
| PHILOMATHY | • philomathy n. The love of learning or literature. • PHILOMATHY n. the love of learning or letters. |
| PHOTOPHILY | • PHOTOPHILY n. the state of being photophilic, light-loving, turning towards the light. |
| PHYTOLITHS | • phytoliths n. Plural of phytolith. • PHYTOLITH n. a microscopic particle in plants. |