| 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. |
| HYPANTHIAL | • HYPANTHIAL adj. of or like a hypanthium. |
| HYPANTHIUM | • hypanthium n. (Botany) The bowl-shaped part of a flower on which the sepals, petals, and stamens are borne. • HYPANTHIUM n. a fruit consisting in large part of a receptacle, enlarged below the calyx, as in the rose hip and the pear. |
| 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. |
| ITHYPHALLI | • ithyphalli n. Plural of ithyphallus. • ITHYPHALLUS n. an erect phallus. |
| 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. |
| PHTHISICKY | • phthisicky adj. Having phthisis, or some symptom of it, as difficulty in breathing. • PHTHISICKY adj. having phthisis, or some symptom of it, as difficulty in breathing. |
| PHYTOLITHS | • phytoliths n. Plural of phytolith. • PHYTOLITH n. a microscopic particle in plants. |