| HOMOGAMOUS | • homogamous adj. (Botany) Having all the flowers alike. • HOMOGAMOUS adj. of a flower, having the anthers and stigmas maturing together, so as to permit self-fertilization. |
| HOMOGENOUS | • homogenous adj. (Biology) Having the same genetic structure; exhibiting homogeny. • homogenous adj. (See usage notes) Alternative form of homogeneous (“having the same composition”). • HOMOGENOUS adj. having a resemblance in structure, due to descent from a common progenitor with subsequent modification. |
| HOMOGONOUS | • homogonous adj. (Botany) Having all the flowers alike in terms of the stamens and pistils. • HOMOGONOUS adj. exhibiting homogony, the condition of having flowers of equal size. |
| HOMOLOGOUS | • homologous adj. Showing a degree of correspondence or similarity. • HOMOLOGOUS adj. having the same relative structure, also HOMOLOGICAL. |
| HOMOLOGUES | • homologues n. Plural of homologue. • HOMOLOGUE n. a thing exactly or relatively corresponding in structure. |
| HOMONYMOUS | • homonymous adj. Having the same name as another (i.e., like a namesake). • homonymous adj. Of or pertaining to a homonym. • homonymous adj. (Ophthalmology) Homonymous hemianopsia (blindness in the same side of both eyes). |
| HOMOOUSIAN | • homoousian adj. Having the same essence or substance, especially with reference to the first and second persons of the Trinity. • homoousian n. (Historical) One of those, in the 4th century, who accepted the Nicene Creed and maintained that the… • HOMOOUSIAN n. one of those, in the 4th century, who accepted the Nicene creed, and maintained that the Son had the same essence or substance with the Father. |
| HOMOTONOUS | • homotonous adj. Of the same tenor or tone; equable; without variation. • HOMOTONOUS adj. of the same tenor or tone, also HOMOTONIC. |
| HOMOZYGOUS | • homozygous adj. Of an organism in which both copies of a given gene have the same allele. • HOMOZYGOUS adj. inheriting a given genetic factor from both parents. |
| HOROLOGIUM | • Horologium prop.n. (Astronomy) A constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a pendulum clock. It lies between… • HOROLOGIUM n. (obsolete) an instrument for telling the time, also HOROLOGE, HOROLOGION. |
| HOUSEROOMS | • houserooms n. Plural of houseroom. • HOUSEROOM n. room or place in a house; as, to give any one houseroom. |
| HYLOTOMOUS | • HYLOTOMOUS adj. of insects, cutting or boring wood. |
| MOTORMOUTH | • motormouth n. (Informal) One who talks very fast or incessantly; a chatty or loquacious person. • motormouth v. (Intransitive, informal) To talk very fast or incessantly. • motor-mouth n. Alternative spelling of motormouth. |
| OMOPHAGOUS | • omophagous adj. Eating raw flesh; using uncooked meat as food. • OMOPHAGOUS adj. eating raw flesh. |
| POORMOUTHS | • poormouths v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of poormouth. • POORMOUTH v. to complain about being poor. |
| THEONOMOUS | • theonomous adj. Of or relating to theonomy. • THEONOMOUS adj. relating to theonomy. |