| CHROMOLYS | • CHROMOLY n. a steel alloy of chromium and molybdenum. |
| HOMOLYSES | • homolyses n. Plural of homolysis. • homolyses v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of homolyse. • HOMOLYSIS n. decomposition into two uncharged atoms or radicals. |
| HOMOLYSIS | • homolysis n. (Chemistry) The decomposition of a substance without reacting with other substances. • homolysis n. The lysis of blood cells by homolysin. • HOMOLYSIS n. decomposition into two uncharged atoms or radicals. |
| HOMOLYTIC | • homolytic adj. Of, pertaining to, or produced by homolysis. • HOMOLYTIC adj. decomposing into two uncharged atoms or radicals. |
| HOMOPHYLY | • homophyly n. (Biology, archaic) That form of homology due to common ancestry (phylogenetic homology), in opposition… • HOMOPHYLY n. resemblance due to common ancestry. |
| HOMOPLASY | • homoplasy n. (Evolutionary theory) A correspondence between the parts or organs of different species acquired as… • HOMOPLASY n. the quality or fact of being homoplastic, also HOMOPLASTY. |
| HOMOSTYLY | • homostyly n. (Botany) The condition of being homostylous. • HOMOSTYLY n. in flowers, the existence of styles of only one length. |
| HOMOTYPAL | • homotypal adj. (Biology) Of the same type of structure; pertaining to a homotype. • HOMOTYPAL adj. of the same type of structure; pertaining to a homotype; as, homotypal parts. |
| HYLOZOISM | • hylozoism n. A philosophical doctrine espousing that all or some material things possess life, or that all life is… • HYLOZOISM n. the doctrine that all matter is endowed with life. |
| HYMNOLOGY | • hymnology n. The study of hymns; hymnody. • HYMNOLOGY n. the study of hymns. |
| LITHOTOMY | • lithotomy n. A surgical method for removal of calculi, such as kidney stones and gallstones. • LITHOTOMY n. the operation, art, or practice of cutting for stone in the bladder. |
| LOGOMACHY | • logomachy n. Dispute over the meaning of words. • logomachy n. A conflict waged only as a battle of words. • LOGOMACHY n. a dispute about words; controversy marked by verbiage. |
| MONOPHYLY | • monophyly n. (Systematics) In cladistics, the condition of being monophyletic, of including all descendants from… • MONOPHYLY n. the state of being monophyletic. |
| MOONISHLY | • moonishly adv. In a moonish manner. • MOONISH adv. like the moon; variable. |
| MYLOHYOID | • mylohyoid adj. (Anatomy) Relating to or in the region of the lower jaw and the hyoid apparatus, or the mylohyoid muscle. • mylohyoid n. (Anatomy) Ellipsis of mylohyoid muscle.. • MYLOHYOID n. a nerve in the region of the lower jaw and the hyoid apparatus. |
| MYTHOLOGY | • mythology n. (Countable and uncountable) The collection of myths of a people, concerning the origin of the people… • mythology n. (Countable and uncountable) A similar body of myths concerning an event, person or institution. • mythology n. (Countable and uncountable) Pervasive elements of a fictional universe that resemble a mythological universe. |
| PHOCOMELY | • PHOCOMELY n. a type of congenital deformity, with seallike limbs. |
| POLYMORPH | • polymorph n. (Biology) Any organism that shows polymorphism. • polymorph n. (Chemistry, geology) Any substance or mineral that forms different types of crystal. • polymorph n. (Transitive, fiction) The transformation of an item or creature into something different by magic. |
| POMPHOLYX | • pompholyx n. (Medicine) dyshidrosis. • pompholyx n. (Chemistry, obsolete) impure zinc oxide. • POMPHOLYX n. (Greek) a vesicular eruption or eczema chiefly on the palms and soles. |