| HELIOTYPY | • heliotypy n. A method of transferring pictures from photographic negatives to hardened gelatin plates from which… • HELIOTYPY n. a photomechanical process in which the gelatine relief is itself used to print from. |
| HOMOPHYLY | • homophyly n. (Biology, archaic) That form of homology due to common ancestry (phylogenetic homology), in opposition… • HOMOPHYLY n. resemblance due to common ancestry. |
| HYLOPHYTE | • HYLOPHYTE n. a woodland plant. |
| HYPNOLOGY | • hypnology n. A treatise on sleep; the doctrine or science of sleep. • HYPNOLOGY n. the study of sleep or hypnosis. |
| HYPOCOTYL | • hypocotyl n. (Botany) In plants with seeds, that portion of the embryo or seedling between the root and cotyledons. • HYPOCOTYL n. the stem of a plant below the cotyledons. |
| HYPOSTYLE | • hypostyle adj. (Architecture) Having a roof supported on a row of columns. • hypostyle n. (Architecture) A building or chamber whose roof is supported on a row of columns. • HYPOSTYLE adj. having a roof supported by columns. |
| MONOPHYLY | • monophyly n. (Systematics) In cladistics, the condition of being monophyletic, of including all descendants from… • MONOPHYLY n. the state of being monophyletic. |
| MYIOPHILY | • MYIOPHILY n. pollination of plants by flies, also MYOPHILY. |
| PHILOGYNY | • philogyny n. Love or fondness for women. • PHILOGYNY n. the love of women. |
| PHYCOLOGY | • phycology n. The scientific study of algae. • PHYCOLOGY n. the study of algae, aka algology. |
| PHYLOGENY | • phylogeny n. (Systematics) The evolutionary history of groups of organisms, such as species or clades. • phylogeny n. (Systematics, informal) A phylogenetic diagram. • phylogeny n. The historical development of a human social or racial group. |
| PHYTOLOGY | • phytology n. (Biology) the study of plants; botany. • PHYTOLOGY n. the study of plants. |
| POLYARCHY | • polyarchy n. A government in which power is invested in multiple people. • POLYARCHY n. government by many people. |
| POLYMATHY | • polymathy n. The knowledge of many arts and sciences; variety of learning. • POLYMATHY n. the knowledge of many arts and sciences. |
| POLYPHAGY | • polyphagy n. (Biology) The ability of an animal to eat a variety of food (e.g. several different families of plants). • POLYPHAGY n. the practice or faculty of subsisting on many kinds of food. |
| POLYPHONY | • polyphony n. (Music) Musical texture consisting of several independent melodic voices, as opposed to music with just… • polyphony n. The quality of a text of being capable of being read in more than one way. • POLYPHONY n. composition in separate, but simultaneous and harmonizing, parts. |
| POLYPTYCH | • polyptych n. (Art) a work consisting of multiple painted or carved panels joined together, often with hinges. • POLYPTYCH n. a decorated altarpiece or panel with 3 or more hinged sections that can be folded together. |