| CHIRONOMY | • chironomy n. (Rhetoric) The art of using effective hand gestures, especially (historical) in Greco-Roman contexts. • chironomy n. (Music) The skill of conducting music with hand gestures. • CHIRONOMY n. the art of gesticulation or mime. |
| CHROMOLYS | • CHROMOLY n. a steel alloy of chromium and molybdenum. |
| HODOMETRY | • hodometry n. (Nautical) Obsolete form of odometry. • HODOMETRY n. the measurement of distance by use of a hodometer, also ODOMETRY. |
| HOMEOMERY | • homeomery n. Alternative form of homoeomeria. • HOMEOMERY n. the state of being homoeomeric, having all the somites alike, also HOMOEOMERY. |
| HOMOCERCY | • homocercy n. (Zoology) The possession of a homocercal tail. • HOMOCERCY n. the condition in fish of having a symmetrical tail. |
| HOMOSPORY | • homospory n. The quality of being homosporous. • HOMOSPORY n. having spores all of one kind. |
| HOROMETRY | • horometry n. The art or practice of measuring time by hours and subordinate divisions. • HOROMETRY n. the science of time measurement. |
| HYDROSOMA | • hydrosoma n. (Biology) The entire organism of any hydrozoon. • HYDROSOMA n. all the zooids of a hydroid colony collectively, also HYDROSOME. |
| HYDROSOME | • hydrosome n. (Biology) A colony of hydrozoans considered as a single organism. • HYDROSOME n. all the zooids of a hydroid colony collectively, also HYDROSOMA. |
| HYPOMORPH | • hypomorph n. (Genetics) a mutation that causes a partial loss of gene function. • HYPOMORPH n. a mutant gene but having a similar but weaker effect than the corresponding wild-type gene. |
| MONORHYME | • monorhyme n. (Poetry) A poem or rhyme scheme whose lines all end with the same rhyme. • monorhyme adj. Having a single rhyme. • MONORHYME n. a series of lines all rhyming together. |
| MUSHROOMY | • mushroomy adj. Resembling or characteristic of mushrooms. • MUSHROOMY adj. of or like a mushroom. |
| 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. |
| RHIZOTOMY | • rhizotomy n. (Surgery) The surgical procedure of cutting the anterior or posterior spinal nerve roots in order to… • RHIZOTOMY n. the surgical severance of the spinal nerve roots to alleviate pain. |
| ZOOMORPHY | • zoomorphy n. The quality of being zoomorphic. • ZOOMORPHY n. the conception of a god or man in animal form, also ZOOMORPHISM. |