| CHROMOPHILS | • chromophils n. Plural of chromophil. • CHROMOPHIL n. a cell that takes a stain easily, also CHROMOPHILIC. |
| HEMOCHROMES | • hemochromes n. Plural of hemochrome. • HEMOCHROME n. a blood pigment, such as haemoglobin, that carries oxygen, also HAEMOCHROME. |
| HEMORRHOIDS | • hemorrhoids n. Plural of hemorrhoid. • HEMORRHOID n. the dilatation of a vein around the anus, piles, also HAEMORRHOID. |
| HOLOHEDRISM | • holohedrism n. The property of being holohedral. • HOLOHEDRISM n. the property of having the full number of symmetrically arranged planes crystallographically possible. |
| HOMEOMORPHS | • homeomorphs n. Plural of homeomorph. • HOMEOMORPH n. a thing similar in form from another but essentially different, also HOMOEOMORPH. |
| HOMEOTHERMS | • homeotherms n. Plural of homeotherm. • HOMEOTHERM n. an organism that maintains the same temperature. |
| HOMESHORING | • homeshoring n. A migration of service employees from the office to the home, where such homes have proper communications equipment. • HOMESHORING n. the transfer of service industry employment from offices to home-based employees with appropriate telephone and Internet facilities, also HOMESOURCING. |
| HOUSEMOTHER | • housemother n. A woman employed in a residence for young people, to look after them. • HOUSEMOTHER n. a woman in charge of children in an institution. |
| HYPSOCHROME | • hypsochrome adj. Hypsochromic. • HYPSOCHROME n. a shift to a shorter wavelength in the absorption spectrum of a compound. |
| MOTHERHOODS | • motherhoods n. Plural of motherhood. • MOTHERHOOD n. the state of being a mother. |
| MOTHERHOUSE | • motherhouse n. The monastery from which the other ’houses’ of a religious order or congregation were (directly or indirectly)… • motherhouse n. The convent which is the seat (and often the above original foundation) of the superior of an order… • MOTHERHOUSE n. the convent in which the superior of a religious community resides. |
| OPHIOMORPHS | • OPHIOMORPH n. a caecilian amphibian. |
| PHOSPHORISM | • phosphorism n. Chronic phosphorus poisoning. • PHOSPHORISM n. (obsolete) chronic phosphorus poisoning. |
| RHIZOMORPHS | • rhizomorphs n. Plural of rhizomorph. • RHIZOMORPH n. a rootlike mass of fungal hyphae. |