| AMYOTROPHIES | • amyotrophies n. Plural of amyotrophy. • AMYOTROPHY n. atrophy of the muscles. |
| HOMOPOLYMERS | • homopolymers n. Plural of homopolymer. • HOMOPOLYMER n. a DNA or RNA strand whose nucleotides are all of the same kind. |
| HYDROTROPISM | • hydrotropism n. (Biology) The movement of a plant (or other organism) in response to water, either towards or away from water. • HYDROTROPISM n. growth in the direction of water. |
| HYLOMORPHISM | • hylomorphism n. (Philosophy) The doctrine that every physical substance is the sum of its component matter and the form… • hylomorphism n. (Computer science) Composition of an anamorphism and a catamorphism. • HYLOMORPHISM n. the belief that matter is the cause of the universe. |
| HYMENOPHORES | • hymenophores n. Plural of hymenophore. • HYMENOPHORE n. the fruiting body of some basidiomycetous fungi. |
| HYPOCORISMAS | • HYPOCORISMA n. the use of a pet name or nickname, also HYPOCORISM. |
| HYPSOCHROMES | • HYPSOCHROME n. a shift to a shorter wavelength in the absorption spectrum of a compound. |
| HYPSOCHROMIC | • hypsochromic adj. (Physics) Of a change in the position of a spectral band, to a higher frequency. • HYPSOCHROMIC adj. relating to a hypsochrome, a shift to a shorter wavelength in the absorption spectrum of a compound. |
| MORPHOSYNTAX | • morphosyntax n. (Linguistics) Morphology and syntax regarded as an interlinked unit. • morpho-syntax n. (Linguistics) The system of the internal structure of words (morphology) and the way in which words… • morpho-syntax n. (Linguistics, formal) Grammar. |
| PHYTOCHROMES | • phytochromes n. Plural of phytochrome. • PHYTOCHROME n. a plant pigment which absorbs red or infrared rays and acts as an enzyme controlling growth. |
| POLYCHROISMS | • POLYCHROISM n. the state of being polychroic. |
| POLYCHROMIES | • polychromies n. Plural of polychromy. • POLYCHROMY n. the art or practice of combining different colors, esp. brilliant ones, in an artistic way. |
| POLYCHROMOUS | • polychromous adj. Of or pertaining to polychromy; many-colored; polychromatic. • POLYCHROMOUS adj. many-coloured, also POLYCHROME, POLYCHROMIC. |
| POLYMORPHISM | • polymorphism n. The ability to assume different forms or shapes. • polymorphism n. (Biology) The coexistence, in the same locality, of two or more distinct forms independent of sex, not… • polymorphism n. (Object-oriented programming) The feature pertaining to the dynamic treatment of data elements based… |
| POLYMORPHOUS | • polymorphous adj. Having, or assuming, a variety of forms, characters, or styles. • polymorphous adj. (Biology) Having, or occurring in, several distinct forms. • polymorphous adj. (Chemistry) Crystallizing in two or more different forms; polymorphic. |
| SYNAPOMORPHY | • synapomorphy n. (Cladistics) A derived trait that is shared by two or more taxa of shared ancestry. |
| ZYGOMORPHIES | • ZYGOMORPHY n. the state of having flowers symmetrical about one axis. |
| ZYGOMORPHISM | • zygomorphism n. Bilateral symmetry in flowers. • ZYGOMORPHISM n. the state of being zygomorphic, bilaterally symmetrical. |
| ZYGOMORPHOUS | • zygomorphous adj. Zygomorphic. • ZYGOMORPHOUS adj. bilaterally symmetrical, also ZYGOMORPHIC. |