| DEUTEROGAMIES | • DEUTEROGAMY n. a second marriage after the death of the first spouse, also DIGAMY. |
| DEUTEROGAMIST | • deuterogamist n. (Theology, law) A practicer or supporter of deuterogamy. • DEUTEROGAMIST n. someone who remarries after a spouse's death, also DIGAMIST. |
| HETEROGAMETES | • heterogametes n. Plural of heterogamete. • HETEROGAMETE n. male and female sex cells are different. |
| HETEROGAMETIC | • heterogametic adj. (Biology) That produces heterogametes. • heterogametic adj. (Biology) That produces different forms of the same gamete e.g. spermatozoa containing either an X- or a Y-chromosome. • HETEROGAMETIC adj. having a dissimilar pair of sex chromosomes. |
| HETEROGENEITY | • heterogeneity n. (Uncountable) Diversity. • heterogeneity n. (Countable) A composition of diverse parts. • heterogeneity n. (Uncountable) The quality of a substance which is not uniform. |
| HETEROGENEOUS | • heterogeneous adj. Diverse in kind or nature; composed of diverse parts. • heterogeneous adj. (Mathematics) Incommensurable because of different kinds. • heterogeneous adj. (Physics, chemistry) Having more than one phase (solid, liquid, gas) present in a system or process. |
| HETEROGENESES | • heterogeneses n. Plural of heterogenesis. • HETEROGENESIS n. spontaneous or alternate generation, also HETEROGENY. |
| HETEROGENESIS | • heterogenesis n. (Biology) Abnormal organic development. • heterogenesis n. (Biology) The birth of a living being from a parent of a different kind; having two different forms in the life cycle. • HETEROGENESIS n. spontaneous or alternate generation, also HETEROGENY. |
| HETEROGENETIC | • heterogenetic adj. (Biology) Of, or relating to heterogenesis. • heterogenetic adj. (Medicine) Of a disease: produced by infection from outside the body. • HETEROGENETIC adj. relating to heterogenesis, also HETEROGENIC. |
| HETEROGLOSSIA | • heteroglossia n. (Sociology, linguistics) The coexistence of distinct linguistic varieties, styles of discourse, or points… |
| HETEROGRAPHIC | • heterographic adj. Misspelled; of or pertaining to an incorrect spelling or a spelling that differs from accepted standards. • heterographic adj. (Linguistics) Of a writing system in which a particular symbol represents more than one possible sound. • HETEROGRAPHIC adj. relating to heterography, incorrect spelling, also HETEROGRAPHICAL. |
| HYSTEROGENIES | • HYSTEROGENY n. the generation of hysteria. |
| PROTEROGYNIES | • PROTEROGYNY n. the development of female organs before male to avoid self-fertilization. |
| PROTEROGYNOUS | • proterogynous adj. (Botany) Having the pistil come to maturity before the stamens; protogynous. • PROTEROGYNOUS adj. exhibiting proterogyny. |