HALOPHYTE | • halophyte n. (Botany) Any plant that tolerates an environment having a high salt content. • HALOPHYTE n. a plant found growing in salt marshes, or in the sea. |
HELOPHYTE | • helophyte n. (Botany) Any plant (typically found in marshy ground) whose buds overwinter under water. • HELOPHYTE n. any perennial marsh plant that bears its overwintering buds in the mud below the surface. |
HEMOLYMPH | • hemolymph n. (Zoology) A circulating fluid in the bodies of some invertebrates that is the equivalent of blood. • HEMOLYMPH n. the circulatory fluid of various invertebrate animals, also HAEMOLYMPH. |
HOLOPHYTE | • holophyte n. (Biology) Any organism that produces its own food through photosynthesis. • HOLOPHYTE n. a plant maintained entirely by its own organs. |
HORNYHEAD | • hornyhead n. Any North American chubs of the genus Nocomis, especially Nocomis biguttatus. • HORNYHEAD n. a North American river chub. |
HOYDENISH | • hoydenish adj. Somewhat hoyden. • HOYDENISH adj. like a hoyden, also HOIDENISH. |
HYDATHODE | • hydathode n. (Botany) A tissue, in the leaves of many plants, that contains microscopic pores through which water is excreted. • HYDATHODE n. an epidermal water-excreting organ. |
HYLOPHYTE | • HYLOPHYTE n. a woodland plant. |
HYPOPHYGE | • HYPOPHYGE n. the curve where a column merges in its base or capital. |
HYPOTHECA | • hypotheca n. (Microbiology, planktology) The lower or posterior half of the theca of a thecate protist such as a… • HYPOTHECA n. the inner and younger layer of the cell wall of a diatom. |
HYPOTHECS | • hypothecs n. Plural of hypothec. • HYPOTHEC n. in the law of Scotland, the Channel Islands, and ancient Rome, a creditor's right established over a debtor's property that continues in the debtor's possession. |
THEOMACHY | • theomachy n. A fight against the gods, as the mythological battle of the giants against the gods. • theomachy n. A battle among gods. • theomachy n. Opposition to divine will. |
THEOPATHY | • theopathy n. The capacity of a person to worship, or to experience a religious belief. • THEOPATHY n. emotional experience brought on by religious belief. |
THEOPHAGY | • theophagy n. (Rare) The eating or consumption of a god, in a sacramental context. • THEOPHAGY n. the sacramental consumption of a god. |
THEOPHANY | • theophany n. A manifestation of a deity to a person. • Theophany n. One of the Great Feasts of the Eastern Orthodox Church, commemorating the revelation of Jesus’ divinity… • THEOPHANY n. the manifestation or appearance of a god to people. |
THEOSOPHY | • theosophy n. (Philosophy, religion) any doctrine of religious philosophy and mysticism claiming that knowledge of… • theosophy n. (Religion) Any system which claims to attain communication with God and superior spirits by physical processes. • theosophy n. The system of beliefs and doctrines of the Theosophical Society. |
YESHIVOTH | • yeshivoth n. Plural of yeshivah. • YESHIVA n. (Hebrew) a school for the study of the Jewish scripture, the Talmud, also YESHIVAH. |
YOUTHHEAD | • youthhead n. (Obsolete) Youth; youthhood. • YOUTHHEAD n. (obsolete) youth, also YOUNGTH, YOUTHHOOD. |