CHLOROPHYL | • chlorophyl n. Dated form of chlorophyll. • CHLOROPHYL n. the green colouring in plants concerned with the production of sugars, also CHLOROPHYLL. |
CHOMOPHYTE | • chomophyte n. (Botany) Any plant that grows in rock fissures or crevices. • CHOMOPHYTE n. a plant growing on rocky ledges. |
HOLOGRAPHY | • holography n. (Physics) a technique for recording, and then reconstructing, the amplitude and phase distributions… • HOLOGRAPHY n. the technique or process of making or using holograms. |
HOLOPHYTES | • holophytes n. Plural of holophyte. • HOLOPHYTE n. a plant maintained entirely by its own organs. |
HOLOPHYTIC | • holophytic adj. (Biology) That can obtain nutrition without the ingestion of food. • HOLOPHYTIC adj. obtaining food by photosynthesis. |
HOMEOPATHY | • homeopathy n. A system of treating diseases with small amounts of substances which, in larger amounts, would produce… • HOMEOPATHY n. the use of minute quantities of medications that in large amounts, produce symptoms like those of the disease being treated, also HOMOEOPATHY. |
HOMOGRAPHY | • homography n. The state or quality of being written in the same way, especially when spelled with the same letters… • homography n. (Geometry) An isomorphism between projective spaces that maps straight lines to straight lines. • HOMOGRAPHY n. a type of transformation that maps straight lines onto another plane. |
HOMOMORPHY | • homomorphy n. (Biology) similarity of form; resemblance in external character or in geometric ground form. • HOMOMORPHY n. similarity in form, as of the flowers of a plant, also HOMEOMORPHY. |
HOROGRAPHY | • horography n. (Historical) local history (in Ancient Greece) that involved the description of events. • horography n. The art of constructing dials or instruments for indicating the hours. • HOROGRAPHY n. the art of constructing sundials or clocks. |
HYDROPHONE | • hydrophone n. A transducer that converts underwater sound waves into electrical signals, rather like a microphone. • HYDROPHONE n. an apparatus for listening to sounds conveyed by water. |
HYGROPHOBE | • HYGROPHOBE n. a plant growing best where moisture is scanty. |
HYPOMORPHS | • hypomorphs n. Plural of hypomorph. • HYPOMORPH n. a mutant gene but having a similar but weaker effect than the corresponding wild-type gene. |
HYPSOPHOBE | • HYPSOPHOBE n. a person suffering from hypsophobia, a fear of falling from high places. |
ORTHOPHYRE | • orthophyre n. (Geology) a porphyritic rock that contains phenocrysts of orthoclase embedded in feldspar. • ORTHOPHYRE n. a fine-grained syenitic rock with orthoclase crystals. |
PHILOSOPHY | • philosophy n. (Uncountable, originally) The love of wisdom. • philosophy n. (Uncountable) An academic discipline that seeks truth through reasoning rather than empiricism. • philosophy n. (Countable) A comprehensive system of belief. |
PHOSPHORYL | • phosphoryl n. (Chemistry) the trivalent radical O=P≡. • PHOSPHORYL n. the radical PO, regarded as the typical nucleus of certain compounds. |
PHOTOGLYPH | • PHOTOGLYPH n. photographic engraving. |
PHOTOPHILY | • PHOTOPHILY n. the state of being photophilic, light-loving, turning towards the light. |
PHOTOPHONY | • photophony n. The art or practice of using the photophone. • PHOTOPHONY n. the art or practice of using the photophone. |