CHERIMOYA | • cherimoya n. A subtropical tree, Annona cherimola, native to mountainous areas of South America. • cherimoya n. A conical fruit with white flesh from that tree. • CHERIMOYA n. (Quechua) a Peruvian fruit resembling the custard apple, also CHERIMOYER, CHIRIMOYA. |
CHROMAKEY | • chromakey n. (Television, film) The use of a particular colour (usually either green or blue) as a key in a TV studio… • chromakey v. (Transitive) To modify an image in this way. • chroma-key n. Alternative spelling of chromakey. |
HEMITROPY | • hemitropy n. (Crystallography) Twin composition in crystals. • HEMITROPY n. the state of being a twin. |
HERCOGAMY | • hercogamy n. (Botany) The condition where self-pollination is impossible (e.g. due to physical obstacles or mutations). • HERCOGAMY n. the prevention of self-pollination in plants, also HERKOGAMY. |
HERKOGAMY | • herkogamy n. (Botany) Different relative positionings of the stigma and the anthers. • HERKOGAMY n. the prevention of self-pollination in plants, also HERCOGAMY. |
HETERONYM | • heteronym n. (Linguistics) A word having the same spelling as another, but a different pronunciation and meaning. • heteronym n. (Literature) A fictitious character created by an author for the purpose of writing in a different style. • HETERONYM n. a word having same spelling but different sound and meaning e.g. lead/lead. |
HODOMETRY | • hodometry n. (Nautical) Obsolete form of odometry. • HODOMETRY n. the measurement of distance by use of a hodometer, also ODOMETRY. |
HOMEBUYER | • homebuyer n. A person who buys or plans to buy a house. • HOMEBUYER n. one who is buying a home. |
HOMEOMERY | • homeomery n. Alternative form of homoeomeria. • HOMEOMERY n. the state of being homoeomeric, having all the somites alike, also HOMOEOMERY. |
HOMOCERCY | • homocercy n. (Zoology) The possession of a homocercal tail. • HOMOCERCY n. the condition in fish of having a symmetrical tail. |
HOROMETRY | • horometry n. The art or practice of measuring time by hours and subordinate divisions. • HOROMETRY n. the science of time measurement. |
HYDROMELS | • hydromels n. Plural of hydromel. • HYDROMEL n. a drink made with honey, water, herbs and spices. |
HYDROSOME | • hydrosome n. (Biology) A colony of hydrozoans considered as a single organism. • HYDROSOME n. all the zooids of a hydroid colony collectively, also HYDROSOMA. |
HYPODERMA | • hypoderma n. (Botany) A layer of tissue beneath the epidermis in plants, performing the physiological function of… • hypoderma n. (Zoology) An inner cellular layer which lies beneath the chitinous cuticle of arthropods, annelids… • Hypoderma prop.n. A taxonomic genus within the family Oestridae – warble flies. |
HYPODERMS | • hypoderms n. Plural of hypoderm. • HYPODERM n. the tissue next under the epidermis, also HYPODERMIS. |
MONORHYME | • monorhyme n. (Poetry) A poem or rhyme scheme whose lines all end with the same rhyme. • monorhyme adj. Having a single rhyme. • MONORHYME n. a series of lines all rhyming together. |
RHEOMETRY | • rheometry n. (Physics) The measurement of electrical current. • rheometry n. (Physics) The measurement of rheological properties of materials, especially by the use of a rheometer. • rheometry n. (Obsolete, mathematics) The calculus. |
RHYTIDOME | • rhytidome n. (Botany) The dead layers of plant bark (undergoing or having undergone secondary growth) external to… • RHYTIDOME n. the bark external to the last formed periderm. |