CHEMOSPHERE | • chemosphere n. The region of the Earth’s atmosphere (from 20 to 120 miles above the surface) in which photochemical… • CHEMOSPHERE n. the thermosphere, the outermost layer of the atmosphere. |
HAEMACHROME | • haemachrome n. Hematin. • HAEMACHROME n. a blood pigment, such as haemoglobin, that carries oxygen, also HEMACHROME. |
HAEMOCHROME | • haemochrome n. Alternative form of haemachrome. • HAEMOCHROME n. a blood pigment, such as haemoglobin, that carries oxygen, also HEMOCHROME. |
HAEMORRHAGE | • haemorrhage n. British form standard spelling of hemorrhage. • haemorrhage v. British form standard spelling of hemorrhage. • hæmorrhage n. (Chiefly British spelling) Archaic spelling of haemorrhage. |
HELIOCHROME | • heliochrome n. (Obsolete) A photograph representing an object in its natural colours. • HELIOCHROME n. (tradename) a photograph in natural colours. |
HEMACHROMES | • HEMACHROME n. a blood pigment, such as haemoglobin, that carries oxygen, also HAEMACHROME. |
HEMIHEDRONS | • hemihedrons n. Plural of hemihedron. • HEMIHEDRON n. a solid derived in a hemihedral way, such as a tetrahedron. |
HEMOCHROMES | • hemochromes n. Plural of hemochrome. • HEMOCHROME n. a blood pigment, such as haemoglobin, that carries oxygen, also HAEMOCHROME. |
HEMORRHAGED | • hemorrhaged v. Simple past tense and past participle of hemorrhage. • HEMORRHAGE v. to bleed excessively, also HAEMORRHAGE. |
HEMORRHAGES | • hemorrhages n. Plural of hemorrhage. • hemorrhages v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hemorrhage. • HEMORRHAGE n. any discharge of blood from the blood vessels. |
HEXAHEMERON | • hexahemeron n. A term of six days, especially the hexameron, or six days of the biblical creation. • HEXAHEMERON n. the (biblical) six days of creation, also HEXAEMERON. |
HOMEOTHERMS | • homeotherms n. Plural of homeotherm. • HOMEOTHERM n. an organism that maintains the same temperature. |
HOMEOTHERMY | • homeothermy n. The state or condition of being homeothermic. • HOMEOTHERMY n. the maintenance of a constant body temperature, also HOMEOTHERMISM, HOMOIOTHERMY, HOMOTHERMY. |
HOMESTRETCH | • homestretch n. Alternative form of home stretch. • home␣stretch n. The final part of a racecourse from the last curve to the finish line. • home␣stretch n. (Figurative, by extension) The final part of a distance or the final effort needed to finish. |
HOMOEOTHERM | • homoeotherm n. (Zoology) Alternative form of homoiotherm. • HOMOEOTHERM n. an animal or organism that keeps its body at an almost constant temperature, also HOMEOTHERM, HOMOIOTHERM. |
HOUSEMOTHER | • housemother n. A woman employed in a residence for young people, to look after them. • HOUSEMOTHER n. a woman in charge of children in an institution. |
HYMENOPHORE | • hymenophore n. (Mycology) The part of a fungus fruiting body which produces spore-bearing cells. • HYMENOPHORE n. the fruiting body of some basidiomycetous fungi. |
MOTHERHOUSE | • motherhouse n. The monastery from which the other ’houses’ of a religious order or congregation were (directly or indirectly)… • motherhouse n. The convent which is the seat (and often the above original foundation) of the superior of an order… • MOTHERHOUSE n. the convent in which the superior of a religious community resides. |
SOMEWHITHER | • somewhither adv. (Archaic, literary) To some indeterminate place; to some place or other; to somewhere. • SOMEWHITHER adv. (archaic) to some place; somewhere. |
THERMOPHILE | • thermophile n. (Biology) An organism that lives and thrives at relatively high temperatures; a form of extremophile;… • THERMOPHILE adj. requiring, or thriving best in, high temperatures. • THERMOPHILE n. a bacteria, plant etc. requiring or thriving in high temperatures, also THERMOPHIL, THERMOPHILIC, THERMOPHILOUS. |