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. |
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. |
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. |
HEMORRHOIDS | • hemorrhoids n. Plural of hemorrhoid. • HEMORRHOID n. the dilatation of a vein around the anus, piles, also HAEMORRHOID. |
HOLOHEDRISM | • holohedrism n. The property of being holohedral. • HOLOHEDRISM n. the property of having the full number of symmetrically arranged planes crystallographically possible. |
HOMEOMORPHS | • homeomorphs n. Plural of homeomorph. • HOMEOMORPH n. a thing similar in form from another but essentially different, also HOMOEOMORPH. |
HOMEOTHERMS | • homeotherms n. Plural of homeotherm. • HOMEOTHERM n. an organism that maintains the same temperature. |
HOMESHORING | • homeshoring n. A migration of service employees from the office to the home, where such homes have proper communications equipment. • HOMESHORING n. the transfer of service industry employment from offices to home-based employees with appropriate telephone and Internet facilities, also HOMESOURCING. |
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. |
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. |
HYPSOCHROME | • hypsochrome adj. Hypsochromic. • HYPSOCHROME n. a shift to a shorter wavelength in the absorption spectrum of a compound. |
MOTHERHOODS | • motherhoods n. Plural of motherhood. • MOTHERHOOD n. the state of being a mother. |
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. |
SHAMEWORTHY | • shameworthy adj. Worthy of shame; shameful. • SHAMEWORTHY adj. worthy of shame. |
SOMEWHITHER | • somewhither adv. (Archaic, literary) To some indeterminate place; to some place or other; to somewhere. • SOMEWHITHER adv. (archaic) to some place; somewhere. |
SYNCHROMESH | • synchromesh n. A system of synchronized transmission found in modern gearboxes to make gear changing easier and smoother. • synchromesh n. (By extension) A device which functions like a synchronized transmission. • synchromesh adj. Having the quality of smoothly exchanging interlocking forces. |
THERMOPHILS | • THERMOPHIL n. a bacteria, plant etc. requiring or thriving in high temperatures, also THERMOPHILE, THERMOPHILIC, THERMOPHILOUS. |