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. |
HEPTARCHY | • heptarchy n. A government of seven people. • heptarchy n. The realm so ruled. • heptarchy n. A group of seven states, especially (historical) those in Anglo-Saxon Britain. |
HOLOPHYTE | • holophyte n. (Biology) Any organism that produces its own food through photosynthesis. • HOLOPHYTE n. a plant maintained entirely by its own organs. |
HYDROPATH | • hydropath n. A hydropathist. • HYDROPATH n. a practitioner of hydropathy, the study of treating diseases with water. |
HYLOPHYTE | • HYLOPHYTE n. a woodland plant. |
HYPANTHIA | • hypanthia n. Plural of hypanthium. • HYPANTHIUM n. a fruit consisting in large part of a receptacle, enlarged below the calyx, as in the rose hip and the pear. |
HYPETHRAL | • hypethral adj. Alternative form of hypaethral. • HYPETHRAL adj. roofless; open to the sky (usually intentionally, so as to see the stars), also HUPAITHRIC, HYPAETHRAL, UPAITHRIC. |
HYPHENATE | • hyphenate v. (Transitive) to break a word at the end of a line according to the hyphenation rules by adding a hyphen… • hyphenate v. (Transitive) to join words or syllables with a hyphen. • hyphenate n. A person or object with multiple duties, abilities or characteristics, such as "writer-director", "actor-model"… |
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. |
NAPHTHYLS | • naphthyls n. Plural of naphthyl. • NAPHTHYL n. a radical derived from naphthalene. |
PHYTOLITH | • phytolith n. A small particle of silica or mineral that occurs in many plants. • PHYTOLITH n. a microscopic particle in plants. |
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. |