HARMONICHORD | • harmonichord n. (Music) A kind of upright piano whose strings are set in vibration not by the blow of the hammer but… • HARMONICHORD n. a keyboard instrument of violin tone, in which the strings are rubbed by rosined wheels. |
HARMONIPHONE | • harmoniphone n. A free-reed musical instrument played with a keyboard, in which the sounds are produced by reeds set… • HARMONIPHONE n. a keyboard wind instrument with reeds, also HARMONIPHON. |
HARMONIPHONS | • harmoniphons n. Plural of harmoniphon. • HARMONIPHON n. a keyboard wind instrument with reeds, also HARMONIPHONE. |
HARMONOGRAPH | • harmonograph n. A mechanical device that uses a combination of pendulums to generate an image based on Lissajous curves. • HARMONOGRAPH n. an instrument for drawing curves representing vibrations. |
HOMESHORINGS | • HOMESHORING n. the transfer of service industry employment from offices to home-based employees with appropriate telephone and Internet facilities, also HOMESOURCING. |
HONEYMONTHED | • HONEYMONTH v. (obsolete) to spend one's honeymoon, also HONEYMOON. |
HYMENOPHORES | • hymenophores n. Plural of hymenophore. • HYMENOPHORE n. the fruiting body of some basidiomycetous fungi. |
MONOPHTHONGS | • monophthongs n. Plural of monophthong. • MONOPHTHONG n. two written vowels representing a single sound, e.g. 'oo', 'oa'. |
ORNITHOMORPH | • ornithomorph n. A figure in ancient art resembling a bird. • ORNITHOMORPH n. a figure or design in the form of a bird. |
PHOSPHONIUMS | • phosphoniums n. Plural of phosphonium. • PHOSPHONIUM n. the radical PH4, analogous to ammonium. |
PHOTOMACHINE | • PHOTOMACHINE n. a machine that prints copies of digital photographs. |
PHYTOHORMONE | • phytohormone n. A plant hormone. • PHYTOHORMONE n. a plant hormone, regulating growth. |
PYTHONOMORPH | • pythonomorph n. Any large extinct reptile of the taxon Pythonomorpha. • pythonomorph n. Any member of the taxon Pythonomorpha. • PYTHONOMORPH n. a large marine reptile of the Cretaceous period, with long, scaly body and paddle-shaped limbs. |
RHOMBOHEDRON | • rhombohedron n. A prism with six faces, each a rhombus. • RHOMBOHEDRON n. a parallelepiped whose faces are rhombuses. |
SPHYGMOPHONE | • sphygmophone n. (Physiology) An electrical instrument for determining by ear the rhythm of the pulse of a person at a distance. • SPHYGMOPHONE n. an instrument for hearing the pulse. |
THERMOSIPHON | • thermosiphon n. An arrangement of siphon tubes for assisting circulation in a liquid. • THERMOSIPHON n. a method of circulating a cooling liquid through a system by using the slight difference in density between the hot and cool parts. |