| allelomorph | (noun) (genetics) either of a pair (or series) of alternative forms of a gene that can occupy the same locus on a particular chromosome and that control the same character | Synonyms: allele |
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| allomorph | (noun) a variant phonological representation of a morpheme | - |
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| (noun) any of several different crystalline forms of the same chemical compound | - |
| anastomosis | (noun) a natural or surgical joining of parts or branches of tubular structures so as to make or become continuous | Synonyms: inosculation |
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| anthropomorphism | (noun) the representation of objects (especially a god) as having human form or traits | Synonyms: theanthropism |
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| apomorphine | (noun) a morphine derivative that is not as strong as morphine; used as an emetic and in small doses as a sedative | - |
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| automobile | (noun) a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine | Synonyms: auto, car, machine, motorcar |
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| automobilist | (noun) someone who drives (or travels in) an automobile | Synonyms: motorist |
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| bromoform | (noun) colorless liquid haloform CHBr3 | Synonyms: tribromomethane |
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| bromoil | (noun) a print made by the bromoil process having soft, paint-like qualities. | - |
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| chromoblastomycosis | (noun) a fungal infection characterized by itchy warty nodules on the skin | - |
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| chromogen | (noun) a compound that can be converted to a pigment | - |
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| chromolithograph | (noun) a print made by chromolithography. | - |
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| chromolithography | (noun) single- or multi-color lithography | - |
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| chromophore | (noun) the chemical group that gives color to a molecule | - |
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| chromoplast | (noun) plastid containing pigments other than chlorophyll usually yellow or orange carotenoids | - |
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| chromosome | (noun) a threadlike strand of DNA in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear order | - |
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| chromosphere | (noun) a gaseous layer of the sun's atmosphere (extending from the photosphere to the corona) that is visible during a total eclipse of the sun | - |
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| cromorne | (noun) a Renaissance woodwind with a double reed and a curving tube (crooked horn) | Synonyms: crumhorn, krummhorn |
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| cryptomonad | (noun) common in fresh and salt water appearing along the shore as algal blooms | Synonyms: cryptophyte |
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| duomo | (noun) the principal Christian church building of a bishop's diocese | Synonyms: cathedral |
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| ectomorph | (noun) a person with a thin body | - |
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| ectomorphy | (noun) slender, weak, and lightweight | Synonyms: asthenic type |
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| enantiomorph | (noun) either one of a pair of compounds (crystals or molecules) that are mirror images on each other but are not identical | Synonyms: enantiomer |
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| enantiomorphism | (noun) the relation of opposition between crystals or molecules that are reflections of one another | Synonyms: mirror-image relation |
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| endomorph | (noun) a heavy person with a soft and rounded body | - |
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| endomorphy | (noun) round, fat, and heavy | Synonyms: pyknic type |
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| entomologist | (noun) a zoologist who studies insects | Synonyms: bug-hunter, bugologist |
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| entomology | (noun) the branch of zoology that studies insects | Synonyms: bugology |
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| entomophobia | (noun) a morbid fear of insects | - |
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| geomorphology | (noun) the branch of geology that studies the characteristics and configuration and evolution of rocks and land forms | Synonyms: morphology |
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| gnomon | (noun) indicator provided by the stationary arm whose shadow indicates the time on the sundial | - |
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| gynandromorph | (noun) one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made | Synonyms: androgyne, epicene, epicene person, hermaphrodite, intersex |
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| homo | (noun) any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage | Synonyms: human, human being, man |
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| (noun) someone who is sexually attracted to persons of the same sex | Synonyms: gay, homophile, homosexual |
| homoeopath | (noun) a practitioner of homeopathy | Synonyms: homeopath |
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| homoeopathy | (noun) a method of treating disease with small amounts of remedies that, in large amounts in healthy people, produce symptoms similar to those being treated | Synonyms: homeopathy |
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| homoeroticism | (noun) a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the same sex | Synonyms: gayness, homosexualism, homosexuality, queerness |
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| homogenate | (noun) material that has been homogenized (especially tissue that has been ground and mixed) | - |
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| homogeneity | (noun) the quality of being similar or comparable in kind or nature | Synonyms: homogeneousness |
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| (noun) the quality of being of uniform throughout in composition or structure | - |
| homogeneousness | (noun) the quality of being similar or comparable in kind or nature | Synonyms: homogeneity |
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| homogenisation | (noun) the act of making something homogeneous or uniform in composition | Synonyms: homogenization |
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| homogenization | (noun) the act of making something homogeneous or uniform in composition | Synonyms: homogenisation |
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| homogeny | (noun) (biology) similarity because of common evolution | - |
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| homograft | (noun) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor of the same species but different genetic makeup; recipient's immune system must be suppressed to prevent rejection of the graft | Synonyms: allograft |
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| homograph | (noun) two words are homographs if they are spelled the same way but differ in meaning (e.g. fair) | - |
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| homoiotherm | (noun) an animal that has a body temperature that is relatively constant and independent of the environmental temperature | Synonyms: homeotherm, homotherm |
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| homology | (noun) the quality of being similar or corresponding in position or value or structure or function | - |
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| homomorphism | (noun) similarity of form | Synonyms: homomorphy |
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| homomorphy | (noun) similarity of form | Synonyms: homomorphism |
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| homonym | (noun) two words are homonyms if they are pronounced and spelled the same way but have different meanings | - |
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| homonymy | (noun) the relation between two words that are spelled the same way but differ in meaning or the relation between two words that are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning | - |
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| homophile | (noun) someone who is sexually attracted to persons of the same sex | Synonyms: gay, homo, homosexual |
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| homophobe | (noun) a person who hates or fears homosexual people | - |
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| homophobia | (noun) prejudice against (fear or dislike of) homosexual people and homosexuality | - |
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| homophone | (noun) two words are homophones if they are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning or spelling or both (e.g. bare and bear) | - |
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| homophony | (noun) part music with one dominant voice (in a homophonic style) | - |
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| (noun) the same pronunciation for words of different origins | - |
| homopteran | (noun) insects having membranous forewings and hind wings | Synonyms: homopterous insect |
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| homosexual | (noun) someone who is sexually attracted to persons of the same sex | Synonyms: gay, homo, homophile |
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| homosexualism | (noun) a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the same sex | Synonyms: gayness, homoeroticism, homosexuality, queerness |
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| homosexuality | (noun) a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the same sex | Synonyms: gayness, homoeroticism, homosexualism, queerness |
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| homospory | (noun) the development of a single kind of asexual spores | - |
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| homothecy | (noun) (mathematics) an isotropic scaling transformation of an affine space with a single fixed point. | Synonyms: homothety |
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| homotherm | (noun) an animal that has a body temperature that is relatively constant and independent of the environmental temperature | Synonyms: homeotherm, homoiotherm |
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| homothety | (noun) (mathematics) an isotropic scaling transformation of an affine space with a single fixed point. | Synonyms: homothecy |
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| homotoxicology | (noun) analysis of sickness within the framework of the body's failure to deal with the burden of toxins. Homeopathic remedies often are used as treatment. Developed by Hans Heinrich Reckeweg. | - |
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| homozygosity | (noun) the state of being homozygous; having two identical alleles of the same gene | - |
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| homozygote | (noun) (genetics) an organism having two identical alleles of a particular gene and so breeding true for the particular characteristic | - |
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| hydromorphone | (noun) a narcotic analgesic (trade name Dilaudid) used to treat moderate to severe pain | Synonyms: Dilaudid, hydromorphone hydrochloride |
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| inhomogeneity | (noun) the quality of being inhomogeneous | - |
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| isomorphism | (noun) (biology) similarity or identity of form or shape or structure | Synonyms: isomorphy |
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| isomorphy | (noun) (biology) similarity or identity of form or shape or structure | Synonyms: isomorphism |
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| komondor | (noun) Hungarian breed of large powerful shaggy-coated white dog; used also as guard dog | - |
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| lagomorph | (noun) relative large gnawing animals; distinguished from rodents by having two pairs of upper incisors specialized for gnawing | Synonyms: gnawing mammal |
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| locomotion | (noun) self-propelled movement | Synonyms: travel |
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| (noun) the power or ability to move | Synonyms: motive power, motivity |
| locomotive | (noun) a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks | Synonyms: engine, locomotive engine, railway locomotive |
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| macromolecule | (noun) any very large complex molecule; found only in plants and animals | Synonyms: supermolecule |
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| mesomorph | (noun) a person with a well-developed muscular body | - |
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| mesomorphy | (noun) muscular and big-boned | Synonyms: athletic type |
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| momot | (noun) tropical American bird resembling a blue jay and having greenish and bluish plumage | Synonyms: motmot |
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| nomogram | (noun) a graphic representation of numerical relations | Synonyms: nomograph |
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| nomograph | (noun) a graphic representation of numerical relations | Synonyms: nomogram |
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| oculomotor | (noun) supplies extrinsic muscles of the eye | Synonyms: nervus oculomotorius, oculomotor nerve, third cranial nerve |
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| omophagia | (noun) the eating of raw food | - |
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| phaeochromocytoma | (noun) a vascular tumor of the adrenal gland; hypersecretion of epinephrine results in intermittent or sustained hypertension | Synonyms: pheochromocytoma |
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| pheochromocytoma | (noun) a vascular tumor of the adrenal gland; hypersecretion of epinephrine results in intermittent or sustained hypertension | Synonyms: phaeochromocytoma |
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| pheromone | (noun) a chemical substance secreted externally by some animals (especially insects) that influences the physiology or behavior of other animals of the same species | - |
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| photomontage | (noun) a montage that uses photographic images | - |
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| photomosaic | (noun) arrangement of aerial photographs forming a composite picture | Synonyms: arial mosaic, mosaic |
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| pleomorphism | (noun) (biology) the appearance of two or more distinctly different forms in the life cycle of some organisms | - |
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| (noun) (chemistry) the existence of different kinds of crystal of the same chemical compound | Synonyms: polymorphism |
| pomologist | (noun) someone versed in pomology or someone who cultivates fruit trees | - |
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| pomology | (noun) the branch of botany that studies and cultivates fruits | - |
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| promo | (noun) a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution | Synonyms: packaging, promotion, promotional material, publicity |
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| promontory | (noun) a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea) | Synonyms: foreland, head, headland |
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| promoter | (noun) someone who is an active supporter and advocate | Synonyms: booster, plugger |
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| (noun) a sponsor who books and stages public entertainments | Synonyms: impresario, showman |
| promotion | (noun) act of raising in rank or position | - |
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| (noun) the advancement of some enterprise | Synonyms: forwarding, furtherance |
| (noun) a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution | Synonyms: packaging, promo, promotional material, publicity |
| (noun) encouragement of the progress or growth or acceptance of something | Synonyms: advancement, furtherance |
| pseudomonad | (noun) bacteria usually producing greenish fluorescent water-soluble pigment; some pathogenic for plants and animals | - |
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| pyromorphite | (noun) a mineral consisting of lead chloride and phosphate; a minor source of lead | Synonyms: green lead ore |
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| rhizomorph | (noun) a dense mass of hyphae forming a root-like structure characteristic of many fungi | - |
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| rhodomontade | (noun) vain and empty boasting | Synonyms: bluster, braggadocio, rodomontade |
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| rodomontade | (noun) vain and empty boasting | Synonyms: bluster, braggadocio, rhodomontade |
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| sophomore | (noun) a second-year undergraduate | Synonyms: soph |
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