heterocycle | (noun) a ring of atoms of more than one kind; especially a ring of carbon atoms containing at least one atom that is not carbon | Synonyms: heterocyclic ring |
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(noun) a compound containing a heterocyclic ring | Synonyms: heterocyclic, heterocyclic compound |
heterocyclic | (noun) a compound containing a heterocyclic ring | Synonyms: heterocycle, heterocyclic compound |
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heterodoxy | (noun) the quality of being unorthodox | Synonyms: unorthodoxy |
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(noun) any opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or orthodox position | Synonyms: heresy, unorthodoxy |
heterogeneity | (noun) the quality of being diverse and not comparable in kind | Synonyms: heterogeneousness |
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heterogeneousness | (noun) the quality of being diverse and not comparable in kind | Synonyms: heterogeneity |
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heterogenesis | (noun) the alternation of two or more different forms in the life cycle of a plant or animal | Synonyms: alternation of generations, xenogenesis |
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heterogloss | (noun) the locative boundary of a certain linguistic feature, such as the pronunciation of a vowel, the meaning of a word, or use of some syntactic feature. | Synonyms: isogloss |
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heterograft | (noun) tissue from an animal of one species used as a temporary graft (as in cases of severe burns) on an individual of another species | Synonyms: xenograft |
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heterology | (noun) (biology) the lack of correspondence of apparently similar body parts | - |
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heterometabolism | (noun) development of insects with incomplete metamorphosis in which no pupal stage precedes maturity | Synonyms: heterometaboly |
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heterometaboly | (noun) development of insects with incomplete metamorphosis in which no pupal stage precedes maturity | Synonyms: heterometabolism |
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heteronym | (noun) two words are heteronyms if they are spelled the same way but differ in pronunciation | - |
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heteroploid | (noun) (genetics) an organism or cell having a chromosome number that is not an even multiple of the haploid chromosome number for that species | - |
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heteroploidy | (noun) the condition of being heteroploid | - |
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heterosexism | (noun) discrimination in favor of heterosexual and against homosexual people | - |
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heterosexual | (noun) a person having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex | Synonyms: heterosexual person, straight, straight person |
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heterosexualism | (noun) a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the opposite sex | Synonyms: heterosexuality, straightness |
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heterosexuality | (noun) a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the opposite sex | Synonyms: heterosexualism, straightness |
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heterosis | (noun) (genetics) the tendency of a crossbred organism to have qualities superior to those of either parent | Synonyms: hybrid vigor |
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heterospory | (noun) the development of both microspores and megaspores | - |
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heterostracan | (noun) extinct jawless fish with the anterior part of the body covered with bony plates; of the Silurian and Devonian | - |
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heterotaxy | (noun) any abnormal position of the organs of the body | Synonyms: transposition |
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heterotroph | (noun) an organism that depends on complex organic substances for nutrition | - |
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heterozygosity | (noun) the state of being heterozygous; having two different alleles of the same gene | - |
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heterozygote | (noun) (genetics) an organism having two different alleles of a particular gene and so giving rise to varying offspring | - |
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heth | (noun) the 8th letter of the Hebrew alphabet | - |
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