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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