| homologize | (verb) make homologous | Synonyms: homologise |
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| (verb) be homologous | - |
| homologous | (adjective) corresponding or similar in position or structure or function or characteristics; especially derived from an organism of the same species | - |
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| (adjective) having the same evolutionary origin but not necessarily the same function | - |
| 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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| homonymic | (adjective) of or related to or being homonyms | Synonyms: homonymous |
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| homonymous | (adjective) of or related to or being homonyms | Synonyms: homonymic |
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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 | (adjective) homosexual or arousing homosexual desires | Synonyms: gay, queer |
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| (noun) someone who is sexually attracted to persons of the same sex | Synonyms: gay, homo, homosexual |
| 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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| homophobic | (adjective) prejudiced against homosexual people | - |
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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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| homophonic | (adjective) having a single melodic line with accompaniment | - |
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| (adjective) having the same sound | - |
| homophonous | (adjective) characteristic of the phenomenon of words of different origins that are pronounced the same way | - |
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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 | (adjective) sexually attracted to members of your own sex | - |
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| (noun) someone who is sexually attracted to persons of the same sex | Synonyms: gay, homo, homophile |
| 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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| homosporous | (adjective) characterized by homospory | - |
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| homospory | (noun) the development of a single kind of asexual spores | - |
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| homostyled | (adjective) (botany) having styles all of the same length | Synonyms: homostylic, homostylous |
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| homostylic | (adjective) (botany) having styles all of the same length | Synonyms: homostyled, homostylous |
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| homostylous | (adjective) (botany) having styles all of the same length | Synonyms: homostyled, homostylic |
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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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| homothermic | (adjective) of birds and mammals; having constant and relatively high body temperature | Synonyms: homeothermic, homoiothermic |
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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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| homozygous | (adjective) having identical alleles at corresponding chromosomal loci | - |
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| homunculus | (noun) a person who is very small but who is not otherwise deformed or abnormal | Synonyms: manikin, mannikin |
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| (noun) a tiny fully formed individual that (according to the discredited theory of preformation) is supposed to be present in the sperm cell | - |
| homy | (adjective) having a feeling of home; cozy and comfortable | Synonyms: homelike, homely, homey |
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| inhomogeneity | (noun) the quality of being inhomogeneous | - |
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| inhomogeneous | (adjective) not homogeneous | Synonyms: nonuniform |
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| keratoacanthoma | (noun) skin tumor that grows rapidly (especially in older people) and resembles a carcinoma but does not spread; it usually disappears spontaneously, often leaving a scar | - |
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| lithomancer | (noun) one who practices lithomancy | - |
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| lithomancy | (noun) divination by means of stones or stone talismans | - |
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| lithomantic | (adjective) of or relating to lithomancy | - |
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| lymphoma | (noun) a neoplasm of lymph tissue that is usually malignant; one of the four major types of cancer | - |
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| nymphomania | (noun) abnormally intense sexual desire in women | - |
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| nymphomaniac | (adjective) (used of women) affected with excessive sexual desire | Synonyms: nymphomaniacal |
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| (noun) a woman with abnormal sexual desires | Synonyms: nympho |
| nymphomaniacal | (adjective) (used of women) affected with excessive sexual desire | Synonyms: nymphomaniac |
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| ornithomimid | (noun) lightly built medium-sized dinosaur having extremely long limbs and necks with small heads and big brains and large eyes | - |
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| orthomolecular | (adjective) designating or relating to a form of treatment of mental disorders that seeks to restore biochemical balance in the body with large doses of vitamins and minerals | - |
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| orthomyxovirus | (noun) a group of viruses including those causing influenza | - |
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| parahoma | (noun) ritual drink prepared from Haoma plant. | - |
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| parasympathomimetic | (adjective) having an effect similar to that resulting from stimulation of the parasympathetic nervous system | - |
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| psychomachy | (noun) a conflict of the soul (as with the body or between good and evil). | - |
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| psychometric | (adjective) of or relating to psychometrics | - |
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| psychometrics | (noun) any branch of psychology concerned with psychological measurements | Synonyms: psychometrika, psychometry |
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| psychometrika | (noun) any branch of psychology concerned with psychological measurements | Synonyms: psychometrics, psychometry |
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| psychometry | (noun) any branch of psychology concerned with psychological measurements | Synonyms: psychometrics, psychometrika |
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| psychomotor | (adjective) of or relating to or characterizing mental events that have motor consequences or vice versa | - |
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| rhomb | (noun) a parallelogram with four equal sides; an oblique-angled equilateral parallelogram | Synonyms: diamond, rhombus |
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| rhombencephalon | (noun) the posterior portion of the brain including cerebellum and brainstem | Synonyms: hindbrain |
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| rhombic | (adjective) resembling a rhombus | - |
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| rhombohedral | (adjective) having threefold symmetry | Synonyms: trigonal |
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| rhombohedron | (noun) a parallelepiped bounded by six similar faces (either rhombuses or parallelograms) | - |
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| rhomboid | (adjective) shaped like a rhombus or rhomboid | Synonyms: rhomboidal |
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| (noun) any of several muscles of the upper back that help move the shoulder blade | Synonyms: rhomboid muscle |
| (noun) a parallelogram with adjacent sides of unequal lengths; an oblique-angled parallelogram with only the opposite sides equal | - |
| rhomboidal | (adjective) shaped like a rhombus or rhomboid | Synonyms: rhomboid |
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| rhombus | (noun) a parallelogram with four equal sides; an oblique-angled equilateral parallelogram | Synonyms: diamond, rhomb |
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| sophomore | (adjective) used of the second year in United States high school or college | Synonyms: second-year |
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| (noun) a second-year undergraduate | Synonyms: soph |
| sympathomimetic | (adjective) relating to epinephrine (its release or action) | Synonyms: adrenergic |
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| tachometer | (noun) measuring instrument for indicating speed of rotation | Synonyms: tach |
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| trachoma | (noun) a chronic contagious disease caused by a bacterium and marked by inflammation of the conjunctiva and cornea of the eye and the formation of scar tissue | - |
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| trichomonad | (noun) cause of trichomoniasis in women and cattle and birds | - |
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| trichomoniasis | (noun) infection of the vagina | - |
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| unfathomable | (adjective) of depth; not capable of being sounded or measured | - |
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| (adjective) resembling an abyss in depth; so deep as to be unmeasurable | Synonyms: abysmal, abyssal |
| (adjective) incapable of being fully understood | - |
| unfathomed | (adjective) situated at or extending to great depth; too deep to have been sounded or plumbed | Synonyms: profound, unplumbed, unsounded |
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| unhomogenised | (adjective) not having undergone homogenization | Synonyms: unhomogenized |
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| unhomogenized | (adjective) not having undergone homogenization | Synonyms: unhomogenised |
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| whomp | (verb) beat overwhelmingly | - |
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| (verb) hit with the hand | Synonyms: cuff |
| xanthoma | (noun) a skin problem marked by the development (on the eyelids and neck and back) of irregular yellow nodules; sometimes attributable to disturbances of cholesterol metabolism | - |
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| xanthomatosis | (noun) widespread xanthomas (especially on elbows and knees); often associated with a disorder of lipid metabolism | Synonyms: cholesterosis cutis, lipid granulomatosis, lipoid granulomatosis, xanthoma multiplex |
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| xanthomonad | (noun) bacteria producing yellow non-water-soluble pigments; some pathogenic for plants | - |
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