| acanthotic | (adjective) of or relating to or having acanthosis | - |
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| amphoteric | (adjective) having characteristics of both an acid and a base and capable of reacting as either | Synonyms: amphiprotic |
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| amphotericin | (noun) an antibiotic and antifungal agent | - |
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| antipsychotic | (noun) tranquilizer used to treat psychotic conditions when a calming effect is desired | Synonyms: antipsychotic agent, antipsychotic drug, major tranquilizer, major tranquilliser, major tranquillizer, neuroleptic, neuroleptic agent, neuroleptic drug |
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| aphotic | (adjective) lacking light; especially not reached by sunlight | - |
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| bloodshot | (adjective) (of an eye) reddened as a result of locally congested blood vessels; inflamed | - |
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| buckshot | (noun) small lead shot for shotgun shells | Synonyms: bird shot, duck shot |
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| bullshot | (noun) a cocktail made with vodka and beef bouillon or consomme | - |
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| cholelithotomy | (noun) removal of gallstone through an incision in the gallbladder | - |
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| countershot | (noun) a return shot; a retaliatory shot | - |
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| cytophotometer | (noun) a photometer that can be used to locate and identify chemical compounds in a cell by measuring the intensity of the light that passes through stained sections of the cytoplasm | - |
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| cytophotometric | (adjective) of or relating to the study of cells by means of a cytophotometer | - |
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| cytophotometrically | (adverb) by cytophotometric means | - |
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| cytophotometry | (noun) the study of chemical compounds inside a cell by means of a cytophotometer | - |
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| dhoti | (noun) a long loincloth worn by Hindu men | - |
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| dichotomisation | (noun) the act of dividing into two sharply different categories | Synonyms: dichotomization |
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| dichotomise | (verb) divide into two opposing groups or kinds | Synonyms: dichotomize |
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| dichotomization | (noun) the act of dividing into two sharply different categories | Synonyms: dichotomisation |
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| dichotomize | (verb) divide into two opposing groups or kinds | Synonyms: dichotomise |
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| dichotomous | (adjective) divided or dividing into two sharply distinguished parts or classifications | - |
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| dichotomously | (adverb) in a dichotomous manner | - |
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| dichotomy | (noun) being twofold; a classification into two opposed parts or subclasses | Synonyms: duality |
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| earshot | (noun) the range within which a voice can be heard | Synonyms: earreach, hearing |
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| eyeshot | (noun) the range of the eye | Synonyms: view |
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| gomphothere | (noun) extinct elephants of Central American and South America; of the Miocene and Pleistocene | - |
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| grapeshot | (noun) a cluster of small projectiles fired together from a cannon to produce a hail of shot | Synonyms: grape |
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| gunshot | (noun) the act of shooting a gun | Synonyms: gunfire |
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| headshot | (noun) a shot aimed at a person's head | - |
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| (noun) an attempt to put the soccer ball into the net by using the head | - |
| (noun) a photograph of a person's head | - |
| hot | (adjective) used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning | - |
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| (adjective) (extended meanings, especially of psychological heat) marked by intensity or vehemence especially of passion or enthusiasm | - |
| (adjective) marked by excited activity | - |
| (adjective) charged or energized with electricity | Synonyms: live |
| (adjective) having or showing great eagerness or enthusiasm | - |
| (adjective) very fast; capable of quick response and great speed | Synonyms: blistering, red-hot |
| (adjective) made recently | - |
| (adjective) very good; often used in the negative | - |
| (adjective) recently stolen or smuggled | - |
| (adjective) having or bringing unusually good luck | - |
| (adjective) of a seeker; very near to the object sought | - |
| (adjective) newest or most recent | Synonyms: red-hot |
| (adjective) very popular or successful | - |
| (adjective) having or dealing with dangerously high levels of radioactivity | - |
| (adjective) sexually excited or exciting | - |
| (adjective) performed or performing with unusually great skill and daring and energy | - |
| (adjective) producing a burning sensation on the taste nerves | Synonyms: spicy |
| (adjective) very unpleasant or even dangerous | - |
| (adjective) characterized by violent and forceful activity or movement; very intense | Synonyms: raging |
| (adjective) wanted by the police | - |
| (adjective) (color) bold and intense | - |
| hotbed | (noun) a bed of earth covered with glass and heated by rotting manure to promote the growth of plants | - |
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| (noun) a situation that is ideal for rapid development (especially of something bad) | - |
| hotbox | (noun) a journal bearing (as of a railroad car) that has overheated | - |
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| hotcake | (noun) a flat cake of thin batter fried on both sides on a griddle | Synonyms: battercake, flannel-cake, flannel cake, flapcake, flapjack, griddlecake, hot cake, pancake |
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| hotchpotch | (noun) a stew (or thick soup) made with meat and vegetables | - |
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| (noun) a motley assortment of things | Synonyms: farrago, gallimaufry, hodgepodge, melange, mingle-mangle, mishmash, oddments, odds and ends, omnium-gatherum, ragbag |
| hotdog | (noun) a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll | Synonyms: dog, frank, frankfurter, hot dog, weenie, wiener, wienerwurst |
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| (noun) a frankfurter served hot on a bun | Synonyms: hot dog, red hot |
| (noun) someone who performs dangerous stunts to attract attention to himself | Synonyms: hot dog |
| hotel | (noun) a building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services | - |
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| hotelier | (noun) an owner or manager of hotels | Synonyms: hosteller, hotel manager, hotelkeeper, hotelman |
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| hotelkeeper | (noun) an owner or manager of hotels | Synonyms: hosteller, hotel manager, hotelier, hotelman |
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| hotelman | (noun) an owner or manager of hotels | Synonyms: hosteller, hotel manager, hotelier, hotelkeeper |
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| hotfoot | (noun) a practical joke that involves inserting a match surreptitiously between the sole and upper of the victim's shoe and then lighting it | - |
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| (adverb) without delay; speedily | - |
| (verb) move hurridly | Synonyms: belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hasten, hie, pelt along, race, rush, rush along, speed, step on it |
| hothead | (noun) a reckless impetuous irresponsible person | Synonyms: daredevil, harum-scarum, lunatic, madcap, swashbuckler |
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| (noun) a belligerent grouch | Synonyms: fire-eater |
| hotheaded | (adjective) quickly aroused to anger | Synonyms: choleric, hot-tempered, irascible, quick-tempered, short-tempered |
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| (adjective) characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation | Synonyms: brainish, impetuous, impulsive, madcap, tearaway |
| hothouse | (noun) a greenhouse in which plants are arranged in a pleasing manner | Synonyms: conservatory, indoor garden |
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| hotline | (noun) a telefone line that provides direct and prompt information or advice to the caller in relation to a specific subject | Synonyms: hot line |
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| hotly | (adverb) in a heated manner | Synonyms: heatedly |
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| hotness | (noun) the presence of heat | Synonyms: heat, high temperature |
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| (noun) a hot spiciness | Synonyms: pepperiness |
| (noun) a state of sexual arousal | Synonyms: horniness, hot pants |
| hotplate | (noun) a portable electric appliance for heating or cooking or keeping food warm | Synonyms: hot plate |
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| hotpot | (noun) a stew of meat and potatoes cooked in a tightly covered pot | Synonyms: hot pot |
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| hotshot | (noun) someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field | Synonyms: ace, adept, champion, genius, maven, mavin, sensation, star, superstar, virtuoso, whiz, whizz, wiz, wizard |
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| hotspot | (noun) a lively entertainment spot | Synonyms: hot spot |
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| (noun) a point of relatively intense heat or radiation | Synonyms: hot spot |
| (noun) a place of political unrest and potential violence | Synonyms: flashpoint, hot spot, trouble spot |
| hotspur | (noun) a rash or impetuous person | - |
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| hottish | (adjective) somewhat hot | - |
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| kyphotic | (adjective) characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column | Synonyms: crookback, crookbacked, gibbous, humpbacked, humped, hunchbacked |
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| lithotomy | (noun) surgical removal of a stone (calculus) | - |
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| longshot | (noun) a photograph taken from a distance | - |
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| methotrexate | (noun) toxic antimetabolite that limits cellular reproduction by acting as an antagonist to folic acid; used to treat certain cancers and psoriasis and rheumatoid arthritis | Synonyms: amethopterin, methotrexate sodium |
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| microphotometer | (noun) special kind of densitometer that measures density variations over a very small area | - |
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| moonshot | (noun) an ambitious project with a high chance of failure | - |
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| mugshot | (noun) a photograph of someone's face (especially one made for police records) | Synonyms: mug shot |
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| nonphotosynthetic | (adjective) not photosynthetic | - |
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| opisthotonos | (noun) severe spasm in which the back arches and the head bends back and heels flex toward the back | - |
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| orchotomy | (noun) surgical incision into the testis to obtain material for analysis (as in cases of abnormally low sperm count) | - |
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| orthotropous | (adjective) (of a plant ovule) completely straight with the micropyle at the apex | - |
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| overshot | (adjective) having an upper part projecting beyond the lower | - |
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| phot | (noun) a unit of illumination equal to 1 lumen per square centimeter; 10,000 phots equal 1 lux | - |
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| photalgia | (noun) pain in the eye resulting from exposure to bright light (often associated with albinism) | Synonyms: photophobia |
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| photic | (adjective) of or relating to or caused by light | - |
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| photo | (noun) a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format | Synonyms: exposure, photograph, pic, picture |
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| photobomb | (verb) to jump into someone's photo | - |
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| photocathode | (noun) a cathode that emits electrons when illuminated | - |
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| photocell | (noun) a transducer used to detect and measure light and other radiations | Synonyms: electric eye, magic eye, photoconductive cell, photoelectric cell |
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| photochemical | (adjective) of or relating to or produced by the effects of light on chemical systems | - |
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| photochemistry | (noun) branch of chemistry that deals with the chemical action of light | - |
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| photocoagulation | (noun) surgical procedure that uses an intense laser beam to destroy diseased retinal tissue or to make a scar that will hold the retina in cases of detached retina | - |
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| photocoagulator | (noun) surgical instrument containing a laser for use in photocoagulation | - |
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| photoconduction | (noun) change in the electrical conductivity of a substance as a result of absorbing electromagnetic radiation | Synonyms: photoconductivity |
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| photoconductive | (adjective) of or relating to photoconductivity | - |
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| photoconductivity | (noun) change in the electrical conductivity of a substance as a result of absorbing electromagnetic radiation | Synonyms: photoconduction |
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| photocopier | (noun) a copier that uses photographic methods of making copies | - |
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| photocopy | (noun) a photographic copy of written or printed or graphic work | - |
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| (verb) reproduce by xerography | Synonyms: run off, xerox |
| photoelectric | (adjective) of or pertaining to photoelectricity | Synonyms: photoelectrical |
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| photoelectrical | (adjective) of or pertaining to photoelectricity | Synonyms: photoelectric |
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| photoelectrically | (adverb) by photoelectric means | - |
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| photoelectricity | (noun) electricity generated by light or affected by light | - |
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| photoelectron | (noun) an electron that is emitted from an atom or molecule by an incident photon | - |
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| photoemission | (noun) an emission of photoelectrons (especially from a metallic surface) | - |
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| photoemissive | (adjective) of or relating to photoemission | - |
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| photoengraving | (noun) an engraving used to reproduce an illustration | Synonyms: halftone, halftone engraving |
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| photoflash | (noun) a lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph | Synonyms: flash, flash bulb, flash lamp, flashbulb, flashgun |
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| photoflood | (noun) light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography | Synonyms: flood, flood lamp, floodlight |
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| photogenic | (adjective) looking attractive in photographs | - |
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| photograph | (noun) a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format | Synonyms: exposure, photo, pic, picture |
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| (verb) record on photographic film | Synonyms: shoot, snap |
| (verb) undergo being photographed in a certain way | - |
| photographer | (noun) someone who takes photographs professionally | Synonyms: lensman |
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| photographic | (adjective) relating to photography or obtained by using photography | - |
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| (adjective) representing people or nature with the exactness and fidelity of a photograph | - |
| photographically | (adverb) by photographic means | - |
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| photography | (noun) the act of taking and printing photographs | Synonyms: picture taking |
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| (noun) the occupation of taking and printing photographs or making movies | - |
| (noun) the process of producing images of objects on photosensitive surfaces | - |
| photogravure | (noun) using photography to produce a plate for printing | Synonyms: rotogravure |
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| (noun) an intaglio print produced by gravure | Synonyms: gravure, heliogravure |
| (noun) printing from an intaglio plate prepared by photographic methods | - |
| photoheliograph | (noun) a telescope, with a camera attached, used to photograph the Sun. | - |
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| photojournalism | (noun) journalism that presents a story primarily through the use of pictures | - |
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| photojournalist | (noun) a journalist who presents a story primarily through the use of photographs | - |
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| photolithograph | (noun) a lithograph produced by photographically produced plates | - |
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