| anemophilous | (adjective) of flowering plants (especially grasses etc) that are pollinated by the wind | - |
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| angiohemophilia | (noun) a form of hemophilia discovered by Erik von Willebrand; a genetic disorder that is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait; characterized by a deficiency of the coagulation factor and by mucosal bleeding | Synonyms: vascular hemophilia, von Willebrand's disease |
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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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| cosmopolitan | (adjective) growing or occurring in many parts of the world | Synonyms: widely distributed |
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| (adjective) composed of people from or at home in many parts of the world; especially not provincial in attitudes or interests | - |
| (adjective) of worldwide scope or applicability | Synonyms: ecumenical, general, oecumenical, universal, world-wide, worldwide |
| (noun) a sophisticated person who has travelled in many countries | Synonyms: cosmopolite |
| cosmopolitanity | (noun) a state or quality of being cosmopolitan | - |
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| cosmopolite | (noun) a sophisticated person who has travelled in many countries | Synonyms: cosmopolitan |
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| dustmop | (noun) a dry swab for dusting floors | Synonyms: dry mop, dust mop |
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| entomophilous | (adjective) of flowering plants (especially orchids etc) that are pollinated by insects | - |
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| entomophobia | (noun) a morbid fear of insects | - |
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| gammopathy | (noun) a disturbance in the synthesis of immunoglobulins; proteins having antibody activity increase greatly in the blood | - |
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| gamopetalous | (adjective) having a corolla composed of partially or wholly fused petals forming a corolla shaped like a tube or funnel | Synonyms: sympetalous |
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| gramophone | (noun) an antique record player; the sound of the vibrating needle is amplified acoustically | Synonyms: acoustic gramophone |
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| haemophile | (noun) someone who has hemophilia and is subject to uncontrollable bleeding | Synonyms: bleeder, haemophiliac, hemophile, hemophiliac |
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| haemophilia | (noun) congenital tendency to uncontrolled bleeding; usually affects males and is transmitted from mother to son | Synonyms: bleeder's disease, hemophilia |
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| haemophiliac | (noun) someone who has hemophilia and is subject to uncontrollable bleeding | Synonyms: bleeder, haemophile, hemophile, hemophiliac |
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| haemophilic | (adjective) relating to or having hemophilia | Synonyms: hemophilic |
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| haemopoiesis | (noun) the formation of blood cells in the living body (especially in the bone marrow) | Synonyms: haematogenesis, haematopoiesis, haemogenesis, hematogenesis, hematopoiesis, hemogenesis, hemopoiesis, sanguification |
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| haemopoietic | (adjective) pertaining to the formation of blood or blood cells | Synonyms: haematogenic, haematopoietic, hematogenic, hematopoietic, hemopoietic |
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| haemoproteid | (noun) related to malaria parasite and having a phase in the viscera of various birds | - |
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| haemoprotein | (noun) a conjugated protein linked to a compound of iron and porphyrin | Synonyms: hemoprotein |
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| haemoptysis | (noun) coughing up blood from the respiratory tract; usually indicates a severe infection of the bronchi or lungs | Synonyms: hemoptysis |
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| hemophile | (noun) someone who has hemophilia and is subject to uncontrollable bleeding | Synonyms: bleeder, haemophile, haemophiliac, hemophiliac |
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| hemophilia | (noun) congenital tendency to uncontrolled bleeding; usually affects males and is transmitted from mother to son | Synonyms: bleeder's disease, haemophilia |
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| hemophiliac | (noun) someone who has hemophilia and is subject to uncontrollable bleeding | Synonyms: bleeder, haemophile, haemophiliac, hemophile |
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| hemophilic | (adjective) relating to or having hemophilia | Synonyms: haemophilic |
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| hemopoiesis | (noun) the formation of blood cells in the living body (especially in the bone marrow) | Synonyms: haematogenesis, haematopoiesis, haemogenesis, haemopoiesis, hematogenesis, hematopoiesis, hemogenesis, sanguification |
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| hemopoietic | (adjective) pertaining to the formation of blood or blood cells | Synonyms: haematogenic, haematopoietic, haemopoietic, hematogenic, hematopoietic |
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| hemoprotein | (noun) a conjugated protein linked to a compound of iron and porphyrin | Synonyms: haemoprotein |
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| hemoptysis | (noun) coughing up blood from the respiratory tract; usually indicates a severe infection of the bronchi or lungs | Synonyms: haemoptysis |
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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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| mop | (noun) cleaning implement consisting of absorbent material fastened to a handle; for cleaning floors | Synonyms: swab, swob |
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| (verb) make a sad face and thrust out one's lower lip | Synonyms: mow, pout |
| (verb) to wash or wipe with or as if with a mop | Synonyms: mop up, wipe up |
| mopboard | (noun) a molding covering the joint formed by a wall and the floor | Synonyms: baseboard, skirting board |
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| mope | (noun) someone who wastes time | Synonyms: dallier, dilly-dallier, dillydallier, lounger |
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| (verb) be apathetic, gloomy, or dazed | Synonyms: moon about, moon around |
| (verb) move around slowly and aimlessly | Synonyms: mope around |
| moped | (noun) a motorbike that can be pedaled or driven by a low-powered gasoline engine | - |
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| mopes | (noun) an informal expression for a mildly depressed state | Synonyms: dumps |
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| mopper | (noun) a worker who uses a mop to clean a surface | - |
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| moppet | (noun) a little girl (usually one you are fond of) | - |
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| mopping | (noun) cleaning with a mop | Synonyms: swabbing |
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| nemophila | (noun) any plant of the genus Nemophila | - |
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| omophagia | (noun) the eating of raw food | - |
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| ophthalmoplegia | (noun) paralysis of the motor nerves of the eye | - |
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| potamoplankton | (noun) plankton that inhabit rivers | - |
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| rollmops | (noun) a pickled herring filet that has been rolled or wrapped around a pickle | - |
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| spermophile | (noun) any of various terrestrial burrowing rodents of Old and New Worlds; often destroy crops | Synonyms: gopher, ground squirrel |
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| thermopile | (noun) a kind of thermometer for measuring heat radiation; consists of several thermocouple junctions in series | - |
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| thermoplastic | (adjective) having the property of softening or fusing when heated and of hardening and becoming rigid again when cooled | - |
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| (noun) a material that softens when heated and hardens again when cooled | Synonyms: thermoplastic resin |