Words starting with hetero
6 letter words starting with hetero
- hetero — Chemistry. of or relating to an atom other than carbon, particularly in a cyclic compound.
7 letter words starting with hetero
9 letter words starting with hetero
- heterodox — not in accordance with established or accepted doctrines or opinions, especially in theology; unorthodox.
- heteronym — a word spelled the same as another but having a different sound and meaning, as lead (to conduct) and lead (a metal).
- heteropod — any marine invertebrate with a foot or feet adapted for swimming
- heteroses — Plural form of heterosis.
- heterosex — heterosexuality.
10 letter words starting with hetero
- heteroatom — an atom other than carbon in the ring structure of a heterocyclic compound.
- heterocyst — one of the enlarged nitrogen-fixing cells occurring along the filaments in some blue-green algae.
- heterodont — (of most mammals) having teeth of different types
- heterodoxy — heterodox state or quality.
- heterodyne — noting or pertaining to a method of changing the frequency of an incoming radio signal by adding it to a signal generated within the receiver to produce fluctuations or beats of a frequency equal to the difference between the two signals.
11 letter words starting with hetero
- heteroatoms — Plural form of heteroatom.
- heteroauxin — indoleacetic acid.
- heterocarpy — the production of more than one kind of fruit in one plant.
- heterocercy — the condition or state of having a heterocercal tail
- heteroclite — irregular or abnormal; anomalous.
12 letter words starting with hetero
- heteroblasty — the morphological changes that occur in plants between juvenility and adulthood
- heterocercal — having an unequally divided tail, characteristic of sharks, rays, and skates.
- heterochrome — heterochromatic.
- heterochrony — a genetic shift in timing of the development of a tissue or anatomical part, or in the onset of a physiological process, relative to an ancestor.
- heteroclisis — (grammar) The presence of two or more classes of inflection in the inflectional paradigm of a noun, verb etc.
13 letter words starting with hetero
- hetero-sexism — a prejudiced attitude or discriminatory practices against homosexuals by heterosexuals.
- heteroblastic — (of a plant or plant part) showing a marked difference in form between the juvenile and the adult structures
- heterocarpous — (of a plant) producing more than one type of fruit
- heterochronic — a genetic shift in timing of the development of a tissue or anatomical part, or in the onset of a physiological process, relative to an ancestor.
- heteroclitous — heteroclite
14 letter words starting with hetero
- heteroaromatic — a heterocyclic aromatic compound.
- heterochromous — of different colors.
- heterochronism — a change in the stage at which developmental processes take place relative to members of the same species
- heterochronous — a genetic shift in timing of the development of a tissue or anatomical part, or in the onset of a physiological process, relative to an ancestor.
- heteroclitical — (obsolete) Anomalous, heteroclite.
15 letter words starting with hetero
- heterocercality — the condition or state of having a heterocercal tail
- heterochromatic — of, having, or pertaining to more than one color.
- heterochromatin — the dense, highly stainable part of a chromosome.
- heterochthonous — not indigenous; foreign (opposed to autochthonous): heterochthonous flora and fauna.
- heterodactylous — having the first and fourth toes directed backward, and the second and third forward, as in trogons.
16 letter words starting with hetero
- heterochromosome — sex chromosome.
- heterometabolism — insect development in which the young hatch in a form very similar to the adult and then mature without a pupal stage
- heterometabolous — undergoing development in which the young are born adultlike in form, often maturing without a pupal stage.
- heteromultimeric — (biochemistry) Describing a protein containing two or more different polypeptide chains.
- heteropalindrome — Something that spells something else when reversed, a semordnilap.
17 letter words starting with hetero
- heterochlamydeous — (of a plant) having a perianth consisting of distinct sepals and petals
- heterochromosomes — Plural form of heterochromosome.
- heteronormativity — The view that all human beings are either male or female, both in sex and in gender, and that sexual and romantic thoughts and relations are normal only when between people of different sexes.
18 letter words starting with hetero
- heteroscedasticity — (statistics) The property of a series of random variables of 'not' every variable having the same finite variance.
- heteroskedasticity — Alternative spelling of heteroscedasticity.
20 letter words starting with hetero
- heteropolysaccharide — (carbohydrate) any polysaccharide formed from two or more different kinds of monosaccharide.
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