10-letter words starting with ho
- homeliness — lacking in physical attractiveness; not beautiful; unattractive: a homely child.
- homemakers — Plural form of homemaker.
- homemaking — the establishment or management of a home; duties of a homemaker.
- homeoboxes — Plural form of homeobox.
- homeomorph — any of the crystalline minerals characterized by a particular kind of homeomorphism.
- homeopathy — the method of treating disease by drugs, given in minute doses, that would produce in a healthy person symptoms similar to those of the disease (opposed to allopathy).
- homeotherm — homoiotherm.
- homeotypic — of or relating to the second division in meiosis.
- homeowners — Plural form of homeowner.
- homeschool — to teach (one's children) at home instead of sending them to school.
- homesteads — Plural form of homestead.
- homeworker — a person who works at home for pay, especially a pieceworker.
- homiletics — the art of preaching; the branch of practical theology that treats of homilies or sermons.
- homoblasty — the state of being homoblastic
- homocercal — having an equally divided tail, characteristic of adult modern bony fishes.
- homochrome — homochromatic.
- homochromy — a form of camouflage or protective colouring in animals that makes an individual visually become part of the whole group or landscape
- homocyclic — of or noting a cyclic compound having atoms of only one element, usually carbon, in the ring (contrasted with heterocyclic).
- homoecious — designating or of parasites that spend their entire life cycle on one species of host
- homoeopath — Alternative spelling of homeopath.
- homoerotic — a tendency to be sexually aroused by a member of the same sex.
- homogamous — Botany. having flowers or florets that do not differ sexually (opposed to heterogamous). having the stamens and pistils maturing simultaneously (opposed to dichogamous).
- homogenate — a mixture that has been homogenized.
- homogenise — to form by blending unlike elements; make homogeneous.
- homogenize — to form by blending unlike elements; make homogeneous.
- homogenous — Biology. corresponding in structure because of a common origin.
- homogonous — pertaining to monoclinous flowers that do not differ in the relative length of stamens and pistils (opposed to heterogonous).
- homografts — Plural form of homograft.
- homographs — a word of the same written form as another but of different meaning and usually origin, whether pronounced the same way or not, as bear 1 “to carry; support” and bear 2 “animal” or lead 1 “to conduct” and lead 2 “metal.”.
- homography — The state or quality of being spelt homographically; the state or quality of existing as homographs.
- homoiousia — The doctrine of the homoiousians.
- homoleptic — (chemistry) Describing an organometallic compound having a single type of ligand.
- homologate — to approve; confirm or ratify.
- homologies — the state of being homologous; homologous relation or correspondence.
- homologise — Alt form homologize.
- homologize — to make or show to be homologous.
- homologous — having the same or a similar relation; corresponding, as in relative position or structure.
- homologues — Plural form of homologue.
- homolosine — (cartography) Being or employing a particular pseudocylindrical, equal-area, composite projection used for world maps.
- homomorphy — (biology) similarity of form; resemblance in external character or in geometric ground form.
- homonymity — Phonetics. a word pronounced the same as another but differing in meaning, whether spelled the same way or not, as heir and air; a homophone (def 1).
- homonymous — of the nature of homonyms; having the same name.
- homoousian — a member of a 4th-century a.d. church party that maintained that the essence or substance of the Father and the Son is the same (opposed to Heteroousian).
- homophiles — Plural form of homophile.
- homophilia — (dated) homosexuality.
- homophilic — (immunology) that reacts only with a specific antigen.
- homophobes — Plural form of homophobe.
- homophobia — unreasoning fear of or antipathy toward homosexuals and homosexuality.
- homophobic — unreasoning fear of or antipathy toward homosexuals and homosexuality.
- homophones — Phonetics. a word pronounced the same as another but differing in meaning, whether spelled the same way or not, as heir and air.