9-letter words starting with ho
- hominoids — Plural form of hominoid.
- homoallyl — (organic chemistry, often in combination) the univalent radical CH2=CH-CH2-CH2-.
- homocercy — the condition in fish of having a symmetrical tail
- homogamic — (of a plant) in which all the flowers of an inflorescence are either of the same sex or hermaphrodite
- homogenic — having only one alternative form, or one allele, of a gene or genes: The plagues attacked relatively homogenic populations.
- homograft — allograft.
- homograph — 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.”.
- homologic — Homological.
- homologue — something homologous.
- homolysis — (chemistry) The decomposition of a substance without reacting with other substances.
- homolytic — Of, pertaining to, or produced by homolysis.
- homomorph — something that is similar in form to something else
- homonymic — 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).
- homophile — a homosexual.
- homophily — The tendency of individuals to associate with others of the same kind.
- homophobe — a person who fears or hates homosexuals and homosexuality.
- homophone — Phonetics. a word pronounced the same as another but differing in meaning, whether spelled the same way or not, as heir and air.
- homophony — the quality or state of being homophonic.
- homophora — A reference that requires some type of general knowledge to understand.
- homophyly — a resemblance due to common ancestry.
- homoplasy — correspondence in form or structure, owing to a similar environment.
- homoploid — of an organism or a cell whose set of chromosomes exhibits the same degree of ploidy as an organism or cell with which it is compared.
- homopolar — of uniform polarity; not separated or changed into ions; not polar in activity.
- homospore — (botany) any plant producing spores of the same size and type.
- homospory — the production of a single kind of spore, neither microspore nor megaspore.
- homostyly — (in plants) the condition of having all the flowers with styles of only one length, rather than of different lengths
- homotaxis — a similarity of arrangement, as of geologic strata or fossil assemblages that have the same relative position but are not necessarily contemporaneous.
- homotherm — homoiotherm.
- homothety — similar; similarly placed.
- homotonic — of the same tone
- homotopic — (topology, of two maps) Such that there is an interval of maps joining one to the other.
- homotypal — of normal type
- homotypic — of or relating to a homotype.
- homunculi — an artificially made dwarf, supposedly produced in a flask by an alchemist.
- hon. sec. — Honorary Secretary
- honestest — (nonstandard) Superlative form of honest.
- honesties — Plural form of honestie.
- honeworts — Plural form of honewort.
- honey ant — any of several ants, especially of the genus Myrmecocystus, that feed on honeydew or nectar and store the excess juices in the bodies of certain worker ants.
- honey bun — Also called sticky bun. a sweet spiral-shaped bun, usually with cinnamon, raisins, and nuts, coated with honey or butter and brown sugar.
- honey pot — any of a caste of workers in certain species of ants, that serve as living storehouses for a honeylike material later used by the whole colony
- honey-bee — any bee that collects and stores honey, especially Apis mellifera.
- honeybees — Plural form of honeybee.
- honeybird — Any of several drab honeyguides, of the genus Prodotiscus, from sub-Saharan Africa.
- honeycake — A cake made with honey, especially as a Rosh Hashanah tradition.
- honeycomb — a structure of rows of hexagonal wax cells, formed by bees in their hive for the storage of honey, pollen, and their eggs.
- honeydews — Plural form of honeydew.
- honeyless — without any honey
- honeylike — Like honey in taste, texture, or appearance.
- honeymoon — a vacation or trip taken by a newly married couple.