Words starting with homo
4 letter words starting with homo
- homo — a contemptuous term used to refer to a homosexual, especially a male homosexual.
- homo economicus — a theoretical human being who rationally calculates the costs and benefits of every action before making a decision, used as the basis for a number of economic theories and models
- homo erectus — an extinct species of the human lineage, formerly known as Pithecanthropus erectus, having upright stature and a well-evolved postcranial skeleton, but with a smallish brain, low forehead, and protruding face.
- homo floresiensis — a possible species of very small, primitive human: its fossils were discovered on the Indonesian island of Flores in 2003.
- homo habilis — an extinct species of upright East African hominid having some advanced humanlike characteristics, dated as being from about 1.5 million to more than 2 million years old and proposed as an early form of Homo leading to modern humans.
5 letter words starting with homo
7 letter words starting with homo
- homoeo- — homeo-
- homoio- — homeo-
- homolog — something homologous.
- homonid — any member of the group consisting of all modern and extinct humans and great apes (including gorillas, chimpanzees, and orangutans) and all their immediate ancestors.
- homonym — 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).
8 letter words starting with homo
- homodont — (of most nonmammalian vertebrates) having teeth that are all of the same type
- homodyne — of or relating to reception by a device that generates a varying voltage of the same or nearly the same frequency as the incoming carrier wave and combines it with the incoming signal for detection.
- homogamy — the state of being homogamous.
- homogeny — correspondence in form or structure, owing to a common origin.
- homogony — state of being homogonous.
9 letter words starting with homo
- 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.
10 letter words starting with homo
- 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).
11 letter words starting with homo
- homo-sexual — Older Use: Sometimes Disparaging. sexually attracted to members of one's own sex: homosexual students.
- homoallylic — (organic chemistry) Containing a homoallyl radical.
- homoblastic — (of a plant or plant part) showing no difference in form between the juvenile and the adult structures
- homocentric — having a common center; concentric.
- homodimeric — Of or pertaining to a homodimer.
12 letter words starting with homo
- homo-zygotic — having identical pairs of genes for any given pair of hereditary characteristics.
- homochromous — being all of one color, as a composite flower or flower head.
- homochronous — (of a genetic character) occurring at the same age or period in the offspring as in the parent.
- homocysteine — An amino acid that occurs in the body as an intermediate in the metabolism of methionine and cysteine.
- homodynamous — (biology) Pertaining to, or involving, homodynamy.
13 letter words starting with homo
- homochromatic — of or relating to one hue; monochromatic.
- homoepitaxial — (materials science) Having the same orientation.
- homoeroticism — a tendency to be sexually aroused by a member of the same sex.
- homofullerene — (chemistry) Any of various compounds formally derived from a fullerene by the insertion of a methylene group between adjacent carbon atoms.
- homogeneities — Plural form of homogeneity.
14 letter words starting with homo
- homogenisation — Alternative spelling of homogenization.
- homogenization — to form by blending unlike elements; make homogeneous.
- homomultimeric — (biochemistry) Describing a protein containing two or more identical polypeptide chains.
- homotransplant — allograft.
15 letter words starting with homo
- homochlamydeous — (of a plant) having a perianth in which the sepals and petals are fused together and indistinguishable
- homoerotophobia — Homophobia; antipathy towards homosexuals.
- homogeneousness — (rare) homogeneity, the state of having a uniform composition.
- homosexualities — Plural form of homosexuality.
25 letter words starting with homo
- homothetic-transformation — Also called homothetic transformation. a mapping of a set by which each element in the set is mapped into a positive constant multiple of itself, the same constant being used for all elements.
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