10-letter words starting with hom
- 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.
- homophonic — having the same sound.
- homophoric — Relating to homophora.
- homopteran — homopterous.
- homorganic — (of two or more speech sounds) having the same place of articulation, as p, b, and m, which are all bilabial.
- homosexual — Older Use: Sometimes Disparaging. sexually attracted to members of one's own sex: homosexual students.
- homosocial — Pertaining to homosociality, to social interaction with the same sex.
- homosphere — The lower part of the atmosphere, up to about sixty miles, in which there is no great change in its composition.
- homostyled — (of a plant) having styles of the same form or length in all flowers.
- homotaxial — a similarity of arrangement, as of geologic strata or fossil assemblages that have the same relative position but are not necessarily contemporaneous.
- homothetic — similar; similarly placed.
- homozygote — an organism with identical pairs of genes with respect to any given pair of hereditary characters, and therefore breeding true for that character.
- homozygous — having identical pairs of genes for any given pair of hereditary characteristics.
- homuncular — an artificially made dwarf, supposedly produced in a flask by an alchemist.
- homunculus — an artificially made dwarf, supposedly produced in a flask by an alchemist.