Having all the flowers of a plant alike in respect to the stamens and pistils.

The condition of having homogonous flowers.

One of two or more words identical in orthography, but having different derivations and meanings; as, fair, n., a market, and fair, a., beautiful.

Employing a single and separate character to represent each sound; -- said of certain methods of spelling words.

That method of spelling in which every sound is represented by a single character, which indicates that sound and no other.

A figure in which the several parts of a sentence end with the same case, or inflection generally.

A homoiothermal animal.

Maintaining a uniform body temperature, usually above the ambient temperature; h/matothermal; homothermic; warm-blooded; -- applied to warm-bodied animals such as birds and mammals, because they maintain a nearly uniform temperature in spite of the great variations in the surrounding air; in distinct from the cold-blooded (poikilothermal) animals, whose body temperature follows the variations in temperature of the surrounding medium.

The process or state of being homoiothermal.

Of or pertaining to Homoiousians, or their belief.

To approve; to allow; to confirm; as, the court homologates a proceeding.

Confirmation or ratification (as of something otherwise null and void), by a court or a grantor.

Pertaining to homology; having a structural affinity proceeding from, or base upon, that kind of relation termed homology.

Pertaining to, or characterized by, homology; as, homologinic qualities, or differences.

To determine the homologies or structural relations of.

See Homologue.

Those books of the New Testament which were acknowledged as canonical by the early church; -- distinguished from antilegomena.

Having the same relative position, proportion, value, or structure. Corresponding in relative position and proportion.

Preserving the mutual relations of parts, especially as to size and form; maintaining relative proportion.

That which is homologous to something else; as, the corresponding sides, etc., of similar polygons are the homologues of each other; the members or terms of an homologous series in chemistry are the homologues of each other; one of the bones in the hand of man is the homologue of that in the paddle of a whale.

The quality of being homologous; correspondence; relation; as, the homologyof similar polygons.

Uniformly bending or curving to one side; -- said of leaves which grow on several sides of a stem.

Same as Homomorphy.

Characterized by homomorphism.

Similarity of form; resemblance in external characters, while widely different in fundamental structure; resemblance in geometric ground form. See Homophyly, Promorphology.

Of or pertaining to homonomy.

The homology of parts arranged on transverse axes.

A word having the same sound as another, but differing from it in meaning; as the noun bear and the verb bear.

Having the same name or designation; standing in the same relation; -- opposed to heteronymous.

In an homonymous manner; so as to have the same name or relation.

Sameness of name or designation; identity in relations.

Of or pertaining to the Homoousians, or to the doctrines they held.

A strong dislike or fear of homosexuals, especially to an unreasonable degree.

Disliking or fearing homosexuals to an unreasonable degree.

A letter or character which expresses a like sound with another.

Of or pertaining to a homophone or homophony; as, homophonous words.

Originally, sounding alike; of the same pitch; unisonous; monodic. Now used for plain harmony, note against note, as opposed to polyphonic harmony, in which the several parts move independently, each with its own melody.

Sameness of sound.

Relating to homophily.

That form of homology due to common ancestry (phylogenetic homology), in opposition to homomorphy, to which genealogic basis is wanting.

Resemblance between different plants or animals, in external shape, in general habit, or in organs, which is not due to descent from a common ancestor, but to similar surrounding circumstances.

One of the plastids composing the idorgan of Haeckel; -- also called homo/rgan.

Of or pertaining to homoplasty; as, homoplasticorgans; homoplastic forms.

The formation of homologous tissues.

See Homogeny.

In promorphology, pertaining to or exhibiting that kind of organic form, in which the stereometric ground form is a pyramid, with similar poles. See Promorphology.

One of the Homoptera.

A suborder of Hemiptera, in which both pairs of wings are similar in texture, and do not overlap when folded, as in the cicada. See Hemiptera.

An homopter.

Of or pertaining to the Homoptera.

Having only one form of pistils; -- said of the flowers of some plants.

Developing, in the case of multicellular organisms, from the same embryonic systems into which the secondary unit (gastrula or plant enbryo) differentiates.

Same as Homotaxis.

Relating to homotaxis.

Similarly in arrangement of parts; -- the opposite of heterotaxy.

Same as Homotaxis.

Warm-blooded; homoiothermal; h/matothermal.

Of the same tenor or tone; equable; without variation.

Turned in the same direction with something else.

Of the same type of structure; pertaining to a homotype; as, homotypal parts.

Same as Homotypal.

A term suggested by Haeckel to be instead of serial homology. See Homotype.

A little man; a dwarf; a manikin.

Hand.

To sharpen on, or with, a hone; to rub on a hone in order to sharpen; as, to hone a razor.

To adorn; to grace; to honor; to make becoming, appropriate, or honorable.

The act of honesting; grace; adornment.

Honesty; honorableness.

Honorably; becomingly; decently.

Honor; honorableness; dignity; propriety; suitableness; decency.

An umbelliferous plant of the genus Sison (Sison Amomum); -- so called because used to cure a swelling called a hone.

To make agreeable; to cover or sweeten with, or as with, honey.

Any of a number of small to medium-sized finches of the Hawaiian islands belonging to the subfamily Drepanidae.

An erect bushy shrub (Lambertia formosa) of eastern Australia having terminal clusters of red flowers yielding much nectar.

The receptacle for honey in a honeybee.

One of numerous species of small passerine birds of the family Meliphagid/ having tongue and bill adapted for extracting nectar, abundant in Australia and Oceania; -- called also honeysucker.

Soft to sweet in speech; persuasive.

Sweet as honey.

Sweet speaking; persuasive; seductive.

Any bee of the genus Apis, which lives in communities and collects honey, esp. the common domesticated hive bee (Apis mellifica), the Italian bee (Apis ligustica), and the Arabiab bee (Apis fasciata). The two latter are by many entomologists considered only varieties of the common hive bee. Each swarm of bees consists of a large number of workers (barren females), with, ordinarily, one queen or fertile female, but in the swarming season several young queens, and a number of males or drones, are produced.

The fruit of either of two trees having sweetish berries: (a) An Old World hackberry (Celtis australis). (b) In the West Indies, the genip (Melicocca bijuga).

The honey guide.

A mass of hexagonal waxen cells, formed by bees, and used by them to hold their honey and their eggs.

Formed or perforated like a honeycomb.

A sweet, saccharine substance, found on the leaves of trees and other plants in small drops, like dew. Two substances have been called by this name; one exuded from the plants, and the other secreted by certain insects, esp. aphids.

A type of winter melon (Cucumis melo inodorus) related to the muskmelon (Cucumis melo reticulatus), but having a smooth pale yellowish-green rind and sweet, juicy, light green flesh. It is slightly ovoid in shape, commonly about 8 to 10 inches long on the long axis.

Covered with honey.

Destitute of honey.

The first month after marriage.

See Mellite.

See Honey eater.

One of several species of flowering plants, much admired for their beauty, and some for their fragrance.

Covered with honeysuckles.

See Badderlocks.

A European plant of the genus Cerinthe, whose flowers are very attractive to bees.

To hang.

See Honeyed.

To make a sound like the honk of a goose.

The nose; -- an informal terms used in the U. S.

A white (caucasian) person; -- a term used by some African-Americans, intended to be disparaging and often taken as offensive.

Pertaining to or resembling a honky-tonk.

To regard or treat with honor, esteem, or respect; to revere; to treat with deference and submission; when used of the Supreme Being, to reverence; to adore; to worship.

Worthy of honor; fit to be esteemed or regarded; estimable; illustrious.

The state of being honorable; eminence; distinction.

In an honorable manner; in a manner showing, or consistent with, honor.

Done as a sign or evidence of honor; as, honorary services.

A fee offered to professional men for their services; as, an honorarium of one thousand dollars.

of high repute; -- of people.

a recipient of honors in recognition of noteworthy accomplishments. Correlative of honorer or conferrer.

One who honors.

Conferring honor; tending to honor.

Destitute of honor; not honored.

Same as honor; -- chiefly British usage.

A university degree with honors; -- a term used in Great Britain.

the main island of Japan. Together with the islands of Hokkaido, Kyushu and Shikoku it forms the bulk of the land area of Japan.

See under Hunt.

The Hungarian army in the revolutionary war of 1848-49.

See Army organization, above.

See Ho.

an illicitly distilled (and usually inferior) alcoholic liquor.