an ovum composed entirely of germinal matter. See Meroblast.

Undergoing complete segmentation; composed entirely of germinal matter, the whole of the yolk undergoing fission; -- opposed to meroblastic.

A burnt sacrifice; an offering, the whole of which was consumed by fire, among the Jews and some pagan nations.

The geological period comprising approximately the last 10,000 years.

A natural family of fish including the squirrelfishes and soldierfishes.

The type genus of the family Holocentridae, comprising some of the squirrelfishes.

A member of the Holocephali, fish with high compressed heads and a bodies tapering off into a long tail. See also Hoocephali.

An order of elasmobranch fishes, including, among living species, only the chim/ras; -- called also Holocephala. See Chim/ra; also Illustration in Appendix.

Wholly or completely concealing; incapable of being deciphered.

Completely crystalline; -- said of a rock like granite, all the constituents of which are crystalline.

A photographic image giving the observer a seemingly three-dimensional view of the represented object. The three-dimensional effect is produced by exposing a photographic recording medium to an interference pattern generated by a coherent beam of light (as from a laser) reflected from the subject, interacting with a beam directly from the source. The full three-dimensional effect requires illumination of the image with coherent light, but less perfect three-dimensional visual effects may also be observed when the hologram is illuminated with white light.

A document, as a letter, deed, or will, wholly in the handwriting of the person from whom it proceeds and whose act it purports to be.

To produce a holographic image of, by holography.

Of the nature of a holograph; pertaining to holographs.

The process of producing holograms, usually requiring a source of coherent light, as from a laser.

Having all the planes required by complete symmetry, -- in opposition to hemihedral.

Presenting hemihedral forms, in which all the sectants have halt the whole number of planes.

Those insects which have a complete metamorphosis; metabola.

Having a complete metamorphosis; -- said of certain insects, as the butterflies and bees.

An instrument for making all kinds of angular measurements.

Same as Holometabolic.

Causing no loss of light; -- applied to reflectors which throw back the rays of light without perceptible loss.

A lamp with lenses or reflectors to collect the rays of light and throw them in a given direction; -- used in lighthouses.

Expressing a phrase or sentence in a single word, -- as is the case in the aboriginal languages of America.

Wholly or distinctively vegetable.

Having the nasal bones contiguous.

Meteoric iron; a meteorite consisting of metallic iron without stony matter.

Pertaining to the Holostei.

An extensive division of ganoids, including the gar pike, bowfin, etc.; the bony ganoids. See Illustration in Appendix.

Wholly solid; -- said of a barometer constructed of solid materials to show the variations of atmospheric pressure without the use of liquids, as the aneroid.

An artificial division of gastropods, including those that have an entire aperture.

Same as Holostomatous.

Having an entire aperture; -- said of many univalve shells.

One of the Holostomata.

A division of phyllopod Crustacea, including those that are entirely covered by a bivalve shell.

A holothurian.

Belonging to the Holothurioidea. One of the Holothurioidea.

One of the classes of echinoderms.

A group of ciliated Infusoria, having cilia all over the body.

A whoremonger.

imp. p. p. of Help.

Wholesome.

One of a breed of cattle, originally from Schleswig-Holstein, valued for the large amount of milk produced by the cows. The color is usually black and white in irregular patches.

A breed of dairy cattle from North Holland and Friesland; they have a black and white color to their fur.

A leather case for a pistol, carried by a horseman at the bow of his saddle, or worn on the person suspended from a belt or shoulder strap.

Bearing holsters.

A piece of woodland; especially, a woody hill.

Hollow.

Set apart to the service or worship of God; hallowed; sacred; reserved from profane or common use; holy vessels; a holy priesthood.

A religious festival.

To scrub with a holystone, as the deck of a vessel.

Having the dorsal fin spines symmetrical, and in the same line; -- said of certain fishes.

To pay reverence to by external action.

Subject to homage.

One who does homage, or holds land of another by homage; a vassal.

Same as Homolographic.

Flat; even; -- a term applied to surfaces and to spaces, whether real or imagined, in which the definitions, axioms, and postulates of Euclid respecting parallel straight lines are assumed to hold true.

A genus of decapod Crustacea, including the common lobsters.

An alkaloid, prepared from atropine, and from other sources. It is chemically related to atropine, and is used for the same purpose.

Relating to that kind of homology or symmetry, the mathematical conception of organic form, in which all axes are equal. See under Promorphology.

A felt hat with a crown that is creased lengthwise, and a brim that is slightly curled upward at the edge.

To one's home or country; as in the phrases, go home, come home, carry home.

To return home.

a complete circuit of the bases made by the batter without being put out and without an error on the play; also, the hit on which the batter makes such a circuit; a four-base hit.

the town (or city) where a person was born or grew up or has his principal residence; as, he never went back to his hometown again.

Kept at home, usually due to illness; same as housebound.

Bred at home; domestic; not foreign.

A return home.

Driven to the end, as a nail; driven close.

Keeping at home.

Felt in one's own breast; inward; private.

grown or produced at home or in a specific locality; -- of plants or animals.

A staying at home.

Receiving or having received formal education, especially primary or secondary education, at home rather than in a school. The instruction at home may be accomplished by parents or by professionals who come to the home; as, home-schooled students often get higher test scores than those educated in schools.

Direct, forcible, and effective speaking.

a person who seldom goes anywhere; one not given to wandering or travel.

Native; indigenous; not foreign.

someone who builds houses as a business.

A field adjacent to its owner's home.

Destitute of a home.

Those people who have no permanent residence, especially those who live outdoors due to poverty; usually used in the definite phrase the homeless.

the state or condition of having no home, especially of living in the streets.

Like a home; comfortable; cheerful; cozy; friendly; as, a homelike atmosphere.

Plainly; inelegantly.

Domesticity; care of home.

A person or thing belonging to a home or to a particular country; a native; as, a word which is a homeling.

Plainly; rudely; coarsely; as, homely dressed.

The European sand ray (Raia maculata); -- called also home, mirror ray, and rough ray.

Made at home; of domestic manufacture; made either in a private family or in one's own country.

A practitioner of homeopathy.

Of or pertaining to homeopathy; according to the principles of homeopathy.

According to the practice of homeopathy.

A believer in, or practitioner of, homeopathy.

The art of curing, founded on resemblances; the theory and its practice that disease is cured (tuto, cito, et jucunde) by remedies which produce on a healthy person effects similar to the symptoms of the complaint under which the patient suffers, the remedies being usually administered in minute doses. This system was founded by Dr. Samuel Hahnemann, and is opposed to allopathy, or heteropathy.

The ability and tendency of certain systems to maintain a relatively constant internal state in spite of changes in external conditions; this ability is achieved by the presence of feedback mechanisms which can adjust the state of the system to compensate for changes in the state caused by the external environment. It is exemplified in homeothermal biological systems, such as animals which maintain relatively constant blood temperature and composition in spite of variations in external temperature or the composition of the food ingested.

Of or pertaining to homeostasis; exhibiting homeostasis.

In a homeostatic manner.

A homoiothermal animal.

having constant and relatively high body temperature; warm-blooded; same as homoiothermal; -- of birds and mammals. Contrasted to poikilothermal.

The process or state of being homoiothermal.

Same as Home run.

Of or pertaining to Homer, the most famous of Greek poets; resembling the poetry of Homer.

The practise of providing formal education, especially primary or secondary education, at home rather than in a school.

Pining for home; in a nostalgic condition.

Cloth made at home; as, he was dressed in homespun.

Place of a home; homestead.

The home place; a home and the inclosure or ground immediately connected with it.

One who has entered upon a portion of the public land with the purpose of acquiring ownership of it under provisions of the homestead law, so called; one who has acquired a homestead in this manner.

the straight segment of a racetrack leading to the finish line.

Being in the direction of home; as, the homeward way.

Toward home; in the direction of one's house, town, or country.

preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home).

A person who works at home for pay.

having a feeling of home; cozy and comfortable; as, the homey everyday atmosphere; a restaurant with a homey atmosphere.

Pertaining to homicide; tending to homicide; murderous; as, a homicidal maniac.

The killing of one human being by another.

In human form.

A homilist.

Of or pertaining to familiar intercourse; social; affable; conversable; companionable.

The art of preaching; that branch of theology which treats of homilies or sermons, and the best method of preparing and delivering them.