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Homeopathic (?), a. [Cf. F. homéopathique.] Of or pertaining to homeopathy; according to the principles of homeopathy. [Also homœpathic.]
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Homeopathically (?), adv. According to the practice of homeopathy. [Also homœopathically.]
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Homeopathist (?), n. A believer in, or practitioner of, homeopathy. [Written also homœopathist.]
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Homeopathy (?), n. [Gr. � likeness of condition or feeling; � like (fr. � same; cf. ) + � to suffer: cf. F. homéopathie. See .] (Med.) 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. [Written also homœopathy.]
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home-schooled a. 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.
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homeschooling (hōmsk�lĭng) n. The practise of providing formal education, especially primary or secondary education, at home rather than in a school.
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homeostasis n. 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.
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homeostatic a. Of or pertaining to homeostasis; exhibiting homeostasis.
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homeostatically adv. In a homeostatic manner.
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homeotherm n. (Biol.) A homoiothermal animal.
Syn. -- homoiotherm.
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homeothermal, homeothermic adj. (Biol.) having constant and relatively high body temperature; warm-blooded; same as ; -- of birds and mammals. Contrasted to poikilothermal.
Syn. -- homoiothermic, homoiothermal, homothermic, homothermal.
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homeothermism, homeothermy n. (Biol.) The process or state of being homoiothermal.
Syn. -- homoiothermism, homoiothermy.
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Homer (?), n. (Zoöl.) A carrier pigeon remarkable for its ability to return home from a distance.
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Homer (?), n. (Zoöl.) See .
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Homer, n. [Heb. khōmer.] A Hebrew measure containing, as a liquid measure, ten baths, equivalent to fifty-five gallons, two quarts, one pint; and, as a dry measure, ten ephahs, equivalent to six bushels, two pecks, four quarts. [Written also chomer, gomer.]
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Homer (?), n. (Baseball) Same as .
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Home run (?), n. (Baseball) 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. Most home runs are made when the batter hits a fair ball out of the playing area on a fly, when the ball cannot be played by the defending team; if a batter circuits the bases while the ball is still inside the playing field, it is an inside-the-park home run.
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Homeric (?), a. [L. Homericus, Gr. Omhrikos.] Of or pertaining to Homer, the most famous of Greek poets; resembling the poetry of Homer.
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Coloq. Homeric verse , hexameter verse; -- so called because used by Homer in his epics.
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Homesick (?), a. Pining for home; in a nostalgic condition. -- Homesickness, n.
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Home-speaking (?), n. Direct, forcible, and effective speaking. Milton.
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Homespun (?), a. 1. Spun or wrought at home; of domestic manufacture; coarse; plain. “Homespun country garbs.” W. Irving.
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2. Plain in manner or style; not elegant; rude; coarse. “Our homespun English proverb.” Dryden. “Our homespun authors.” Addison.
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Homespun, n. 1. Cloth made at home; as, he was dressed in homespun.
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2. An unpolished, rustic person. [Obs.] Shak.
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Homestall (?), n. [AS. hāmsteall.] Place of a home; homestead. Cowper.
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Homestead (?), n. [AS. hāmstede.] 1. The home place; a home and the inclosure or ground immediately connected with it. Dryden.
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2. The home or seat of a family; place of origin.
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We can trace them back to a homestead on the Rivers Volga and Ural. W. Tooke.
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3. (Law) The home and appurtenant land and buildings owned by the head of a family, and occupied by him and his family.
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Coloq. Homestead law . (a) A law conferring special privileges or exemptions upon owners of homesteads; esp., a law exempting a homestead from attachment or sale under execution for general debts. Such laws, with limitations as to the extent or value of the property, exist in most of the States. Called also homestead exemption law. (b) Also, a designation of an Act of Congress authorizing and regulating the sale of public lands, in parcels of 160 acres each, to actual settlers. [U.S.]
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Homesteader (?), n. 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. [Local, U.S.]
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homestretch n. 1. the straight segment of a racetrack leading to the finish line. [wns=1]
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2. Hence: [fig.] The last or concluding part of any extended activity that has a definite conclusion; the final phase of any activity; as, the election was neck-and-neck in the homestretch.
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hometown, home town n. 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.
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Homeward (?), a. Being in the direction of home; as, the homeward way.

{ Homeward (?), Homewards (?), } adv. [AS. hāmweard.] Toward home; in the direction of one's house, town, or country.
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Coloq. Homeward bound , bound for home; going homeward; as, the homeward bound fleet.
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homework n. 1. preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home).
Syn. -- prep, preparation.
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2. Hence: [fig.] Studies or other preparatory work done prior to some activity; -- usually used of preparations for activities of significance or consequence for the performer; as, the candidate didn't do her homework well and was outclassed in the debate.
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3. Paid work done at home, especially piecework.
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homeworker n. A person who works at home for pay.
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homey (hōm�), adj. having a feeling of home; cozy and comfortable; as, the homey everyday atmosphere; a restaurant with a homey atmosphere.
Syn. -- homelike, homely, homy.
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Homicidal (?), a. Pertaining to homicide; tending to homicide; murderous; as, a homicidal maniac.
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Homicide (?), n. [F., fr. L. homicidium, fr. homicida a man slayer; homo man + caedere to cut, kill. See , and cf. , , v. t.] 1. The killing of one human being by another.
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☞ Homicide is of three kinds: justifiable, as when the killing is performed in the exercise of a right or performance of a duty; excusable, as when done, although not as duty or right, yet without culpable or criminal intent; and felonious, or involving what the law terms malice; the latter may be either manslaughter or murder. Bouvier.
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2. One who kills another; a manslayer. Chaucer. Shak.
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Homiform (?), a. [L. homo man + -form.] In human form. [Obs.] Cudworth.
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Homilete (?), n. A homilist.

{ Homiletic (?), Homiletical (?), } a. [Gr. �: cf. F. homilétique. See .] 1. Of or pertaining to familiar intercourse; social; affable; conversable; companionable. [R.]
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His virtues active, chiefly, and homiletical, not those lazy, sullen ones of the cloister. Atterbury.
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2. Of or pertaining to homiletics; hortatory.
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Homiletics (?), n. [Cf. F. homilétique.] The art of preaching; that branch of theology which treats of homilies or sermons, and the best method of preparing and delivering them.
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Homilist (?), n. One who prepares homilies; one who preaches to a congregation.
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Homilite (?), n. [From Gr. � to be in company with.] (Min.) A borosilicate of iron and lime, near datolite in form and composition.
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Homily (?), n.; pl. Homilies (#). [LL. homilia, Gr. � communion, assembly, converse, sermon, fr. � an assembly, fr. � same; cf. � together, and � crowd, cf. � to press: cf. F. homélie. See .] 1. A discourse or sermon read or pronounced to an audience; a serious discourse. Shak.
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2. A serious or tedious exhortation in private on some moral point, or on the conduct of life.
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As I have heard my father
Deal out in his long homilies. Byron.
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Coloq. Book of Homilies . A collection of authorized, printed sermons, to be read by ministers in churches, esp. one issued in the time of Edward VI., and a second, issued in the reign of Elizabeth; -- both books being certified to contain a “godly and wholesome doctrine.”
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hominal adj. Of humankind as a species; as, the hominal kingdom.
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Homing (hōmĭng), p. a. Home-returning; -- used specifically of carrier pigeons.
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Coloq. Homing pigeon , any pigeon trained to return home from a distance. Also called carrier pigeon. Most are bred from the domestic pigeon Columba livia. Homing pigeons are used for sending back messages or for flying races. By carrying the birds away and releasing them at gradually increasing distances from home, they may be trained to return with more or less certainty and promptness from distances up to four or five hundred miles. The birds typically do not stop on their way home, and may average as much as 60 miles per hour on their return trip. If the distance is increased much beyond 400 miles, the birds are unable to cover it without stopping for a prolonged rest, and their return becomes doubtful. The record for returnig from a distance is close to 1,200 miles. Homing pigeons are not bred for fancy points or special colors, but for strength, speed, endurance, and intelligence or homing instinct. Although used since ancient times, homing pigeons have been largely displaced for practical purposes by radio and electronic communications, but they are still used in some special situations at the end of the 20th century. They were used in military operations as recently as in World War II.
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hominian hominid adj. characterizing the family Hominidae, which includes Homo sapiens sapiens as well as extinct species of manlike creatures. [Narrower terms: human (vs. nonhuman) ] WordNet 1.5]

hominian, hominid n. Any animal of the family Hominidae, including modern man as well as extinct species of the genera Homo and Australopithecus.
Syn. -- homonid.
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Hominidae prop. n. The natural family of primates including modern man and the extinct immediate ancestors of man.
Syn. -- family Hominidae.
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hominine adj. characteristic of humankind.
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Hominoidea prop. n. A superfamily of mammals including anthropoid apes and human beings.
Syn. -- superfamily Hominoidea.
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Hominy (?), n. [From North American Indian auhúminea parched corn.] Maize hulled and broken, and prepared for food by being boiled in water. [U.S.] [Written also homony.]
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Homish (?), a. Like a home or a home circle.
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Quiet, cheerful, homish hospital life. E. E. Hale.
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Hommock (?), n. A small eminence of a conical form, of land or of ice; a knoll; a hillock. See . Bartram.
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Hommocky (?), a. Filled with hommocks; piled in the form of hommocks; -- said of ice.
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Homo- (?). A combining form from Gr. omos, one and the same, common, joint.
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Homobasidiomycetes n. A category used in some classification systems for various basidiomycetous fungi including e.g. mushrooms and puffballs which are usually placed in the classes Gasteromycetes and Hymenomycetes.
Syn. -- subclass Homobasidiomycetes.
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Homocategoric (?), a. [Homo- + categoric.] (Biol.) Belonging to the same category of individuality; -- a morphological term applied to organisms so related.
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Homocentric (?), a. [Gr. �: � the same + � center: cf. F. homocentrique.] Having the same center.
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Homocercal (?), a. [Homo- + Gr. � tail.] (Zoöl.) Having the tail nearly or quite symmetrical, the vertebral column terminating near its base; -- opposed to heterocercal.
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Homocercy (?), n. (Zoöl.) The possession of a homocercal tail.
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Homocerebrin (?), n. [Homo- + rebrin.] (Physiol. Chem.) A body similar to, or identical with, cerebrin.
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Homochromous (?), a. [Homo- + Gr. � color.] (Bot.) Having all the florets in the same flower head of the same color.
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Homodemic (?), a. [Homo- + 1st deme, 2.] (Biol.) A morphological term signifying development, in the case of multicellular organisms, from the same unit deme or unit of the inferior orders of individuality.
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Homodermic (?), a. (Biol.) Relating to homodermy; originating from the same germ layer.
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Homodermy (?), n. [Homo- + -derm.] (Biol.) Homology of the germinal layers.
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Homodont (?), a. [Homo- + Gr. �, �, a tooth.] (Anat.) Having all the teeth similar in front, as in the porpoises; -- opposed to heterodont.

{ Homodromal (?), Homodromous (?), } a. [Homo- + Gr. � a course, running.] 1. (Bot.) Running in the same direction; -- said of stems twining round a support, or of the spiral succession of leaves on stems and their branches.
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2. (Mech.) Moving in the same direction; -- said of a lever or pulley in which the resistance and the actuating force are both on the same side of the fulcrum or axis.
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Homodynamic (?), a. Homodynamous. Quain.
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Homodynamous (?), a. (Biol.) Pertaining to, or involving, homodynamy; as, successive or homodynamous parts in plants and animals.
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Homodynamy (?), n. [Gr. � of like power; � the same + � power.] (Biol.) The homology of metameres. See . Gegenbaur.
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Homœomeria (?), n. [L., from Gr. �; � like + � part.] The state or quality of being homogeneous in elements or first principles; likeness or identity of parts.

{ Homœomeric (?), Homœomerical (?), } a. Pertaining to, or characterized by, sameness of parts; receiving or advocating the doctrine of homogeneity of elements or first principles.
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Homœomerous (?), a. (Anat.) Having the main artery of the leg parallel with the sciatic nerve; -- said of certain birds.
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Homœomery (?), n. [Gr. � like + -metry.] Same as . [Obs.] Cudworth.
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Homœomorphism (?), n. [See .] A near similarity of crystalline forms between unlike chemical compounds. See .
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Homœomorphous (?), a. [Gr. � of like form; � like + morfh form.] Manifesting homœomorphism.

Homœopathic, a., Homœopathist, n., Homœopathy, n. Same as , , .
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Homœothermal (?), a. See .
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Homœozoic (?), a. [Gr. � like + � life.] (Zoöl.) Pertaining to, or including, similar forms or kinds of life; as, homœozoic belts on the earth's surface. E. Forbes.
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Homogamous (?), a. [Gr. � married together; � the same + � marriage.] (Bot.) Having all the flowers alike; -- said of such composite plants as Eupatorium, and the thistels.
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Homogamy (?), n. (Bot.) The condition of being homogamous.
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Homogangliate (?), a. [Homo- + gangliate.] (Zoöl.) Having the ganglia of the nervous system symmetrically arranged, as in certain invertebrates; -- opposed to heterogangliate.
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Homogene (?), a. [Cf. F. homogène.] Homogeneous. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
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Homogeneal (?), a. Homogeneous.
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Homogenealness, n. Homogeneousness.
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Homogeneity (?), n. [Cf. F. homogénéité.] Same as .
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Homogeneous (?), a. [Gr. �; � the same + � race, kind: cf. F. homogène. See , and .] 1. Of the same kind of nature; consisting of similar parts, or of elements of the like nature; -- opposed to heterogeneous; as, homogeneous particles, elements, or principles; homogeneous bodies.
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2. (Alg.) Possessing the same number of factors of a given kind; as, a homogeneous polynomial.
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Homogeneousness, n. Sameness 9kind or nature; uniformity of structure or material.
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Homogenesis (?), n. [Homo- + genesis.] (Biol.) That method of reproduction in which the successive generations are alike, the offspring, either animal or plant, running through the same cycle of existence as the parent; gamogenesis; -- opposed to heterogenesis.
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Homogenetic (?), a. (Biol.) Homogenous; -- applied to that class of homologies which arise from similarity of structure, and which are taken as evidences of common ancestry.
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homogenize v. t. 1. To blend (a collection of unlike elements) together so as to make the whole uniform in character, composition, or function.
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2. Specifically: To blend separated liquids together so as to form a uniform emulsion which does not separate out into its original constituents on standing; -- used especially of milk; as, most milk sold in cartons is pasteurized and homogenized.
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homogenized adj. 1. formed by blending unlike elements, especially by reducing one element to particles and dispersing them throughout another substance. homogeneous
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2. rendered homogeneous.
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Homogenous (?), a. (Biol.) Having a resemblance in structure, due to descent from a common progenitor with subsequent modification; homogenetic; -- applied both to animals and plants. See .
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Homogeny (?), n. [Gr. �; � the same + � race, kind.] 1. Joint nature. [Obs.] Bacon.
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2. (Biol.) The correspondence of common descent; -- a term used to supersede homology by Lankester, who also used homoplasy to denote any superinduced correspondence of position and structure in parts embryonically distinct (other writers using the term homoplasmy). Thus, there is homogeny between the fore limb of a mammal and the wing of a bird; but the right and left ventricles of the heart in both are only in homoplasy with each other, these having arisen independently since the divergence of both groups from a univentricular ancestor.
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Homogonous, a. [Gr. �. See .] (Bot.) Having all the flowers of a plant alike in respect to the stamens and pistils.
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Homogony (?), n. (Bot.) The condition of having homogonous flowers.
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Homograph (?), n. [Gr. omografos with the same letters; omos the same + grafein to write.] (Philol.) One of two or more words identical in orthography, but having different derivations and meanings; as, fair, n., a market, and fair, a., beautiful.
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Homographic (?), a. 1. Employing a single and separate character to represent each sound; -- said of certain methods of spelling words.
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2. (Geom.) Possessing the property of homography.
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Homography (?), n. 1. That method of spelling in which every sound is represented by a single character, which indicates that sound and no other.
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2. (Geom.) A relation between two figures, such that to any point of the one corresponds one and but one point in the other, and vise versa. Thus, a tangent line rolling on a circle cuts two fixed tangents of the circle in two sets of points that are homographic.
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Homoioptoton (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. � in a like case; � like + � falling.] (Rhet.) A figure in which the several parts of a sentence end with the same case, or inflection generally.
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homoiotherm n. (Biol.) A homoiothermal animal.
Syn. -- homeotherm.
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Homoiothermal, Homoiothermic (?), a. [Gr. � like + E. thermal.] (Physiol.) Maintaining a uniform body temperature, usually above the ambient temperature; hæmatothermal; 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.
Syn. -- homeothermal, homeothermic, homothermal, homothermic, homoiothermic.
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homoiothermism, homoiothermy n. (Biol.) The process or state of being homoiothermal.
Syn. -- homeothermism, homeothermy.
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Homoiousian (?), n. [Gr. �, �, of like substance; omoios + o'ysia the substance, being, essence.] (Eccl. Hist.) One of the semi-Arians of the 4th century, who held that the Son was of like, but not the same, essence or substance with the Father; -- opposed to homoousian.
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Homoiousian, a. Of or pertaining to Homoiousians, or their belief.
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Homologate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Homologated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Homologating.] [LL. homologatus, p. p. of homologare to homologate; Gr. � to assent, agree. See .] (Civ. Law) To approve; to allow; to confirm; as, the court homologates a proceeding. Wheaton.
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Homologation (?), n. [Cf. F. homologation.] (Civ. & Scots Law) Confirmation or ratification (as of something otherwise null and void), by a court or a grantor.
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Homological (?), a. Pertaining to homology; having a structural affinity proceeding from, or base upon, that kind of relation termed homology. -- Homologically, adv.
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Homologinic (?), a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or characterized by, homology; as, homologinic qualities, or differences.
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Homologize (?), v. t. (Biol.) To determine the homologies or structural relations of.
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Homologon (?), n. [NL.] See .
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Homologoumena (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. � things conceded, p. p. of � to agree, admit, concede. See .] Those books of the New Testament which were acknowledged as canonical by the early church; -- distinguished from antilegomena.
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Homologous (?), a. [Gr. � assenting, agreeing; � the same + � speech, discourse, proportion, � to say, speak.] Having the same relative position, proportion, value, or structure. Especially: (a) (Geom.) Corresponding in relative position and proportion.
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In similar polygons, the corresponding sides, angles, diagonals, etc., are homologous. Davies & Peck (Math. Dict.).

(b) (Alg.) Having the same relative proportion or value, as the two antecedents or the two consequents of a proportion. (c) (Chem.) Characterized by homology; belonging to the same type or series; corresponding in composition and properties. See , 3. (d) (Biol.) Being of the same typical structure; having like relations to a fundamental type to structure; as, those bones in the hand of man and the fore foot of a horse are homologous that correspond in their structural relations, that is, in their relations to the type structure of the fore limb in vertebrates.
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Coloq. Homologous stimulus . (Physiol.) See under .
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