het´er|on´y|mous|ly — het|er|on|y|mous «HEHT uh RON uh muhs», adjective. 1. of or like a heteronym. 2. having different names, as a pair of correlatives: »“Husband” and “wife” are heteronymous. 3. Optics. of or having to do with a kind of double vision in which the… … Useful english dictionary
het|er|o|chro|mous — «HEHT uhr uh KROH muhs», adjective. 1. of different colors. 2. Botany. having the florets of the center different in color from those of the margin, as in the daisy or aster. ╂[< hetero + Greek chrôma color + English ous] … Useful english dictionary
het|er|od|ro|mous — «HEHT uh ROD ruh muhs», adjective. having the spiral arrangement of the leaves on the stem in one direction and of those on the branches in the opposite direction. ╂[< New Latin heterodromus (with English ous) < Greek héteros other + drómos … Useful english dictionary
het|er|og|a|mous — «HEHT uh ROG uh muhs», adjective. 1. reproducing by the union of unlike gametes. 2. characterized by the alternation of two types of sexual reproduction in the successive generations. 3. having flowers or florets of two sexually different kinds … Useful english dictionary
het|er|on|o|mous — «HEHT uh RON uh muhs», adjective. 1. subject to or involving different laws. 2. subject to the law or will of another. 3. Biology. having different laws or modes of growth, as parts or organ ╂[< hetero + Greek nómos law + English ous] … Useful english dictionary
het|er|o|pel|mous — «HEHT uhr uh PEHL muhs», adjective. having one of the two deep flexor tendons of the toes dividing and going to the first and second digits, and the other dividing and going to the third and fourth digits: »a bird with heteropelmous feet. ╂[<… … Useful english dictionary
mous — ab·nor·mous; ag·a·mous; al·log·a·mous; al·mous; am·phi·des·mous; am·phid·ro·mous; am·phis·to·mous; anad·ro·mous; an·gi·o·sper·mous; an·isog·a·mous; anon·y·mous; an·ton·y·mous; apla·nog·a·mous; as·to·mous; athal·a·mous; au·mous; au·tog·a·mous;… … English syllables
het — che·che·het; het·er·aki·dae; het·er·a·kis; het·er·an·drous; het·er·an·gi·um; het·er·an·the·ra; het·er·atomic; het·er·auxesis; het·er·axial; het·er·ism; het·er·i·za·tion; het·ero·agglutinin; het·ero·autotroph; het·ero·autotrophic; het·ero·auxin;… … English syllables
het|er|o|dy|na|mous — «HEHT uhr uh DY nuh muhs», adjective. Biology. having to do with the dominance of certain characteristics in inheritance. ╂[< Greek heterodýnamos (with English ous) of different power < héteros different + dýnamis power] … Useful english dictionary
heterodromous — het·er·od·ro·mous … English syllables
(with English -ous) (literally) having different names < héteros another + ónyma name]–het´er|on´y|mous|ly, adverb.