Webster's Dictionary 1913

1945

Heterodoxal

Het″er‐o‐dox′al (?), a. Not orthodox. Howell.

1946

Heterodoxy

Het″er‐o‐dox′y (?), n. [Gr. �: cf. F. hétérodoxie.] An opinion or doctrine, or a system of doctrines, contrary to some established standard of faith, as the Scriptures, the cree...

1947

Heterodromous

Het′er‐od″ro‐mous (?), a. [Hetero- + Gr. � to run.] 1. (Bot.) Having spirals of changing direction. Gray.2. (Mech.) Moving in opposite directions; — said of a lever, pulley, etc...

1948

Heterœcious

Het′er‐œ″cious (?), a. [Hetero- + Gr. � house.] (Bot.) Passing through the different stages in its life history on an alternation of hosts, as the common wheat-rust fungus (Pucc...

1949

Heterogamous

Het′er‐og″a‐mous (?), a. [Hetero- + Gr. γάμοσ marriage: cf. F. hétérogame.] (Bot. & Biol.) (a) The condition of having two or more kinds of flowers which differ in regard to sta...

1950

Heterogamy

Het′er‐og″a‐my (?), n. [See Heterogamous.]1. (Bot.) The process of fertilization in plants by an indirect or circuitous method; — opposed to orthogamy.2. (Biol.) That form of al...

1951

Heterogangliate

Het′er‐o‐gan″gli‐ate (?), a. [Hetero- + gangliate.] (Physiol.) Having the ganglia of the nervous system unsymmetrically arranged; — said of certain invertebrate animals.

1952

Heterogene

Het″er‐o‐gene (?), a. Heterogenous.

1953

Heterogeneal

Het′er‐o‐ge″ne‐al (?), a. Heterogeneous.

1954

Heterogeneity

Het′er‐o‐ge‐ne″i‐ty (?), n. [Cf. F. hétérogénéité.] The state of being heterogeneous; contrariety.The difference, indeed the heterogeneity, of the two may be felt. Coleridge.

1955

Heterogeneous

Het′er‐o‐ge″ne‐ous (?), a. [Gr. �; � + � race, kind; akin to E. kin: cf. F. hétérogène.] Differing in kind; having unlike qualities; possessed of different characteristics; diss...

1956

Heterogenesis

Het′er‐o‐gen″e‐sis (?), n. [Hetero- + genesis.] 1. (Biol.) Spontaneous generation, so called.2. (Biol.) That method of reproduction in which the successive generations differ fr...

1957

Heterogenetic

Het′er‐o‐ge‐net″ic (?), a.(Biol.) Relating to heterogenesis; as, heterogenetic transformations.

1958

Heterogenist

Het′er‐og″e‐nist (?), n.(Biol.) One who believes in the theory of spontaneous generation, or heterogenesis. Bastian.

1959

Heterogenous

Het′er‐og″e‐nous (?), a.(Biol.) Of or pertaining to heterogenesis; heterogenetic.

1960

Heterogeny

Het′er‐og″e‐ny (?), n.(Biol.) Heterogenesis.

1961

Heterogonous

Het′er‐og″o‐nous (?), a.(Bot.) Characterized by heterogony. — Het′er‐og″o‐nous‐ly, adv.

1962

Heterogony

Het′er‐og″o‐ny (?), n. [Hetero- + Gr. � offspring.] (Bot.) The condition of having two or more kinds of flowers, different as to the length of their stamens and pistils.

1963

Heterographic

Het′er‐o‐graph″ic (?), a. [See Heterography.] Employing the same letters to represent different sounds in different words or syllables; — said of methods of spelling; as, the or...

1964

Heterography

Het′er‐og″ra‐phy (?), n. [Hetero- + -graphy.] That method of spelling in which the same letters represent different sounds in different words, as in the ordinary English orthogr...

1965

Heterogynous

Het′er‐og″y‐nous (?), a. [Hetero- + Gr. � a woman, female.] (Zoöl.) Having females very unlike the males in form and structure; — as certain insects, the males of which are wing...

1966

Heterologous

Het′er‐ol″o‐gous (?), a. [Hetero- + Gr. � proportion.] Characterized by heterology; consisting of different elements, or of like elements in different proportions; different; — ...

1967

Heterology

Het′er‐ol″o‐gy (?), n. [Hetero- + -logy.] 1. (Biol.) The absence of correspondence, or relation, in type of structure; lack of analogy between parts, owing to their being compos...

1968

Heteromera

‖Het′e‐rom″e‐ra (?), n. pl.(Zoöl.) A division of Coleoptera, having heteromerous tarsi.

1969

Heteromerous

Het′er‐om″er‐ous (?), a. [See Heteromera.] 1. (Chem & Crystallog.) Unrelated in chemical composition, though similar or indentical in certain other respects; as, borax and augit...

1970

Heteromorphic

Het′er‐o‐mor″phic (?), a. [Hetero- + Gr. � form.] (Biol.) Deviating from the normal, perfect, or mature form; having different forms at different stages of existence, or in diff...

1971

Heteromorphism

{ Het′er‐o‐mor″phism (?), Het′er‐o‐mor″phy (?), } n.(Biol.) The state or quality of being heteromorphic.