English words: hemiacetalic to hemiolic

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English words hemiacetalic to hemiolic

hemiacetalic adjective: Pertaining to, or having the structure of, a hemiacetal
hemiachromatopsia noun: Partial achromatopsia, typically in only one eye
hemiagenesis noun: Failure of development or formation on one side of the body
hemiagenetic adjective: Relating to hemiagenesis
hemiagnosia noun: hemispatial agnosia
hemialbumin noun: hemialbumose
hemialbumose noun: An albuminous substance formed in gastric digestion, and by the action of boiling dilute acids on albumin. It is readily convertible into hemipeptone.
hemialgia noun: A state of pain affecting only one side of the body.
hemiallelic adjective: Relating to, or affecting half of the available alleles
hemiallogeneic adjective: genetic different because of being derived from one parent of the same species and one from another
hemiamaurosis noun: Amaurosis in one half of the field of vision.
hemiaminal noun: Any organic compound having both an amino and a hydroxy functional group attached to the same carbon atom; they are synthesized by reacting ammonia or an...
hemiamyloid adjective: Describes an element of the cell wall that does not directly stain blue with iodine reagents added to a water preparation, but only when it has been...
hemianæsthesia noun: Dated spelling of hemianaesthesia.
hemianaesthesia noun: Alternative spelling of hemianesthesia.
hemianamorphic adjective: Having all external plates and legs present before the last exoskeletal ecdysis
hemianamorphosis noun: A form of anamorphosis where the adult reaches a fixed number of segments, after which moulting continues, and pre-existing segments grow in size.
hemianatropous adjective: Synonym of hemitropous.
hemianesthesia noun: The inability to feel sensations from touch on one side of the body.
hemiangiocarpic adjective: Alternative form of hemiangiocarpous.
hemiangiocarpous adjective: Partially angiocarpous
hemianope noun: One who has hemianopia; one who could only see half of their visual field.
hemianopia noun: Alternative form of hemianopsia.
hemianopic adjective: Alternative form of hemianopsic.
hemianopsia noun: Blindness in one half of the field of vision of either or both eyes.
hemianopsic adjective: Exhibiting or relating to hemianopsia.
hemianoptic adjective: Alternative form of hemianopsic.
hemiaplasia noun: The failure of formation of an organ on one side; unilateral aplasia.
hemiarch noun: Either half of an arch
hemiarctic adjective: Partially arctic (partially within the arctic circle)
hemiarthroplasty noun: The replacement of one surface of a joint with artificial material
hemiascomycete noun: Any yeast or similar fungus of the former class Hemiascomycetes (now Saccharomycetes)
hemiascomyceteous adjective: Alternative form of hemiascomycetous.
hemiascomycetous adjective: Relating to hemiascomycetes.
hemiasomatognosia noun: Imperception of one side of the body.
hemiasterlin noun: The tripeptide...
hemiataxia noun: ataxia on one side of the body.
hemiatrophy noun: atrophy that affects only one half of the body
hemiazygos adjective: A minor counterpart of an azygos structure.
hemiballism noun: hemiballismus
hemiballismus noun: A rare movement disorder with involuntary flinging motions of the extremities on one side of the body.
hemibiotroph noun: An organism that is parasitic in living tissue for some time and then continues to live in dead tissue
hemibiotrophic adjective: Biotrophic in some circumstances, or some of the time.
hemibiotrophy noun: The condition of being hemibiotrophic
hemiblock noun: A heart block occurring within the fascicles of the left bundle branch.
hemibody noun: Either half of the body
hemiboreal adjective: Describing a climate midway between a temperate and a boreal one
hemibrain noun: Either half of the vertically dissected brain
hemibranch noun: In fishes, either of the two rows of gill filaments that form a gill arch.
hemibulb noun: Either half of the olfactory bulb
hemic adjective /ˈhi.mɪk/: Of or relating to blood
hemicarbonic adjective: Relating to hemicarbonic acid or its derivatives
hemicarbonic acid noun: carbonic acid represented as a hydroxy carboxylic acid HO-COOH
hemicardia noun: A lateral half of a four-chamber heart.
hemicarp noun: A mericarp.
hemicastrate noun: A semicastrated animal.
hemicastrated adjective: Having had one testicle removed
hemicastration noun: Half castration, by the removal of a single testicle.
hemicatenane noun: A junction between two complementary strands of double-stranded DNA.
hemicatenated adjective: Having hemicatenanes
hemicellulase noun: Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of hemicellulose.
hemicellulolysis noun: The enzymatic hydrolysis of hemicellulose.
hemicellulolytic adjective: Relating to hemicellulolysis.
hemicellulose noun: A mixture of several plant polysaccharides, of smaller molecular weight than cellulose, that are soluble in dilute alkali; they are involved in the...
hemicellulosic adjective: That contains hemicelluloses
hemicentin noun: Any of a family of extracellular immunoglobins that are conserved across vertebrate species
hemicerebellar adjective: Relating to either half of the cerebellum
hemicerebellectomised adjective: Subjected to hemicerebellectomy
hemicerebellectomy noun: Removal of the left or right half of the cerebellum
hemicerebellitis noun: Inflammation of one side of the cerebellum.
hemicerebellum noun: Either half of a cerebellum
hemicerebral adjective: Relating to a cerebral hemisphere.
hemicerebrum noun: A lateral half of the cerebrum.
hemichamber noun: Either half of a chamber that is divided into two, typically of an Ussing chamber
hemichannel noun: A connexin channel formed between two cells.
hemicholine noun: Hemicholinium-3, a drug that blocks the reuptake of choline by the high-affinity choline transporter at the presynapse.
hemicholinium noun: Synonym of hemicholine.
hemichordate adjective, noun: Any of many marine worms, of the phylum Hemichordata, that have a primitive notochord.
hemichorea noun: chorea on only one side of the body
hemichrome noun: A denatured form of methemoglobin
hemichromine noun: Any cichlid of the tribe Hemichromini
hemicircle noun: Synonym of semicircle (“half of a circle”).
hemicircular adjective: Synonym of semicircular.
hemicircumcision noun: Partial circumcision.
hemicircumference noun: Synonym of semicircumference.
hemicircumferential adjective: Relating to a hemicircumference.
hemiclit noun: Synonym of hemiclitoris.
hemiclitoral adjective: Relating to hemiclitoris
hemiclitoris noun: An erectile organ in female snakes and lizards, in the latter of which it is eversible.
hemiclonal adjective: Relating to hemiclones.
hemiclonally adverb: In a hemiclonal manner
hemiclone noun: Either of two or more individuals, produced via hybridization between two closely related species, that share a single specific haplotype
hemicolectomy noun: A colectomy involving the removal of only the ascending (right) colon or the descending (left) colon.
hemicolitis noun: One-sided colitis; inflammation of either the descending colon or ascending colon.
hemicollin noun: A more soluble form of semiglutin.
hemicolon noun: Either of the left or right sections of the colon
hemicomplementation noun: Partial genetic complementation
hemicomplemented adjective: Modified by hemicomplementation
hemicomplex noun: Either of a pair of subunits of a complex
hemicondylar adjective: Relating to a hemicondyle.
hemicondyle noun: A single prominence at the end of a bone that normally has a pair of such prominences.
hemicontinuity noun: The condition of being hemicontinuous
hemicontinuous adjective: Having the property that if a sequence of points in the domain of a function converges to a point L, then either the sequence of sets that are the images of...
hemicontusion noun: unilateral contusion
hemicontusive adjective: Relating to, or causing hemicontusion
hemiconvulsion noun: A unilateral convulsion characteristic of some forms of epilepsy
hemicord adjective, noun: Each side of a spinal cord (separated by the midline)
hemicordate adjective: Shaped like half of a heart
hemicoronal adjective: Relating to either half of the coronal plane
hemicorporeal adjective: Relating to one of the (left and right) sides of the body.
hemicorporectomy noun: The surgical procedure which cuts through the spine and removes the lower half of the body from the waist down.
hemicortectomy noun: hemidecortication
hemicortex noun: Either half of a cortex
hemicosahedron noun: Alternative form of hemi-icosahedron.
hemicrania noun: A headache affecting one side of the head.
hemicranial adjective: Relating to hemicrania.
hemicranic adjective: Relating to hemicrania.
hemicraniectomy noun: The surgical removal of half of the cranium to enable brain surgery; hemicraniotomy.
hemicrany noun: Dated form of hemicrania.
hemicrypt noun: One half of a crypt
hemicryptophyte noun /hɛmɪˈkɹɪptəʊfaɪt/: Any plant whose buds rest on the surface, being protected in various ways.
hemicryptophytic adjective: Of or relating to hemicryptophytes.
hemicrystalline adjective: Synonym of semicrystalline.
hemicube noun: An abstract regular polyhedron containing half the faces of a cube.
hemicyanine noun: Any of a class of dyes having two aromatic groups linked by an ethylene group
hemicycle noun: A semicircle.
hemicyclic adjective: Of or relating to a hemicycle.
hemicylinder noun: Synonym of semicylinder.
hemicylindric adjective: Synonym of hemicylindrical.
hemicylindrical adjective: Having the form of half a cylinder (divided down its axis)
hemicyonine adjective, noun: A member of the extinct subfamily Hemicyoninae.
hemicystectomy noun: The removal of a significant part of the bladder, normally as part of reconstruction.
hemidactyl noun: Any of the Old World geckos of the genus Hemidactylus; house gecko
hemidactyline adjective: Of, or pertaining to, a house gecko.
hemidecorticate adjective: Lacking the cerebral cortex of one hemisphere of the brain.
hemidecorticated adjective: Having undergone hemidecortication.
hemidecortication noun: Surgical removal of the cerebral cortex of one hemisphere of the brain.
hemidecussate verb: To undergo hemidecussation
hemidecussation noun: The splitting of the fibres of the optic nerve such that half of each of them continue to the contralateral optic tract
hemidegenerate adjective: Using a combination of degenerate oligonucleotides and oligonucleotides specific to the target genetic material.
hemidemisemiquaver noun: A sixty-fourth note, drawn as a crotchet with four tails.
hemidemisemiquaver rest noun: A rare musical rest equivalent to one sixty-fourth of a whole rest, or one sixty-fourth of a measure in common time.
hemidepleted adjective: Partially depleted
hemidescine noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
hemidesmosomal adjective: Relating to hemidesmosomes
hemidesmosome noun: A structure (half of a desmosome) on the basal surface of some cells.
hemidesmus noun: The dried root of Hemidesmus indicus, from India and used medicinally as a tonic or diuretic.
hemidiaphragm noun: Either the left or right half of the diaphragm
hemidiaphragmatic adjective: Relating to, or affecting a hemidiaphragm
hemidimer noun: Either half of a dimer
hemidine noun: A particular steroid glycoside.
hemidiscoidal adjective: Having he shape of half a disc
hemiditone noun: The lesser third.
hemidome noun: Synonym of semidome.
hemidrachm noun: Synonym of triobol.
hemidrachma noun: Alternative form of hemidrachm.
hemidrosis noun: haematidrosis
hemidysplasia noun: A form of dysplasia that affects one side of the body
hemidystonia noun: dystonia that affects only one side of the body
hemidystrophy noun: Dystrophy of one side of the body.
hemiedaphic adjective: That lives partly within the soil and partly on the surface
hemiekton noun: An ancient Attic dry measure of capacity, equivalent to 4.36 litres.
hemiellipse noun: A shape obtained by cutting an ellipse in half along one of its axes
hemiellipsoid noun: Either of the halves into which an ellipsoid is divided by a plane of symmetry
hemiellipsoidal adjective: Having the form of a hemiellipsoid.
hemielliptic adjective: Having the form of half an ellipse
hemiepiphyte noun: Any plant that spends part of its life cycle as an epiphyte.
hemiepiphytic adjective: Of, pertaining to, or being a hemiepiphyte.
hemiequilateral adjective: Describing the shape of a triangle formed by cutting an equilateral triangle in half through one of the apices
hemiester noun: A monoester of a dicarboxylic acid
hemieuryalid noun: Any brittle star of the family Hemieuryalidae
hemiextinction noun: extinction in one eye, or on one side of the body
hemiface noun: One side of an individual's face.
hemifacial adjective: Relating to, or affecting, one half of the face.
hemifield noun: Half of the field of vision.
hemifission noun: An intermediate stage in the fission of cells
hemifluorinated adjective: Synonym of semifluorinated.
hemiforebrain noun: Either half of the forebrain
hemiformal noun: A hemiacetal of formaldehyde
hemifumarate noun: Any salt that has one fumarate anion for each two organic cations
hemifused adjective: Partially fused.
hemifusion noun: Partial fusion, or the first stage in full fusion.
hemigaleid noun: Any fish in the family Hemigaleidae.
hemigamous adjective: Having one of the two florets in the same spikelet neuter, and the other unisexual, whether male or female; said of grasses.
hemiganglion noun: One half of a ganglion, each half carrying one of a pair of neurons
hemigenome noun: The partial genome inherited from either parent
hemigenomic adjective: Relating to a hemigenome
hemigigantism noun: Hemihypertrophy.
hemiglossectomy noun: The surgical removal of a portion of the tongue.
hemiglossitis noun: glossitis affecting only half of the tongue
hemiglyph noun: The half-channel or semi-groove in the edge of the triglyph in the Doric order.
hemignathous adjective: Having one mandible much shorter than the other
hemigordiopsid noun: Any foraminifer in the family Hemigordiopsidae.
hemigossypol noun: The sesquiterpene phenolic aldehyde 2,3,8-trihydroxy-6-methyl-4-propan-2-ylnaphthalene-1-carbaldehyde
hemigossypolone noun: The quinone aldehyde 2,3-dihydroxy-6-methyl-5,8-dioxo-4-propan-2-ylnaphthalene-1-carbaldehyde present in the cotton plant
hemigynous adjective: Having characteristics of both male and female of the species but the sexual organs for one gender only.
hemihedral adjective: Having only half the plane faces needed for the highest degree of symmetry in its system
hemihedrally adverb: In a hemihedral manner
hemihedric adjective: Synonym of hemihedral.
hemihedrism noun: hemihedral crystallization
hemihedrite noun: A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing chromium, fluorine, lead, oxygen, silicon, and zinc.
hemihedron noun: A solid hemihedrally derived.
hemihedry noun: The condition of being hemihedral
hemihelical adjective: Having the form of a hemihelix.
hemihelix noun: a three-dimensional geometric shape similar to a helix, but with one or more perversions causing changes in chirality along its run
hemihepatectomy noun: The removal of approximately half of the liver tissue
hemihepatic adjective: Relating to the hemiliver.
hemiheterocercal adjective: Partially heterocercal
hemihexakisoctahedron noun: A half of a hexakisoctahedron.
hemiholohedral adjective: Presenting hemihedral forms in which half the sectants have the full number of planes.
hemihomonym noun: A scientific name of an organism that is also used for a different taxon in a different kingdom subject to a different code of nomenclature.
hemihydranencephaly noun: A rare, severe cephalic disorder characterized by complete or almost complete absence of the cerebral cortex with preservation of meninges, basal ganglia,...
hemihydrate noun: A hydrate whose solid contains one molecule of water of crystallization per two molecules, or per two unit cells
hemihydrated adjective: In the form of a hemihydrate.
hemihydrochloride noun: Any compound that has one HCl group for each two amine groups
hemihypaesthesia noun: Alternative form of hemihypesthesia.
hemihyperplasia noun: hyperplasia that affects only half of the body or of an organ.
hemihypertrophy noun: hypertrophy that affects only one half of the body
hemihypesthesia noun: A reduction in sensitivity on one side of the body.
hemihypoplasia noun: Underdevelopment of half of an organ, or one side of the entire body.
hemihysterectomy noun: Removal of one of a didelphic uterus
hemiinattention noun: Alternative form of hemi-inattention.
hemijoint noun: A synovial joint with a single articulating surface.
hemijunction noun: Synonym of hemichannel
hemiketal noun: any hemiacetal derived from a ketone
hemikryptophyte noun: Alternative form of hemicryptophyte.
hemilabile adjective: Partially labile
hemilabyrinthectomy noun: A labyrinthectomy on one ear only
hemilaminectomy noun: The removal of either the left or right half of the lamina.
hemilaminotomy noun: A form of laminotomy in which only one of the pairs of lamina are removed
hemilaryngectomy noun: The removal of the anterior of the larynx, typically together with underlying thyroid cartilage
hemilateral adjective: Relating to one lateral half of the body
hemilaterally adverb: In a hemilateral manner
hemilayer noun: Either half of a layer
hemileiocarpin noun: A polycyclic antioxidant 6-methoxy-17,17-dimethyl-3,12,18-trioxapentacyclo[11.8.0.02,10.04,9.014,19]henicosa-1(13),4(9),5,7,14(19),15,20-heptaene
hemileptic adjective: homoleptic
hemilesion noun: One of a group of lesions that is on one side of the body only
hemilesioned adjective: Having hemilesions.
hemilethargy noun: A state of partial lethargy.
hemilineage noun: lineage of either the male or the female line
hemilingual adjective: Involving half of the tongue.
hemiliver noun: Half of the liver.
hemiloop noun: Half of a loop, especially of the bowel.
hemimacula noun: Either half of a macula
hemimacular adjective: Relating to, or affecting half of the macula
hemimandible noun: Either half of a mandible
hemimandibula noun: Synonym of hemimandible.
hemimandibular adjective: Relating to, or affecting either half of a mandible
hemimandibulectomy noun: excision of one half of a mandible
hemimatrix noun: All the values on one side of the diagonal of a matrix (including the diagonal itself)
hemimaxilla noun: Either half of a maxilla
hemimaxillectomy noun: removal of half of the maxilla
hemimaxillofacial adjective: Being or relating to a form of dysplasia involving facial asymmetry and unilateral maxillary hyperplasia.
hemimegalencephaly noun: megalencephaly that affects only one half of the brain
hemimegaloencephaly noun: A condition where one hemisphere of the brain grows faster or larger than the other, causing neurological impairment.
hemimelia noun: The congenital absence of part of one or more limbs. With legs, usually clarified as pedal (foot), fibular (outer lower leg), tibial (inner lower leg), or...
hemimelic adjective: Having or relating to hemimelia.
hemimellitene noun: The aromatic hydrocarbon 1,2,3-trimethylbenzene.
hemimellitic adjective: Having half as many (three) carboxyl radicals as mellitic acid.
hemimellitic acid noun: An organic compound with chemical formula C₆H₃(СО₂Н)₃, prepared by oxidation of 1,2,3-trimethylbenzene.
hemimembrane noun: Any biological membrane whose structure is that of half of a normally bilayered one
hemimerid noun: Any earwig in the family Hemimeridae.
hemimeridian noun: Either half of the curved surface of a cornea
hemimesencephalon noun: Either half of a mesencephalon
hemimetabolan noun: Any organism that undergoes hemimetabolism
hemimetabolic adjective: hemimetabolous
hemimetabolism noun: Incomplete metamorphosis; the mode of development of certain insects that includes three distinct stages: egg, nymph, and imago (adult).
hemimetabolous adjective: Exhibiting hemimetabolism.
hemimetaboly noun: hemimetabolism
hemimetameric adjective: metameric on one side of the body
hemimetamorphosis noun: Incomplete or partial metamorphosis
hemimethylated adjective /hɛmiˈmɛθɪleɪtɪd/: Discordant in methylation; partially methylated.
hemimethylation noun: partial or incomplete methylation
hemimetric noun: An abstraction of distance; a function, d, with two arguments that satisfies d(x,x) = 0 and d(x, y) + d(y,z) ≥ d(x,z) (the triangle inequality) for all...
hemimicelle noun: A micelle (especially of a surfactant) attached to a surface
hemimorphic adjective: Having the two ends (of an axis) modified with unlike planes.
hemimorphism noun: The condition of being hemimorphic
hemimorphite noun: An orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing hydrogen, oxygen, silicon, and zinc, a hydrated zinc silicate.
hemin noun /ˈhi.mɪn/: a reddish brown substance produced in a laboratory test for the presence of blood by reaction with glacial acetic acid and sodium chloride
hemina noun: A Roman unit of liquid measure reckoned as the volume of ⁵⁄₆ Roman pound of wine, equivalent to around 0.27 L.
hemineglect noun: A neuropsychological condition in which, after damage to one hemisphere of the brain, the patient exhibits a deficit in attention to and awareness of one...
heminephrectomize verb: To carry out a heminephrectomy
heminephrectomy noun: surgical removal of one of the two kidneys
heminested adjective: Partially nested
hemineuromere noun: Either hemisphere of a neuromere
Heming proper noun: A surname.
Hemings proper noun: A surname.
Hemington proper noun: A village in Lockington-Hemington parish, North West Leicestershire district, Leicestershire, England. (OS grid ref SK4528).
Hemingway verb /ˈhɛmɪŋ.weɪ/: To speak, write or behave in a Hemingwayesque manner.
Hemingway daiquiri noun: A variant of the daiquiri cocktail, made with white rum, lime and grapefruit juices and maraschino liqueur, without sugar.
Hemingway special noun: Synonym of Hemingway daiquiri.
Hemingwayan adjective: Of or pertaining to Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961), American writer and journalist.
Hemingwayesque adjective: Reminiscent of Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961), American writer and journalist, or the understated quality of his prose or the themes he wrote about, including...
heminodal adjective: Relating to heminodes
heminode noun: The end of a myelinated segment of a neuron
heminotum noun: Either half of the back of an insect
hemiobol noun: A coin worth half an obol.
hemiodontid noun: Any fish in the family Hemiodontidae.
hemiola noun /hɛmiˈoʊlə/: The articulation of two bars in triple time as if they were three bars in duple time.
hemiolic adjective: In the proportion of 1½ to 1, or 3 to 2.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under H: 32,288 words, in 108 parts.