English words: hetairic to heteroencapsidation

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English words hetairic to heteroencapsidation

hetairic adjective: Alternative form of hetaeric.
hetairism noun: Alternative form of hetaerism.
hetairist noun: Alternative form of hetaerist.
hetairistic adjective: Relating to hetaerism.
hetairos noun: A companion of an ancient Greek king, as a member of the aristocracy and later elite cavalry.
hetarene noun: any heteroarene
hetarism noun: Alternative form of hetaerism.
hetaryl adjective: Synonym of heteroaryl.
hetaryne noun: Any heteroaryne.
hetastarch noun: hydroxyethyl starch, a non-ionic starch derivative.
Hetauda proper noun: A city in Bagmati, Nepal.
hetchel noun: Alternative form of hatchel.
hetdar noun: The ability to detect whether or not a person is straight by observing that person.
hetegonic adjective: Relating to hetegony
hetegony noun: The study of the origin of the planets in the solar system.
heter noun, prefix: Special permission from a rabbi to break a commandment.
heterœcism noun: Development of different stages of the same growth on different host‐plants; production of the æcidiospores or conidia of a fungus on one host, and of its...
heteracanth adjective: Having spines of different sizes.
heteradenia noun: Any condition where a gland grows in an abnormal location or, more rarely, where the gland is abnormally formed.
heterandrous adjective: Having stamens of differing sizes.
heterandry noun: The condition of being heterandrous.
heteranthery noun: The property of some flowering plants to have different types of stamen within the same flower. Research suggests the different stamens perform different...
heteranthrene noun: Any heterocycle consisting of two benzene rings fused to a 1,4-diheterabenzene in which the heteroatoms are the same e.g. thianthrene
heterarchic adjective: Alternative form of heterarchical.
heterarchical adjective: Of or pertaining to heterarchy
heterarchically adverb: In a heterarchical manner
heterarchy noun /ˈhɛtəɹɑːkɪ/: The rule of an alien; rule from without; government by an extraterritorial power.
heterauxesis noun: unequal growth of a cell, or of part of a being, originally plants; allometric growth
heterauxetic adjective: Exhibiting or relating to heterauxesis.
heterecious adjective: living on one host at one stage (or generation) and then upon another in the next
heterenchelyid noun: Any eel in the family Heterenchelyidae.
heteric adjective: Involving idiosyncratic rules of spelling, rather than phonetic spelling.
heterically adverb: In a heteric manner.
hetericism noun: Heteric spelling.
hetero adjective, noun, prefix /ˈhɛ.tɚ.oʊ/: Varied, heterogeneous; a set that has variety with respect to the root.
hetero marriage noun: Alternative form of heteromarriage
hetero-oligomerisation noun: Alternative form of heterooligomerization.
hetero-oligomerization noun: Alternative form of heterooligomerization.
hetero-supremacy noun: Alternative spelling of heterosupremacy.
heteroactivate verb: To cause, or to undergo heteroactivation
heteroactivation noun: activation of a drug or hormone by a different class of substance
heteroaddition noun: Any addition reaction that introduces a heteroatom
heteroadditive adjective: Relating to heteroaddition
heteroadditivity noun: The condition of being heteroadditive
heteroadministered adjective: administered by a clinician on behalf of a patient
heteroagglomerate noun, verb: An agglomerate of two or more different materials
heteroagglomeration noun: An agglomeration of two or more different materials
heteroaggregate noun: An aggregate of two or more different materials
heteroaggregation noun: The aggregation of particles in a suspension composed of dissimilar monodisperse colloidal particles.
heteroaldehyde noun: An analogue of an aldehyde R-CH=X where X is any atom other than oxygen
heteroalkene noun: Any analogue of an alkene in which a doubly bonded carbon atom is replaced by a heteroatom.
heteroalkyl adjective: Having two or more different alkyl substituents
heteroallele noun: Any of several alternative forms of a gene that differ at different mutation sites.
heteroallelic adjective: Of or pertaining to heteroalleles
heteroallelism noun: The condition of being heteroallelic
heteroallene noun: Any compound formally derived from an allene by replacing one or more carbon atoms of the cumulative bond system by another atom e.g. O=C=O (carbon dioxide)...
heteroamnesis noun: The medical history of a patient as told by another person (typically a parent)
heteroamnestic adjective: Relating to heteroamnesis
heteroamorous adjective: Characterized by love with another of the opposite sex; heteroromantic.
heteroanalogue noun: Any compound, related to an existing one, in which one or more carbon atoms have been replaced by a heteroatom
heteroanamnesis noun: medical history (of a patient)
heteroanhydride noun: An acid anhydride formed from molecules of two different carboxylic acids
heteroantagonism noun: Antagonism between different species in a shared environment.
heteroantagonistic adjective: Relating to, or exhibiting heteroantagonism
heteroantibody noun: Any antibody that is active against an antigen from another species than itself
heteroarene noun: Any heterocyclic compound formally derived from an arene by replacement of one or more methine and/or vinylene groups by trivalent or divalent heteroatoms...
heteroaromatic adjective, noun: having the characteristics of an aromatic compound whilst having at least one non-carbon atom in the ring
heteroarotinoid noun: Any heterocyclic arotinoid
heteroarthrocarpic adjective: Laterally divided into two different segments
heteroaryl adjective: Both heterocyclic and aromatic; heteroaromatic
heteroarylation noun: Any reaction in which a heteroaryl group is introduced to a molecule
heteroarylboronate noun: heteroaryl boronate
heteroarylether noun: heteroaryl ether
heteroarylidene noun: Any heteroaryl derivative of a methylene radical
heteroarylsilane noun: heteroaryl silane
heteroaryne noun: Any compound formally derived from a heteroarene by replacing a double bond with a triple bond, and the loss of two hydrogen atoms.
heteroassociate noun: Any of two or more compounds that form a heteroassociation
heteroassociation noun: A complex (association) formed from two or more different compounds
heteroassociative adjective: Relating to association with different categories of information
heteroassociativity noun: The condition of being heteroassociative
heteroatom noun: Any atom which is not carbon or hydrogen.
heteroatomic adjective: Of, pertaining to or containing a heteroatom.
heteroauxin noun: A growth-promoting hormone, 3-indoleacetic acid, occurring in some plants.
heteroazeotrope noun: A heterogeneous (not completely miscible) azeotrope
heteroazeotropic adjective: Pertaining to a heteroazeotrope
heterobactin noun: Any of a class of tripeptide siderophore present in a bacterium of the genus Rhodococcus
heteroband noun: A band of a chromosome that has differential thickness to the surrounding ones
heterobaric adjective: Of a leaf: having gas partial pressures that are heterogeneous.
heterobasidiomycete noun: Any fungus of the class Heterobasidiomycetes
heterobasidiomycetous adjective: Relating to basidiomycetes of the taxon Heterobasidiomycetes
heterobasionym noun: A heterotypic synonym which is also a basionym.
heterobathmiid noun: Any moth in the family Heterobathmiidae.
heterobeltiosis noun: A form of heterosis in which the resulting hybrid has superior characteristics to its parents
heterobenzylic noun: Any heteroaryl analogue of the benzylic radical
heterobicycle noun: Any bicyclic heterocycle
heterobicyclic adjective: Of or pertaining to a heterobicycle
heterobifunctional adjective: Having two different functional groups or binding sites
heterobifunctionality noun: The condition of being heterobifunctional
heterobimetallic adjective: Describing any metal complex having two different metal atoms.
heterobinuclear adjective: Describing an organometallic compound that has two different metals each surrounded by a group of ligands
heterobiography noun: biography written by another person, as opposed to an autobiography
heterobiont noun: A heterobiotic community
heterobiotic adjective: Relating to two or more different organisms
heteroblastic adjective: Developing from more than a single type of tissue.
heteroblastically adverb: In a heteroblastic manner.
heteroblasty noun: The state of being heteroblastic
heterobonded adjective: bonded via a heteroatom
heterobranch noun: Any snail or slug of the subclass Heterobranchia
heterobranchian adjective, noun: Relating to heterobranchs
heterobrochate adjective: Having lumina of different sizes
heterocarpic adjective: heterocarpous
heterocarpism noun: Synonym of heterocarpy.
heterocarpous adjective: Exhibiting heterocarpy
heterocarpy noun: The production of multiple kinds of fruit on the same plant.
heterocatalysis noun: heterogeneous catalysis
heterocatalytic adjective: Relating to heterocatalysis
heterocatenation noun: The catenation of two or more different elements or groups
heterocellular adjective: Composed of different types of cells.
heterocellularly adverb: In a heterocellular manner
heterocentric adjective: Having different or multiple centres.
heterocentricity noun: The state or quality of being heterocentric.
heterocentrism noun: heterosexism; a focus on heterosexual issues
heterocentrist adjective: Exhibiting heterocentrism
heterocephalous adjective: Bearing two kinds of head or capitula; said of certain composite plants.
heterocephalus noun: A deformed baby born with two heads of unequal size.
heterocephaly noun: The appointment of the governing body by an outside authority.
heteroceptor noun: Alternative form of heteroreceptor.
heterocerc noun: Any fish having a tail with unequal lobes.
heterocercal adjective: Of a fish's tail, such that the vertebral column bends and extends upwards into the upper lobe of the tail, making it larger than the lower lobe; as in...
heterocercality noun: The quality of being heterocercal.
heterocercy noun: heterocercality
heterocerid noun: Any beetle in the family Heteroceridae.
heterochain noun: Used attributively to describe polymers in which the main chain consists of atoms of more than one element
heterochaperone noun: A heterodimer formed from two chaperones
heterochelous adjective: Having chelae of different shapes or sizes
heterochiasmic adjective: Relating to heterochiasmy
heterochiasmy noun: The differential recombination rates between the sexes of a species
heterochiral adjective: reversed (as a mirror image), but otherwise identical
heterochirality noun: The condition of being heterochiral.
heterochlamydeous adjective: Having a perianth in which the calyx and corolla are differentiated, usually by colour or texture.
heterochromatic adjective: Having more than one colour; relating to heterochromia.
heterochromatically adverb: In a heterochromatic manner
heterochromatin noun: Heterochromatic tightly coiled chromosome material; believed to be genetically inactive
heterochromatinic adjective: Of or pertaining to heterochromatin
heterochromatinisation noun: Alternative spelling of heterochromatinization.
heterochromatinised adjective: Modified by heterochromatinisation
heterochromatinization noun: The conversion of euchromatin into heterochromatin during the inactivation of the X chromosomes in the embryogenesis of mammalian females
heterochromatinize verb: To undergo heterochromatinization
heterochromatinized adjective: Alternative form of heterochromatinised.
heterochromatinizing adjective: Causing heterochromatinization
heterochromation noun: The formation of a complex with heterochromatin
heterochromatisation noun: Alternative form of heterochromatization.
heterochromatism noun: The quality of being heterochromatic.
heterochromatization noun: The conversion (of euchromatin) to heterochromatin
heterochromatize verb: To cause or to undergo heterochromatization.
heterochromatized adjective, verb: Modified by heterochromatization
heterochrome adjective: Of different colors.
heterochromia noun: An anatomical condition in which multiple pigmentations or colorings occur in the eyes, skin or hair.
heterochromia iridium noun: The condition of having two irises of different colors.
heterochromic adjective: Relating to, or characterised by, heterochromia.
heterochromophoric adjective: Exhibiting multiple different chromophores.
heterochromosomal adjective: Relating to heterochromosomes
heterochromosome noun: A sex chromosome
heterochromous adjective: Having the central florets of a flower head of a different colour from those of the circumference.
heterochromy noun: Alternative form of heterochromia.
heterochroneous adjective: Alternative form of heterochronous.
heterochronia noun: Alternative form of heterochrony.
heterochronial adjective: Relating to heterochrony
heterochronic adjective: Occurring at different times or intermittently.
heterochronically adverb: In a heterochronic manner
heterochronicity noun: The quality of being heterochronic.
heterochronism noun: heterochrony
heterochronistic adjective: Relating to heterochrony.
heterochronous adjective: formed at different periods
heterochronously adverb: In a heterochronous manner
heterochrony noun: the variation in ontogeny of individuals of a species that gives rise to evolution
heterochthonic adjective: Not indigenous; foreign.
heterochthonous adjective: Not indigenous; foreign.
heterochylia noun: The irregular production (both overproduction and underproduction) of gastric juices in any part of the digestive tract.
heterocladic adjective: Relating to branches of different arteries
heteroclinic adjective: Describing a path between two points of equilibrium
heteroclisis noun: The presence of two or more classes of inflection in the inflectional paradigm of a noun, verb, etc
heteroclite adjective, noun /ˈhɛtəɹəʊklaɪt/: Irregularly declined or inflected.
heteroclitic adjective, noun: Irregular in inflection.
heteroclitical adjective: Anomalous, heteroclite.
heterocliticity noun: The quality of being heteroclitic.
heterocliticon noun: In Indo-European linguistics, a term which is heteroclitic, i.e. which has different stem forms depending on grammatical case.
heteroclitous adjective: heteroclitic
heteroclonal adjective: Relating to or composed of different clones of the same organism.
heteroclonality noun: The condition of being heteroclonal
heterocluster noun: A cluster of two or more different materials (typically nanoparticles)
heterocoagulation noun: The coagulation/flocculation of particles in a suspension that bear opposite electric charge.
heterococcolith noun: A radial coccolith produced by a heterococcolithophore
heterococcolithophore noun: A heteromorphic (diploid) coccolithophore
heterocodeine noun: A particular narcotic.
heterocoelous adjective: Relating to, or characteristic of syconoid sponges of the taxonomic group Heterocoela.
heterocoely noun: The condition of being heterocoelous
heterocolonial adjective: Relating to a colony of two or more different species.
heterocolpate adjective: Having both simple and compound colpi.
heterocolporate adjective: Having different types of compound colpi.
heterocomplex noun: A complex of many similar biological compounds
heterocomplexation noun: The formation of a heterocomplex
heteroconjugation noun: heteroassociation (between a base and the conjugate acid of a different base through a hydrogen bond)
heterocont adjective, noun: Alternative form of heterokont.
heterocoordination noun: coordination between different metal atoms
heterocoral noun: A coral from the extinct Paleozoic order Heterocorallia.
heterocoralloid adjective: Relating to, inhabiting or forming different types of coral
heterocosm noun: A separate or alternative world.
heterocosmic adjective: Of or relating to a heterocosm.
heterocracy noun: A polycentric government
heterocratic adjective: Relating to a heterocracy
heterocrine adjective: Both endocrine and exocrine
heterocrosslink noun: Any crosslink that has a different mode of attachment at either end
heterocrystalline adjective: Relating to or composed of two or more different crystals.
heteroctamer noun: Alternative form of heterooctamer.
heterocumulene noun: Any compound formally derived from a cumulene by replacing one or more carbon atoms of the cumulative bond system by another atom e.g. O=C=C=C=O
heterocyclase noun: Any enzyme that catalyses the formation of a heterocycle
heterocycle noun: A heterocyclic compound or ring.
heterocyclic adjective, noun: Having atoms of two or more different elements in at least one of its rings.
heterocyclical adjective: Synonym of heterocyclic.
heterocyclically adverb: In a heterocyclic fashion.
heterocyclisation noun: Alternative form of heterocyclization.
heterocyclization noun: Any cyclization reaction that yields a heterocycle
heterocyclized adjective: Formed into a heterocyclic ring
heterocycloalkane noun: Any saturated heterocycle formally derived from a cycloalkane by replacing one or more carbon atoms with a heteroatom
heterocyclyl noun: any univalent radical derived from a heterocycle be removal of an atom of hydrogen from any ring atom
heterocyst noun: A specialized nitrogen-fixing cell formed by some filamentous cyanobacteria.
heterocystous adjective: Having heterocysts.
heterocyte noun: Alternative form of heterocyst.
heterocytotropic adjective: Affecting cells of a species other than that in which it originated.
heterocytous adjective: Relating to heterocytes
heterodactyl adjective: heterodactylous
heterodactylism noun: The property of being heterodactylous.
heterodactylous adjective: Having the first and second toes turned backward
heterodactyly noun: Synonym of heterodactylism.
heterodecamer noun: A decamer formed from two or more different monomers
heterodecameric adjective: Relating to a heterodecamer
heteroderid noun: Any nematode in the family Heteroderidae.
heterodetic adjective: Describing a cyclic peptide having at least one link between amino acids that is other than eupeptide (isopeptide, disulfide, ester etc.)
heterodiasporic adjective: In which the seeds and fruit are dispersed separately
heterodichogamous adjective: Relating to, or exhibiting heterodichogamy
heterodichogamy noun: The presence of two structures that exhibit male and female characteristics at different times (within the same flower)
heterodiegetic adjective: Of or relating to a narrator that does not take part in the plot.
heterodifunctional adjective: Alternative form of heterobifunctional.
heterodifunctionalized adjective: Modified by the addition of two different functional groups
heterodimensional adjective: Occupying different dimensions
heterodimer noun: A dimer, especially a biologically active one, derived from two or more different monomers.
heterodimeric adjective: produced from two similar but different monomers
heterodimerisation noun: Alternative form of heterodimerization.
heterodimerise verb: Alternative form of heterodimerize.
heterodimerization noun: The formation of a heterodimer.
heterodimerize verb: To form a dimer from two different monomers.
heterodinuclear adjective: Synonym of heterobinuclear.
heterodinucleotide noun: A dinucleotide composed of two different nucleotides
heterodiploid adjective, noun: Having two different strands
heterodirectional adjective: That moves or operates in the opposite direction as another
heterodisaccharide noun: Any disaccharide composed of two different monosaccharides
heterodisomic adjective: Relating to heterodisomy.
heterodisomy noun: The inheritance of a pair of non-identical chromosomes from one parent
heterodisperse adjective: Describing a colloid in which the particles are of different sizes.
heterodispersed adjective: Alternative form of heterodisperse.
heterodispersity noun: The quality of being heterodisperse.
heterodistyly noun: Heterostyly involving two different kinds of style (such as long and short).
heterodisubstituted adjective: Having two different substituents
heterodisulfide noun: A disulfide formed from the reaction of two different moieties.
heterodisulphide noun: Alternative form of heterodisulfide.
heteroditopic adjective: Having both cation- and anion-binding sites
heterododecamer noun: A dodecamer, especially a biologically active one, derived from two or more different (but similar) monomers
heterododecameric adjective: Relating to a heterododecamer
heterodomain noun: A heteromeric domain
heterodominant adjective: Heterosexually dominant.
heterodont adjective, noun /ˈhɛtəɹəʊdɒnt/: Having teeth of different types (like most mammals).
heterodontid noun: Any member of the family Heterodontidae of bullhead sharks.
heterodontin noun: Any heterodont of the subfamily Heterodontinae
heterodontism noun: Having a dentition of differing teeth.
heterodontosaur noun: Any dinosaur of the genus Heterodontosaurus.
heterodontosaurid noun: Any of a group of small dinosaurs, of the family Heterodontosauridae, that had characteristic teeth
heterodonty noun: The condition of being heterodont
heterodox adjective /ˈhɛt.(ə.)ɹəˌdɒks/: Of or pertaining to creeds, beliefs, or teachings, especially religious ones, that are different from what a religion (or sect) believes to be orthodox, but...
heterodoxal adjective: Not orthodox.
heterodoxic adjective: Synonym of heterodox.
heterodoxical adjective: heterodox
heterodoxist noun: Someone who dissents from an orthodoxy; an iconoclast.
heterodoxly adverb: In a heterodox manner.
heterodoxness noun: The quality of being heterodox.
heterodoxy noun /ˈhɛtɛɹədɒksi/: The quality of being heterodox.
heterodromous adjective: Of levers, in which the power and weight move in opposite directions
heterodromy noun: The property of being heterodromous.
heteroduplex noun, verb: A nucleic acid composed of two chains with each derived from a different parent molecule
heteroduplexed adjective: Converted into a heteroduplex
heterodynamic adjective: Describing a lifecycle in which the organism is sometimes active and sometimes dormant
heterodyne adjective, noun, verb: Of two oscillations: having two slightly different frequencies such that, when combined, they produce a beat
heteroechoic adjective: In ultrasonography, returning mixed levels of echos, mixed echogenicity.
heteroecious adjective: Of dependent organisms, spending portions of the life cycle on different types of hosts.
heteroeciously adverb: In a heteroecious manner.
heteroecism noun: Quality of being heteroecious.
heteroecismal adjective: heteroecious
heteroecy noun: The property of being heteroecious.
heteroelement noun: Any element in a heterocyclic ring (or other structure normally built of carbon atoms) that is not carbon
heteroencapsidation noun: The encapsidation of the genetic material of one type of virus with the coat protein of another

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.