2-Letter Words Starting with H

A skin layer

""An underground chamber, also HYPOGAEUM""

HIPPIE a nonconformist

Noun denoting doctrine or practice

A nursing home for the terminally ill

I spy month (anagram)

Production of sleep-like state in person

Practice of inducing trance-like state

HIPSTER done that is hip

The clear fluid portion of cytoplasm as distinguished from the granular and netlike components. Also called ground substance .

""A fruit consisting in large part of a receptacle, enlarged below the calyx, as in the alycanthus, the rose hip, and the pear. alycanthus, the rose hip, and the pear.""

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""A large berry with a thick rind, as a lemon or an orange.""

""The phenomenon of turning toward the light, seen in many leaves and flowers.""

Noun denoting doctrine or practice

Same as Homomorphy. Homomorphy.

A tendency towards moisture.

REALISM concern with fact or reality

HOMEOMORPH

Off-ten for "often."

"Off-ten" for "often."

""Having different forms at different periods of the life cycle, as in stages of insect metamorphosis.""

""Excessive criticism, or unjust severity or rigor of criticism; zoilism.""

HYPOTHYROID

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""CATABOLISM the breakdown of more complex substances into simpler ones with release of energy, in living organisms; destructive or downward metabolism; -- a form of metabolism, opposed to anabolism. See also Disassimilation.metabolism, opposed to anabolism. See also Disassimilation.""

""An abnormally high level of insulin in the blood, resulting in hypoglycemia.""

""METABOLISM The act or process, by which living tissues or cells take up and convert into their own proper substance the nutritive material brought to them by the blood, or by which they transform their cell protoplasm into simpler substances, which are fitted either for excretion or for some special purpose, as in the manufacture of the digestive ferments. Hence, metabolism may be either constructive (anabolism), or destructive (katabolism). anabolism), or destructive (katabolism).""

PARASITISM The state or behavior of a parasite; the act of a parasite.

""An abnormality of the thyroid gland characterized by the pathologically excessive production of thyroid hormones; -- also, the resulting condition characterized by increased metabolism, weight loss, rapid heart rate, high blood pressure, an enlarged thyroid gland and sometimes exophthalmos. It leads to, and may be confirmed by, high plasma levels of triiodothyronine or thyroxin.""

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