Heterokontae stands for all the yellow-green algae having flagella of unequal length

Heterocephalus stands for sand rats

heterograft stands for tissue from an animal of one species used as a temporary graft (as in cases of severe burns) on an individual of another species

Heterodon stands for a genus of small colubrid snakes containing the North American hognose snakes

heterogeneity stands for the quality of being diverse and not comparable in kind

heterological stands for not corresponding in structure or evolutionary origin

Heteroscelus stands for tattlers

Hestia stands for (Greek mythology) the goddess of the hearth and its fire in ancient mythology

heterodyne oscillator stands for an oscillator whose output heterodynes with the incoming radio signal to produce sum and difference tones

heterocycle stands for a ring of atoms of more than one kind ,especially a ring of carbon atoms containing at least one atom that is not carbon, a compound containing a heterocyclic ring

heterodactyl stands for (of bird feet) having the first and second toes directed backward the third and fourth forward

heterocyclic ring stands for a ring of atoms of more than one kind

het up stands for made warm or hot (`het” is a dialectal variant of `heated”)

heterogeneousness stands for the quality of being diverse and not comparable in kind

heterogeneous stands for originating outside the body, consisting of elements that are not of the same kind or nature

heteroploid stands for (genetics) an organism or cell having a chromosome number that is not an even multiple of the haploid chromosome number for that species

heterodactyl foot stands for having the first and second toes of each foot directed backward and the third and fourth forward

heterogenous stands for originating outside the body, consisting of elements that are not of the same kind or nature

Heteranthera stands for mud plantains

Heteromeles arbutifolia stands for ornamental evergreen treelike shrub of the Pacific coast of the United States having large white flowers and red berrylike fruits

heteronym stands for two words are heteronyms if they are spelled the same way but differ in pronunciation (e.g. `bow”)

heterophil antibody stands for an antibody found in the blood of someone suffering from infectious mononucleosis

heterometabolous stands for (of an insect) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the nymph is essentially like the adult and there is no pupal stage

heterophil test stands for a blood test to detect heterophil antibodies that agglutinate sheep red blood cells

heterology stands for (biology) the lack of correspondence of apparently similar body parts

Hessian fly stands for small fly whose larvae damage wheat and other grains

heteroecious stands for of parasites

Heteranthera dubia stands for grassy-leaved North American aquatic plant with yellow star-shaped blossoms

heteropterous insect stands for true bugs: insects whose forewings are membranous but have leathery tips

Heterokontophyta stands for algae having chlorophyll a and usually c, and flagella of unequal lengths

heterocyclic compound stands for a compound containing a heterocyclic ring

heterocercal fin stands for tail fin with unequal lobes in which the vertebral column turns upward into the larger lobe as in sharks

heterocercal stands for possessing a tail with the upper lobe larger than the lower and with the vertebral column prolonged into the upper lobe

heterologic stands for not corresponding in structure or evolutionary origin

heterocyclic stands for a compound containing a heterocyclic ring, containing a closed ring of atoms of which at least one is not a carbon atom

heterometabolic stands for (of an insect) undergoing incomplete metamorphosis in which the nymph is essentially like the adult and there is no pupal stage

het stands for made warm or hot (`het” is a dialectal variant of `heated”)

heterodox stands for characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards

Heteromeles stands for 1 species: toyon

hessonite stands for a garnet ranging in color from yellow to brown

heteroploidy stands for the condition of being heteroploid

heterogenesis stands for the alternation of two or more different forms in the life cycle of a plant or animal

Heterobasidiomycetes stands for category used in some classification systems for various basidiomycetous fungi including rusts and smuts

Heteromyidae stands for small New World burrowing mouselike rodents with fur-lined cheek pouches and hind limbs and tail adapted to leaping

heterologous stands for derived from organisms of a different but related species, not corresponding in structure or evolutionary origin

heterodoxy stands for the quality of being unorthodox, any opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or orthodox position

heterophile antibody stands for an antibody found in the blood of someone suffering from infectious mononucleosis

heterodyne receiver stands for a radio receiver that combines a locally generated frequency with the carrier frequency to produce a supersonic signal that is demodulated and amplified

het up(p) stands for worked up emotionally by anger or excitement

Hessian boot stands for (19th century) a man’’s high tasseled boot