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homefolk
  • n  the people of your home locality (especially your own family)
    he wrote his homefolk every day
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homeland security
  • n  the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security
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homelessness
  • n  the state or condition of having no home (especially the state of living in the streets)
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homeliness
  • n  having a drab or dowdy quality; lacking stylishness or elegance
  • n  an appearance that is not attractive or beautiful
    fine clothes could not conceal the girl's homeliness
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homemaker
  • n  a wife who manages a household while her husband earns the family income
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homeobox
  • n  one of various similar homeotic genes that are involved in bodily segmentation during embryonic development
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homeobox gene
  • n  one of various similar homeotic genes that are involved in bodily segmentation during embryonic development
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homeopathy
  • n  a method of treating disease with small amounts of remedies that, in large amounts in healthy people, produce symptoms similar to those being treated
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homeostasis
  • n  (physiology) metabolic equilibrium actively maintained by several complex biological mechanisms that operate via the autonomic nervous system to offset disrupting changes
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homeotherm
  • n  an animal that has a body temperature that is relatively constant and independent of the environmental temperature
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