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Hom"i*ny (?), n. [From North American Indian auh˙minea parched corn.] Maize hulled and broken, and prepared for food by being boiled in water. [U.S.] [Written also homony.]

Hom"ish (?), a. Like a home or a home circle.

Quiet, cheerful, homish hospital life.

E. E. Hale.

Hom"mock (?), n. A small eminence of a conical form, of land or of ice; a knoll; a hillock. See Hummock. Bartram.

Hom"mock*y (?), a. Filled with hommocks; piled in the form of hommocks; -- said of ice.

Ho"mo- (?). A combining form from Gr. "omo`s, one and the same, common, joint.

Ho`mo*cat`e*gor"ic (?), a. [Homo- + categoric.] (Biol.) Belonging to the same category of individuality; -- a morphological term applied to organisms so related.

Ho`mo*cen"tric (?), a. [Gr. &?;: &?; the same + &?; center: cf. F. homocentrique.] Having the same center.

Ho`mo*cer"cal (?), a. [Homo- + Gr. &?; tail.] (Zoˆl.) Having the tail nearly or quite symmetrical, the vertebral column terminating near its base; -- opposed to heterocercal.

Ho"mo*cer`cy (?), n. (Zoˆl.) The possession of a homocercal tail.

Ho`mo*cer`e*brin (?), n. [Homo- + rebrin.] (Physiol. Chem.) A body similar to, or identical with, cerebrin.

Ho`mo*chro"mous (?), a. [Homo- + Gr. &?; color.] (Bot.) Having all the florets in the same flower head of the same color.

Ho`mo*dem"ic (?), a. [Homo- + 1st deme, 2.] (Biol.) A morphological term signifying development, in the case of multicellular organisms, from the same unit deme or unit of the inferior orders of individuality.

Ho`mo*der"mic (?), a. (Biol.) Relating to homodermy; originating from the same germ layer.

Ho"mo*der`my (?), n. [Homo- + -derm.] (Biol.) Homology of the germinal layers.

Hom"o*dont (?), a. [Homo- + Gr. &?;, &?;, a tooth.] (Anat.) Having all the teeth similar in front, as in the porpoises; -- opposed to heterodont.

{ Ho*mod"ro*mal (?), Ho*mod"ro*mous (?), } a. [Homo- + Gr. &?; a course, running.] 1. (Bot.) Running in the same direction; -- said of stems twining round a support, or of the spiral succession of leaves on stems and their branches.

2. (Mech.) Moving in the same direction; -- said of a lever or pulley in which the resistance and the actuating force are both on the same side of the fulcrum or axis.

Ho`mo*dy*nam"ic (?), a. Homodynamous. Quain.

Ho`mo*dy"na*mous (?), a. (Biol.) Pertaining to, or involving, homodynamy; as, successive or homodynamous parts in plants and animals.

Ho`mo*dy"na*my (?), n. [Gr. &?; of like power; &?; the same + &?; power.] (Biol.) The homology of metameres. See Metamere. Gegenbaur.

||Ho`mú*o*me"ri*a (?), n. [L., from Gr. &?;; &?; like + &?; part.] The ||state or quality of being homogeneous in elements or first ||principles; likeness or identity of parts.

{ Ho`mú*o*mer"ic (?), Ho`mú*o*mer"ic*al (?), } a. Pertaining to, or characterized by, sameness of parts; receiving or advocating the doctrine of homogeneity of elements or first principles.

Ho`mú*om"er*ous (?), a. (Anat.) Having the main artery of the leg parallel with the sciatic nerve; -- said of certain birds.

Ho`mú*om"e*ry (?), n. [Gr. &?; like + -metry.] Same as Homúomeria. [Obs.] Cudworth.

Ho`mú*o*mor"phism (?), n. [See Homúomorphous.] A near similarity of crystalline forms between unlike chemical compounds. See Isomorphism.

Ho`mú*o*mor"phous (?), a. [Gr. &?; of like form; &?; like + &?; form.] Manifesting homúomorphism.