Hom`i*let"ics (?), n. [Cf. F. homilÈtique.] The art of preaching; that
branch of theology which treats of homilies or sermons, and the best
method of preparing and delivering them.
Hom"i*list (?), n. One who prepares homilies; one who preaches to a
congregation.
Hom"i*lite (?), n. [From Gr. &?; to be in company with.] (Min.) A
borosilicate of iron and lime, near datolite in form and composition.
Hom"i*ly (?), n.; pl. Homilies (#). [LL. homilia, Gr. &?; communion,
assembly, converse, sermon, fr. &?; an assembly, fr. &?; same; cf. &?;
together, and &?; crowd, cf. &?; to press: cf. F. homÈlie. See Same.]
1. A discourse or sermon read or pronounced to an audience; a serious
discourse. Shak.
2. A serious or tedious exhortation in private on some moral point, or
on the conduct of life.
As I have heard my father Deal out in his long homilies.
Byron.
Book of Homilies. A collection of authorized, printed sermons, to be
read by ministers in churches, esp. one issued in the time of Edward
VI., and a second, issued in the reign of Elizabeth; -- both books
being certified to contain a "godly and wholesome doctrine."
Hom"ing (?), a. Home-returning; -- used specifically of carrier
pigeons.
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.
Ho`mú*o*path"ic, a., Ho`mú*op"a*thist, n., Ho`mú*op"a*thy, n. Same as
Homeopathic, Homeopathist, Homeopathy.
Ho`mú*o*ther"mal (?), a. See Homoiothermal.
Ho`mú*o*zo"ic (?), a. [Gr. &?; like + &?; life.] (Zoˆl.) Pertaining to,
or including, similar forms or kinds of life; as, homúozoic belts on
the earth's surface. E. Forbes.
Ho*mog"a*mous (?), a. [Gr. &?; married together; &?; the same + &?;
marriage.] (Bot.) Having all the flowers alike; -- said of such
composite plants as Eupatorium, and the thistels.
Ho*mog"a*my (?), n. (Bot.) The condition of being homogamous.
Ho`mo*gan"gli*ate (?), a. [Homo- + gangliate.] (Zoˆl.) Having the
ganglia of the nervous system symmetrically arranged, as in certain
invertebrates; -- opposed to heterogangliate.
Ho"mo*gene (?), a. [Cf. F. homogËne.] Homogeneous. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
Ho`mo*ge"ne*al (?), a. Homogeneous.
Ho`mo*ge"ne*al*ness, n. Homogeneousness.
Ho`mo*ge*ne"i*ty (?), n. [Cf. F. homogÈnÈitÈ.] Same as Homogeneousness.
Ho`mo*ge"ne*ous (?), a. [Gr. &?;; &?; the same + &?; race, kind: cf. F.
homogËne. See Same, and Kin.] 1. Of the same kind of nature; consisting
of similar parts, or of elements of the like nature; -- opposed to
heterogeneous; as, homogeneous particles, elements, or principles;
homogeneous bodies.
2. (Alg.) Possessing the same number of factors of a given kind; as, a
homogeneous polynomial.
Ho`mo*ge"ne*ous*ness, n. Sameness 9kind or nature; uniformity of
structure or material.
Ho`mo*gen"e*sis (?), n. [Homo- + genesis.] (Biol.) That method of
reproduction in which the successive generations are alike, the
offspring, either animal or plant, running through the same cycle of
existence as the parent; gamogenesis; -- opposed to heterogenesis.
Ho`mo*ge*net"ic (?), a. (Biol.) Homogenous; -- applied to that class of
homologies which arise from similarity of structure, and which are
taken as evidences of common ancestry.
Ho*mog"e*nous (?), a. (Biol.) Having a resemblance in structure, due to
descent from a common progenitor with subsequent modification;
homogenetic; -- applied both to animals and plants. See Homoplastic.
Ho*mog"e*ny (?), n. [Gr. &?;; &?; the same + &?; race, kind.] 1. Joint
nature. [Obs.] Bacon.
2. (Biol.) The correspondence of common descent; -- a term used to
supersede homology by Lankester, who also used homoplasy to denote any
superinduced correspondence of position and structure in parts
embryonically distinct (other writers using the term homoplasmy). Thus,
there is homogeny between the fore limb of a mammal and the wing of a
bird; but the right and left ventricles of the heart in both are only
in homoplasy with each other, these having arisen independently since
the divergence of both groups from a univentricular ancestor.
Ho*mog"o*nous, a. [Gr. &?;. See Homogeneous.] (Bot.) Having all the
flowers of a plant alike in respect to the stamens and pistils.
Ho*mog"o*ny (?), n. (Bot.) The condition of having homogonous flowers.
Hom"o*graph (?), n. [Gr. "omo`grafos with the same letters; "omo`s the
same + gra`fein to write.] (Philol.) One of two or more words identical
in orthography, but having different derivations and meanings; as,
fair, n., a market, and fair, a., beautiful.
Ho`mo*graph"ic (?), a. 1. Employing a single and separate character to
represent each sound; -- said of certain methods of spelling words.