English words starting with holo

Meanings of Holocaust:

noun

Destruction or slaughter on a mass scale, especially caused by fire or nuclear war.

Usage examples:

A nuclear holocaust

Meanings of Holocausts:

noun

Destruction or slaughter on a mass scale, especially caused by fire or nuclear war.

Usage examples:

A nuclear holocaust

Meanings of Holocene:

adjective

Relating to or denoting the present epoch, which is the second epoch in the quaternary period and followed the pleistocene.

Usage examples:

Subfossil material of the family has been recovered from holocene deposits on madagascar

noun

The present epoch or the system of deposits laid down during this time.

Usage examples:

Chapter six looks at the climate changes between the last glacial maximum and the holocene

Meanings of Holoenzyme:

noun

A biochemically active compound formed by the combination of an enzyme with a coenzyme.

Usage examples:

In this report, a combination of evolutionary and crystallographic data from the cox holoenzyme was…

Meanings of Holofernes:

proper noun

(in the apocrypha) the assyrian general of nebuchadnezzar's forces, who was killed by judith (judith 4:1 ff.).

Meanings of Hologram:

noun

A three-dimensional image formed by the interference of light beams from a laser or other coherent light source.

Usage examples:

Those blend at the chip with unfettered laser light to create a hologram of the tumor interior.

Meanings of Holograms:

noun

A three-dimensional image formed by the interference of light beams from a laser or other coherent light source.

Usage examples:

Those blend at the chip with unfettered laser light to create a hologram of the tumor interior.

Meanings of Holograph:

noun

A manuscript handwritten by the person named as its author.

Usage examples:

A palimpsest of holograph revisions

Meanings of Holographic:

adjective

Produced using holograms.

Usage examples:

A 3d holographic image

Meanings of Holographically:

adverb

By using, or in the form of, a hologram (= an image made with a laser in which the objects shown look solid, as if they are real, rather than flat) or holograms

Usage examples:

When the actor could not appear at the televised ceremony to accept the award, the producers figure…

Meanings of Holographs:

noun

A manuscript handwritten by the person named as its author.

Usage examples:

A palimpsest of holograph revisions

Meanings of Holography:

noun

The study or production of holograms.

Usage examples:

In classical holography, a laser beam reflected off an object interferes with a reference beam, and…

Meanings of Holophrase:

noun

A single word that expresses a complex idea, used mainly by young children when they are learning to talk

Usage examples:

A holophrase takes the place of what would be a full sentence in an older person's speech.

Meanings of Holophrases:

noun

A single word that expresses a complex idea, used mainly by young children when they are learning to talk

Usage examples:

A holophrase takes the place of what would be a full sentence in an older person's speech.

Meanings of Holophrasis:

noun

The expression of a whole phrase in a single word, for example howdy for how do you do.

Usage examples:

Infants begin by babbling and cooing, progress to holophrasis and by age three to four children are…

Meanings of Holophrastic:

adjective

Relating to the use of a single word to express a complex idea, especially by young children when they are learning to talk

Usage examples:

Holophrastic utterances, “lies!” he shouted, like a holophrastic child.

Meanings of Holophytic:

adjective

(of a plant or protozoan) able to synthesize complex organic compounds by photosynthesis.

Usage examples:

Various protozoa feed by holophytic, holozoic, or saprozoic means; some are predatory or parasitic.

Meanings of Holothurian:

noun

A sea cucumber.

Usage examples:

In fact, crinoids, holothurians, and ophiuroids rule the floor of the deep oceans at depths below 5…

Meanings of Holotype:

noun

A single type specimen upon which the description and name of a new species is based.

Usage examples:

Additional character state information was also incorporated from descriptions of holotypes and add…

Meanings of Holotypes:

noun

A single type specimen upon which the description and name of a new species is based.

Usage examples:

Additional character state information was also incorporated from descriptions of holotypes and add…