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homecoming
nounB2
/ˈhəʊmˌkʌm.ɪŋ/The act of returning to one's home, place of origin, or a place of belonging; a return home, often after a long absence.
homegirl
nounB2
/ˈhəʊmɡɜːl/A female friend from one's hometown or neighbourhood; a close female friend within a group, often with a shared cultural or social background.
homeland
nounB1
/ˈhəʊm.lænd/One's native country or ancestral land.
homeland security
nounLow-frequency in everyday conversation; high-frequency in news/political contexts.
/ˈhəʊm.lænd sɪˈkjʊə.rə.ti/A government department and policy area focused on protecting a nation's citizens, infrastructure, and territory from terrorist attacks and other major threats.
homelands movement
nounC2 / Low
/ˈhəʊmlændz ˈmuːvmənt/A movement advocating for the return or establishment of an autonomous homeland for a specific indigenous or displaced people, often as a response to historical dispossession.
homeless
adjectivenounC1
/ˈhəʊm.ləs/without a home; having nowhere to live.
homelessness
nounC1
/ˈhəʊmləsnəs/The condition of having no permanent home or place of residence.
homemaker
nounC1
/ˈhəʊmˌmeɪkə(r)/A person, typically a woman, who manages the household, including domestic tasks and often childcare, as their main occupation.
homemaking
adjectivenounC1
/ˈhəʊmˌmeɪkɪŋ/The management of a household, including domestic tasks such as cooking, cleaning, and budgeting, traditionally associated with creating a comfortable home environment.
homeobox gene
nounLow (specialised technical term)
/ˈhəʊ.mi.əʊ.bɒks ˌdʒiːn/A gene that contains a specific DNA sequence (the homeobox) which regulates the development of an organism's body structure.
homeomorph
nounC2
/ˈhəʊ.mi.əʊ.mɔːf/A structure-preserving bijection between two topological spaces; a continuous function with a continuous inverse.
homeomorphism
nounVery Low
/ˌhəʊ.mi.əʊˈmɔː.fɪ.zəm/A continuous bijection between two topological spaces that has a continuous inverse, preserving topological properties.
homeopathist
nounC2
/ˌhəʊ.miˈɒp.ə.θɪst/A practitioner of homeopathy, a system of alternative medicine that treats patients with highly diluted substances.
homeopathy
nounC1
/ˌhəʊ.miˈɒp.ə.θi/A system of alternative medicine based on treating like with like, using highly diluted substances.
homeoplasia
nounC2
/ˌhəʊ.mi.əʊˈpleɪ.ʒə/The formation of new tissue that resembles the normal, adjacent tissue.
homeostasis
nounC1
/ˌhɒm.i.əʊˈsteɪ.sɪs/The physiological process by which an organism or system maintains a stable internal environment despite external changes.
homeoteleuton
nounVery rare
/ˌhɒmɪəʊtɛˈljuːtɒn/A rhetorical or textual phenomenon where words or phrases end with similar sounds or syllables.
homeotherapy
nounC2
/ˌhəʊ.mi.əʊˈθer.ə.pi/A medical or therapeutic treatment that uses very small doses of substances that would, in larger amounts, cause the symptoms of the disease itself.
homeotherm
nounC2 (Very Low Frequency)
/ˈhəʊ.mi.əʊ.θɜːm/An organism that maintains a stable internal body temperature, independent of the environment.
homeowner
nounC1
/ˈhəʊmˌəʊnə(r)/A person who owns the house or flat they live in.

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