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51hap|lont — «HAP lont», noun. a haplid organism or cell: »Success in producing a haplont a plant with half the usual number of chromosomes eluded researchers until…Indian scientists grew a haplont morning glory (Science News) …
52hap|lo|phase — «HAP loh FAYZ», noun. the haploid phase of an organism …
53hap|lo|sis — «hap LOH sihs», noun. Biology. the reduction of the number of chromosomes, forming two haploid sets of chromosomes, occurring during meiosis. ╂[< Greek haploûs single + ōsis condition] …
54hap|pen|stance — «HAP uhn stans», noun, adjective. –n. a chance occurrence; accident: »France took on this unpromising territory largely by happenstance (Time). –adj. chance; accidental: »a happenstance event or witness. ╂[< happen + ( …
55hap|pi|ness — «HAP ee nihs», noun. 1. the condition of being happy; gladness: »Life is one long search for happiness. 2. good luck; good fortune. 3. aptness; appropriateness: »The happiness of the comparison caught ou …
56hap|py-go-luck|y — «HAP ee goh LUHK ee», adjective, adverb. –adj. taking things easily as they come; trusting to luck: »Those people are certainly happy go lucky. –adv. as luck may have it; haphazard …
57hap|ten — «HAP tehn», noun. Medicine. a substance that can unite with a protein on injection to form an antigen. ╂[< Greek háptein to fasten, join] …
58hap|ter|on — «HAP tuhr on», noun, plural ter|a « tuhr uh». an organ of attachment by which many aquatic plants or marine algae fasten to rocks. ╂[< New Latin hapteron < Greek háptein to fasten] …
59hap|tic — «HAP tihk», adjective. of or having to do with the sense of touch. ╂[< Greek haptikós able to touch < háptein to touch, fasten] …
60hap|to|glo|bin — «HAP tuh gloh bihn», noun. one of a class of proteins in blood plasma, used in blood analysis. ╂[< Greek háptein to touch, seize] …
