Type of plant tissue that forms the water passageway from rootâ¦ Provides the force for lifting water up the stem. Tendency of water molecules to stick to one another
homophobia noun [U]. âº a âfear or âdislike of âgay âpeople. homophobic adjective uk us /-bÉªk/ âº a homophobic âattitude. adjective uk us /-bÉªk/. (Definition of homophobia from the Cambridge Advanced Learnerâs Dictionary & Thesaurus Â© Cambridge University Press).
Unfortunately, there is only one word,  homophobia  in general use. And it is rapidly becoming a  snarl  word like racism and sexism. The precise meaning that a person assigns to  homophobia  is often not obvious. Sometimes a person will switch from one definition to another in the middle of an essay or speech. Many individual and groups fit two or more of the above definitions at the same time; others fit only one.