cilium
Definitions
Noun
- A hairlike projection from the surface of a cell; provides locomotion in free-swimming unicellular organisms
- Any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids
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Words that contain the term "cilium".
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Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "cilium".
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Words that are spelled similarly to the term "cilium".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | claim | 1 | 98 |
| 2 | socialism | 4 | 20 |
| 3 | climb | 1 | 12 |
| 4 | calcium | 3 | 11 |
| 5 | chili | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | clump | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | milieu | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | coliseum | 4 | 1 |
| 9 | celium | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | clum | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | clim | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | milum | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | valium | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | scioli | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | racialism | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | minium | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | milius | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | mcwilliam | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | lum | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | liu | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | lipuma | 3 | 0 |
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Term
Definitions: 2
Fragments: 0
Sound Alikes: 0
Spelled Like: 21
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 7
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
This Word in the News:
CEP76 impairment at the centrosome-cilium interface contributes to a spectrum of ciliopathies
Oct 17, 2025 Science | AAAS
Oct 17, 2025 Science | AAAS
Harnessing cilium oscillations for enhanced transport in chaotic flow
Dec 26, 2025 Cambridge University Press & Assessment
Dec 26, 2025 Cambridge University Press & Assessment
Scaling Cloudera’s development environment: Leveraging Amazon EKS, Karpenter, Bottlerocket, and Cilium for hybrid cloud
Sep 26, 2025 Amazon Web Services
Sep 26, 2025 Amazon Web Services
Extending Infrastructure Fabric: The Journey to Cloud-Native Isovalent Networking
Feb 23, 2026 Cisco Blogs
Feb 23, 2026 Cisco Blogs