meiosis
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Noun
- (genetics) cell division that produces reproductive cells in sexually reproducing organisms; the nucleus divides into four nuclei each containing half the chromosome number (leading to gametes in animals and spores in plants)
- Understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary)
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Words that sound like the term "meiosis".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ambitious | 3 | 16 |
| 2 | memphis | 2 | 8 |
| 3 | marcus | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | amorphous | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | impetus | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | smoothness | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | murderous | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | meanness | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | madness | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | mathias | 3 | 2 |
| 11 | mucus | 2 | 2 |
| 12 | smallness | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | amadeus | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | embarrass | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | macias | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | madras | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | magnus | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | malpass | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | margus | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | marius | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | markkas | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | markus | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | martus | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | masius | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | matthias | 3 | 0 |
| 26 | mattress | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | matyas | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | maxus | 2 | 0 |
| 29 | meatless | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | meleis | 3 | 0 |
| 31 | mobius | 3 | 0 |
| 32 | molpus | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | molpus' | 2 | 0 |
| 34 | mucous | 2 | 0 |
| 35 | omnibus | 3 | 0 |
| 36 | smokeless | 2 | 0 |
| 37 | smugness | 2 | 0 |
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Words that are spelled similarly to the term "meiosis".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
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| 1 | mess | 1 | 22 |
| 2 | moss | 1 | 9 |
| 3 | nemesis | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | memoirs | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | zeiss | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | isis | 2 | 1 |
| 7 | mosaics | 3 | 1 |
| 8 | weiss | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | reiss | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | meiss | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | missis | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | biosis | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | symbiosis | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | meis | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | osmosis | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | minosos | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | mesbics | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | meisels | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | endometriosis | 6 | 0 |
| 20 | veliotis | 4 | 0 |
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Definitions: 2
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 37
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 8
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