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".
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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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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
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This Word in the News:
Regulation of outer kinetochore assembly during meiosis I and II by CENP-A and KNL-2/M18BP1 in C. elegans oocytes
Nov 4, 2024 ScienceDirect.com
Nov 4, 2024 ScienceDirect.com
Intrinsically weak sex chromosome drive through sequential asymmetric meiosis
May 7, 2025 Science | AAAS
May 7, 2025 Science | AAAS