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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| 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
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Words that Follow: 0
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📰 This Word in the News:
ATM and PRDM9 regulate SPO11-bound recombination intermediates during meiosis
Feb 12, 2020 nature.com
Feb 12, 2020 nature.com
Phosphoproteomic identification of Mos–MAPK targets in meiotic cell cycle and asymmetric oocyte divisions
Oct 22, 2025 Rockefeller University Press
Oct 22, 2025 Rockefeller University Press
Structural regulation and dynamic behaviour of organelles during plant meiosis
Jun 26, 2024 Frontiers
Jun 26, 2024 Frontiers
Epitranscriptomic RNA editing resolves Mus81 DNA repair tradeoffs in heat tolerance and meiosis
Mar 30, 2026 nature.com
Mar 30, 2026 nature.com
Meiosis‐specific protein co‐expression in Arabidopsis thaliana: a protein delivery tool in meiotic cells
Mar 25, 2026 onlinelibrary.wiley.com
Mar 25, 2026 onlinelibrary.wiley.com
CENP-C in two acts: Dynamic roles in male meiotic centromere assembly
Aug 25, 2026 Rockefeller University Press
Aug 25, 2026 Rockefeller University Press