synapses
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- The side by side pairing of homologous maternal and paternal chromosomes at the start of meiosis
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Words that sound like the term "synapses".
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| 1 | sausages | 3 | 5 |
| 2 | splashes | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | surmises | 3 | 2 |
| 4 | science's | 3 | 1 |
| 5 | screeches | 2 | 1 |
| 6 | sponges | 2 | 1 |
| 7 | stances | 2 | 1 |
| 8 | supposes | 3 | 1 |
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| 10 | circus's | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | ostriches | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | sarage's | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | sciences' | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | sconces | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | sellars's | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | service's | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | services' | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | smilgis | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | soros's | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | speakes's | 2 | 0 |
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| 26 | strauss's | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | suffices | 3 | 0 |
| 28 | summers's | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | surpasses | 3 | 0 |
| 30 | sybase's | 3 | 0 |
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| 1 | shapes | 1 | 29 |
| 2 | snakes | 1 | 26 |
| 3 | senses | 2 | 15 |
| 4 | lapses | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | naples | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | snapshots | 2 | 1 |
| 7 | synapse | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | snaps | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | snape | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | synopsis | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | sybase's | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | snapples | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | sybase | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | swapes | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | snipes | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | snares | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | sashes | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | syntheses | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | snapple's | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | snappiest | 3 | 0 |
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| 1 | synopsis | 3 | 0 |
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Definitions: 1
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 30
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 1
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