HOMEOBOX

“HOMEOBOX” is a valid word.

22 Scrabble points

23 Words with Friends

8 letters

Definition

one of various similar homeotic genes that are involved in bodily segmentation during embryonic development

homewhere you live at a particular time
booma deep prolonged loud noise
homosomeone who practices homosexuality; having a sexual attraction to persons of the same sex
hoboa disreputable vagrant
oboea slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece

oohexpress admiration and pleasure by uttering `ooh' or `aah'
boxa (usually rectangular) container; may have a lid
booa cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt
moba disorderly crowd of people
moothe sound made by a cow or bull
hemthe edge of a piece of cloth; especially the finished edge that has been doubled under and stitched down
hoea tool with a flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle
hexan evil spell
ohma unit of electrical resistance equal to the resistance between two points on a conductor when a potential difference of one volt between them produces a current of one ampere
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hob(folklore) a small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings
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mhoa unit of conductance equal to the reciprocal of an ohm

mea state in New England
hea very light colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses; the most difficult gas to liquefy; occurs in economically extractable amounts in certain natural gases (as those found in Texas and Kansas)
bea light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element
oha midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
ema quad with a square body
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hoa trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; occurs together with yttrium; forms highly magnetic compounds
hma metric unit of length equal to 100 meters
exa man who was formerly a certain woman's husband
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moan indefinitely short time
oxan adult castrated bull of the genus Bos; especially Bos taurus
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