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MIOSIS

“MIOSIS” is a valid word.

8 Scrabble points
9 Words with Friends
6 letters

Definition

noun

  1. 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)
  2. reflex contraction of the sphincter muscle of the iris in response to a bright light (or certain drugs) causing the pupil to become smaller

< 6-letter words: MIOSIS

20 words found

5-letter words 1

  • misosa thick paste made from fermented soybeans and barley or rice malt; used in Japanese cooking to make soups or sauces

4-letter words 5

  • missa young woman
  • mosstiny leafy-stemmed flowerless plants
  • sims
  • misoa thick paste made from fermented soybeans and barley or rice malt; used in Japanese cooking to make soups or sauces
  • ismsa belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school

3-letter words 7

  • sisa female person who has the same parents as another person
  • sim
  • sosan internationally recognized distress signal in radio code
  • mis
  • mos
  • isma belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school
  • oms

2-letter words 7

  • ishave the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
  • sothe syllable naming the fifth (dominant) note of any musical scale in solmization
  • moan indefinitely short time
  • midestruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle
  • sia tetravalent nonmetallic element; next to oxygen it is the most abundant element in the earth's crust; occurs in clay and feldspar and granite and quartz and sand; used as a semiconductor in transistors
  • om
  • osa mouth or mouthlike opening