combs 5 1 verb, noun v, n noun • a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair
• the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds
• any of several tools for straightening fibers
• ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore
• the act of drawing a comb through hair
verb • straighten with a comb
• search thoroughly
• smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb
cyclostomes 11 3 noun, adjective n, adj noun • primitive aquatic vertebrate
rhizomes 8 2 noun n noun • a horizontal plant stem with shoots above and roots below serving as a reproductive structure
syndromes 9 2 noun n noun • a complex of concurrent things
• a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease
chromosomes 11 3 noun n noun • a threadlike strand of DNA in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear order
liposomes 9 3 noun n noun • an artificially made microscopic vesicle into which nucleic acids can be packaged; used in molecular biology as a transducing vector
biomes 6 2 noun n noun • a major biotic community characterized by the dominant forms of plant life and the prevailing climate
domes 5 1 noun n noun • a concave shape whose distinguishing characteristic is that the concavity faces downward
• informal terms for a human head
• a stadium that has a roof
• a hemispherical roof
gnomes 6 1 noun n noun • a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure
• a short pithy saying expressing a general truth
homes 5 1 noun n adjective • used of your own ground
• relating to or being where one lives or where one's roots are
noun • where you live at a particular time
• housing that someone is living in
• the country or state or city where you live
• (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score
• the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end
• place where something began and flourished
• an environment offering affection and security
• a social unit living together
• an institution where people are cared for
adverb • at or to or in the direction of one's home or family
• on or to the point aimed at
• to the fullest extent; to the heart
adjective satellite • inside the country
verb • provide with, or send to, a home
• return home accurately from a long distance
ohms 4 1 noun n noun • German physicist who formulated Ohm's law (1787-1854)
• a 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
roams 5 1 verb v verb • move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
tomes 5 1 noun n noun • a (usually) large and scholarly book
aerodromes 10 3 noun n noun • an airfield equipped with control tower and hangars as well as accommodations for passengers and cargo
holmes 6 1 noun n noun • a fictitious detective in stories by A. Conan Doyle
• United States jurist noted for his liberal opinions (1841-1935)
• United States writer of humorous essays (1809-1894)
• English geologist and supporter of the theory of continental drift (1890-1965)
combes 6 2 noun n noun • A valley, often wooded and often with no river
• A cirque.
foams 5 1 verb v noun • a mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid
• a lightweight material in cellular form; made by introducing gas bubbles during manufacture
verb • become bubbly or frothy or foaming
nomes 5 1 noun, adjective n, adj noun • a town in western Alaska on the southern coast of the Seward Peninsula; an important center of an Alaskan gold rush at the beginning of the 20th century
velodromes 10 3 noun n noun • a banked oval track for bicycle or motorcycle racing
tombs 5 1 noun n noun • a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone)
beachcombs 10 2 verb, noun v, n
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honeycombs 10 3 noun n noun • a structure of small hexagonal cells constructed from beeswax by bees and used to store honey and larvae
• a framework of hexagonal cells resembling the honeycomb built by bees
verb • carve a honeycomb pattern into
• penetrate thoroughly and into every part
• make full of cavities, like a honeycomb
intombs 7 2 verb v
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whitecombs 10 3
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arthur holmes 12 4 noun n noun • English geologist and supporter of the theory of continental drift (1890-1965)
sherlock holmes 14 4 noun n noun • a fictitious detective in stories by A. Conan Doyle
acrosomes 9 3 noun n noun • a process at the anterior end of a sperm cell that produces enzymes to facilitate penetration of the egg
antinomes 9 3 noun n
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astrodomes 10 3 noun n noun • a transparent dome on top of an airplane where the navigator can make celestial observations
autosomes 9 3 noun n noun • any chromosome that is not a sex chromosome; appear in pairs in body cells but as single chromosomes in spermatozoa
biostromes 10 3 noun n
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bromes 6 1 noun n noun • any of various woodland and meadow grasses of the genus Bromus; native to temperate regions
broughams 9 2 noun n noun • light carriage; pulled by a single horse
• a sedan that has no roof over the driver's seat
dermatomes 10 3 noun n noun • a surgical instrument used to cut very thin slices of skin
desmosomes 10 3 noun n noun • A structural unit that functions in the adhesion of cells to form tissue
genomes 7 2 noun n noun • the ordering of genes in a haploid set of chromosomes of a particular organism; the full DNA sequence of an organism
halidomes 9 3 noun n
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heaumes 7 1 noun n noun • a large medieval helmet supported on the shoulders
hippodromes 11 3 noun n noun • a stadium for horse shows or horse races
holms 5 1 noun n noun • (obsolete outside dialectal) The holly.
• A common evergreen oak of Europe, Quercus ilex; the holm oak.
• An island in a lake, river or estuary; an eyot.
• (chiefly West Yorkshire) Any small island, but especially one near a larger island or the mainland, sometimes with holly bushes; an islet. Often the word is used in Norse-influenced place-names. See also holme.
• Rich flat land near a river, prone to being completely flooded; a river-meadow; bottomland.
karyosomes 10 3 noun n
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loams 5 1 noun n noun • a rich soil consisting of a mixture of sand and clay and decaying organic materials
megohms 7 2 noun, adjective n, adj noun • a unit of resistance equal to one million ohms
mesosomes 9 3 noun n
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metronomes 10 3 noun n noun • clicking pendulum indicates the exact tempo of a piece of music
microtomes 10 3 noun n noun • scientific instrument that cuts thin slices of something for microscopic examination
milliohms 9 3 noun n
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momes 5 1 noun n
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monosomes 9 3 noun n noun • The chromosome whose homologous counterpart is missing in monosomy.
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