MEIOSES
A 7-letter word worth 9 points in Scrabble.
m 3 e 1 i 1 o 1 s 1 e 1 s 1
- Length
- 7
- Scrabble
- 9 pts
- Sorted letters
- eeimoss
- Anagrams
- 0
Definition of MEIOSES
A form of MEIOSIS.
- noun
understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary)
“saying `I was not a little upset' when you mean `I was very upset' is an example of litotes”
Synonyms: litotes
- 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)
Synonyms: miosis, reduction division
Definitions from WordNet 3.1 (Princeton University).
Words within MEIOSES
50 words can be made from any subset of the letters in MEIOSES.
- emesis 8
- mioses 8
- mises 7
- misos 7
- seems 7
- seism 7
- semes 7
- semis 7
- seise 5
- emes 6
- isms 6
- mess 6
- mise 6
- miso 6
- miss 6
- moss 6
- seem 6
- seme 6
- semi 6
- sims 6
- some 6
- eses 4
- oses 4
- sees 4
- seis 4
- eme 5
- ems 5
- ism 5
- mis 5
- mos 5
- oms 5
- sim 5
- ess 3
- oes 3
- ose 3
- see 3
- sei 3
- sis 3
- sos 3
- em 4
- me 4
- mi 4
- mo 4
- om 4
- es 2
- is 2
- oe 2
- os 2
- si 2
- so 2