Words that rhyme with centrosome

  • chromosome
    n 1: a threadlike strand of DNA in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear order; "humans have 22 chromosome pairs plus two sex chromosomes"
  • ribosome
    n 1: an organelle in the cytoplasm of a living cell; they attach to mRNA and move down it one codon at a time and then stop until tRNA brings the required amino acid; when it reaches a stop codon it falls apart and releases the completed protein molecule for use by the cell; "the ribosome is the site of protein synthesis"
  • aum
    n 1: a terrorist organization whose goal is to take over Japan and then the world; based on a religion founded in 1987 that combines elements of Buddhism with Christianity; "in 1995 Aum members released deadly sarin gas on a Tokyo subway train" [syn: Aum Shinrikyo, Aum, Supreme Truth]
  • nichrome
    n 1: an alloy of nickel and chromium with high electrical resistance and an ability to withstand high temperatures; used for resistance heating elements
  • cytochrome
    n 1: (biochemistry) a class of hemoprotein whose principal biological function is electron transfer (especially in cellular respiration)
  • cytostome
    n 1: mouth of a protozoan
  • liposome
    n 1: an artificially made microscopic vesicle into which nucleic acids can be packaged; used in molecular biology as a transducing vector
  • loxodrome
    n 1: a line on a sphere that cuts all meridians at the same angle; the path taken by a ship or plane that maintains a constant compass direction [syn: rhumb line, rhumb, loxodrome]
  • microsome
    n 1: a tiny granule in the cytoplasm that is where protein synthesis takes place under the direction of mRNA
  • microtome
    n 1: scientific instrument that cuts thin slices of something for microscopic examination
  • schistosome
    n 1: flatworms parasitic in the blood vessels of mammals [syn: schistosome, blood fluke]
  • trypanosome
  • seadrome
  • seaholm
  • skydome
  • statohm
  • acrodrome
  • cytosome
  • framatome
  • halidome
  • harmotome
  • hemachrome
  • histotome
  • homochrome
  • hydrosome
  • hypostome
  • interdome
  • kodachrome
  • leucotome
  • lincicome
  • lipochrome
  • macrodome
  • metrodome
  • metrotome
  • milliohm

See also centrosome definition and centrosome synonyms