Words that rhyme with hypostome

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]

n 1: an alloy of nickel and chromium with high electrical resistance and an ability to withstand high temperatures; used for resistance heating elements

n 1: (biochemistry) a class of hemoprotein whose principal biological function is electron transfer (especially in cellular respiration)

n 1: mouth of a protozoan

n 1: an artificially made microscopic vesicle into which nucleic acids can be packaged; used in molecular biology as a transducing vector

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]

n 1: a tiny granule in the cytoplasm that is where protein synthesis takes place under the direction of mRNA

n 1: scientific instrument that cuts thin slices of something for microscopic examination