Words ending with leus
5 letter words ending with leus
6 letter words ending with leus
- coleus — any plant of the Old World genus Coleus: cultivated for their variegated leaves, typically marked with red, yellow, or white: family Lamiaceae (labiates)
- peleus — a king of the Myrmidons, the son of Aeacus and father of Achilles.
- pileus — Mycology. the horizontal portion of a mushroom, bearing gills, tubes, etc., on its underside; a cap.
- soleus — a muscle in the calf of the leg, behind the gastrocnemius muscle, that helps extend the foot forward.
7 letter words ending with leus
- aculeus — a prickle or spine, such as the thorn of a rose
- malleus — the outermost of a chain of three small bones in the middle ear of mammals. Also called hammer. Compare incus (def 1), stapes.
- nucleus — a central part about which other parts are grouped or gathered; core: A few faithful friends formed the nucleus of the club.
- condensation nucleus — nucleus (def 5).
- crystal nucleus — the tiny crystal that forms at the onset of crystallization
8 letter words ending with leus
10 letter words ending with leus
- pronucleus — either of the gametic nuclei that unite in fertilization to form the nucleus of the zygote.
- subnucleus — a central part about which other parts are grouped or gathered; core: A few faithful friends formed the nucleus of the club.
12 letter words ending with leus
- macronucleus — the larger of the two types of nuclei occurring in ciliate protozoans, having a multiple set of chromosomes and functioning in cell metabolism and protein synthesis.
- micronucleus — the smaller of the two types of nuclei occurring in ciliate protozoans.
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