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NUCLEUS

NUCLEUS is a 7 letter word which starts with the letter N and ends with the letter S for which we found 5 definitions.

Definition
(n.) A kernel; hence a central mass or point about which matter is gathered or to which accretion is made; the central or material portion; -- used both literally and figuratively.
(n.) The body or the head of a comet.
(n.) An incipient ovule of soft cellular tissue.
(n.) A whole seed as contained within the seed coats.
(n.) A body usually spheroidal in a cell or a protozoan distinguished from the surrounding protoplasm by a difference in refrangibility and in behavior towards chemical reagents. It is more or less protoplasmic and consists of a clear fluid (achromatin) through which extends a network of fibers (chromatin) in which may be suspended a second rounded body the nucleolus (see Nucleoplasm). See Cell division under Division.

Syllable Information

The word NUCLEUS is a 7 letter word that has 3 syllable 's . The syllable division for NUCLEUS is: nu-cle-us


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