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nuclei


nuclei - noun

  • a part of the cell containing DNA and RNA and responsible for growth and reproduction
  • the positively charged dense center of an atom
  • a small group of indispensable persons or things
  • (astronomy) the center of the head of a comet; consists of small solid particles of ice and frozen gas that vaporizes on approaching the sun to form the coma and tail
  • any histologically identifiable mass of neural cell bodies in the brain or spinal cord
  • the central structure of the lens that is surrounded by the cortex

    • nuclei - thesaurus

    core   karyon  

    Scrabble score for nuclei

    n is 1 u is 1 c is 3 l is 1 e is 1 i is 1
    Scrabble score = 8

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