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9 letters · 11 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a small round body of protein in a cell nucleus; such organelles contain RNA and are involved in protein synthesis
originEtymology tree Proto-Italic *knuks Latin nux Latin nucleuslbor. English nucle(us) Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Latin -olus English nucleolus From nucle(us) + Latin -olus.
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Words from these letters
- nucellus 10
- counsel 9
- leucons 9
- locules 9
- loculus 9
- nucleus 9
- ocellus 9
- unclose 9
- cellos 8
- clones 8
- clonus 8
- coleus 8