Words Containing NESIS

132 words contain NESIS anywhere. Scores range up to 28 points (SCHIZOGENESIS), averaging 16.4 points with standard English tile values. Every entry below shows its point value, US and UK dictionary validity, and a definition where available.

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The origin of life from nonliving matter.

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The formation of fat tissue.

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Reproduction without the fusion of gametes.

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Failure of an organ to develop normally.

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Loss of normal muscle movement or paralysis.

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The formation of tooth enamel.

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Evolution of a species without branching.

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The ability to recall past events; recollection.

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Development of an embryo with only paternal chromosomes.

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The formation of new blood vessels.

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The study of the origin and development of humans.

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Formation of fatty deposits in arteries.

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The supposed production of life from nonliving matter.

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The apparent motion of a stationary light in darkness.

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Generation of baryonic matter in the early universe.

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The principle that living things arise only from other living things, not from nonliving matter.

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Asexual reproduction by budding or cell transformation.

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Rapid intensification of a storm, with a sharp pressure drop.

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Embryonic development of novel structures.

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Evolutionary addition of new features during embryonic development.

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The process by which normal cells become cancerous.

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The appearance of new traits during embryonic development that were not in earlier evolutionary stages.

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Movement induced by chemicals at the cellular level.

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Formation and development of cartilage.

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Evolutionary branching producing new clades.

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The biological production of cyanide.

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The formation or intensification of cyclones.

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The formation, development, and variation of cells.

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Division of a cell's cytoplasm after nuclear division.

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Physical and chemical changes in sediment after deposition, excluding weathering.

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Final stage of prophase in meiosis before metaphase.

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Alternation of sexual and asexual reproduction.

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Double formation of something normally single.

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The production or development of dynamic energy.

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Infertility in hybrids due to chromosomal differences.

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An exclamatory rhetorical device used for emphasis.

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Development of an organism outside its natural body environment.

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Production of electricity in living tissue.

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The process of forming and developing an embryo.

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Broad uplift or subsidence of the earth's crust.

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The development of an organism from an undifferentiated egg.

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One who advocates the theory of epigenesis.

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Plural of EPIGENESIST.

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Formation or strengthening of an atmospheric or oceanic front.

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Formation and development of gametes.

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Sexual reproduction.

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The origin or coming into being of something.

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Formation of glucose from non-carbohydrate sources in the body.

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The formation of glycogen from glucose.

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Biosynthesis of sugars, typically in the liver.

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Development of an embryo from just the egg's chromosomes.

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The production of blood cells in the body.

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The formation of blood cells in the body.

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Alternation of different forms in a life cycle.

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The formation and development of tissues from embryonic cells.

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Reproduction where offspring resemble parents in all generations.

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The origin or formation of matter.

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Abnormally increased muscular movement or activity.

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The induction of sleep or a hypnotic state.

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An adverse effect resulting from medical treatment.

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How many words containing nesis are there?

There are 132 words containing nesis.

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What is the highest-scoring word contain NESIS anywhere?

SCHIZOGENESIS scores 28 points, the highest in this list using standard English tile values.