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helix
noun as in coil
noun as in convolution
noun as in curve
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noun as in knot
noun as in twist
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These drugs interfere with the double helix zip-unzip-zip-again process of RNA and DNA replication.
This process, known as epigenetics, involves the addition of small chemical tags known as methyl groups to the DNA double helix.
Maazel writes about a soon-to-be Helix hostage, Anne-Janet, who was on “cancer furlough.”
The largest is Helix pomatia (figured on pp. 11 and 12), which often goes by the name of “the edible snail.”
In 1878 he removed to Umatilla county, Oregon, where he took up a homestead and a timber culture near Helix.
He went carelessly too near the still revolving machinery, and his coat-flap was caught and wound into the helix of the pugmill.
There are to be found in this bed of marl several species of helix and voluta.
If the latter is in the form of a helix its magnetic field resembles that of a straight bar magnet.
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On this page you'll find 171 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to helix, such as: braid, tendril, bight, circle, convolution, and corkscrew.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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