| abrocome | (noun) ratlike rodent with soft fur and large ears of the Andes | Synonyms: chinchilla rat, rat chinchilla |
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| acrosome | (noun) a process at the anterior end of a sperm cell that produces enzymes to facilitate penetration of the egg | - |
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| aerodrome | (noun) an airfield equipped with control tower and hangars as well as accommodations for passengers and cargo | Synonyms: airdrome, airport, drome |
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| airdrome | (noun) an airfield equipped with control tower and hangars as well as accommodations for passengers and cargo | Synonyms: aerodrome, airport, drome |
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| astrodome | (noun) a transparent dome on top of an airplane where the navigator can make celestial observations | - |
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| autosome | (noun) any chromosome that is not a sex chromosome; appear in pairs in body cells but as single chromosomes in spermatozoa | Synonyms: somatic chromosome |
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| biome | (noun) a major biotic community characterized by the dominant forms of plant life and the prevailing climate | - |
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| brome | (noun) any of various woodland and meadow grasses of the genus Bromus; native to temperate regions | Synonyms: bromegrass |
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| centrosome | (noun) small region of cytoplasm adjacent to the nucleus; contains the centrioles and serves to organize the microtubules | Synonyms: central body |
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| chondriosome | (noun) an organelle containing enzymes responsible for producing energy | Synonyms: mitochondrion |
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| chrome | (noun) another word for chromium when it is used in dyes or pigments | - |
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| chromosome | (noun) a threadlike strand of DNA in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear order | - |
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| cleome | (noun) any of various often strong-smelling plants of the genus Cleome having showy spider-shaped flowers | Synonyms: spiderflower |
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| come | (noun) the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract | Synonyms: cum, ejaculate, seed, semen, seminal fluid |
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| cyclostome | (noun) primitive aquatic vertebrate | - |
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| cytochrome | (noun) (biochemistry) a class of hemoprotein whose principal biological function is electron transfer (especially in cellular respiration) | - |
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| cytostome | (noun) mouth of a protozoan | - |
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| dermatome | (noun) a surgical instrument used to cut very thin slices of skin | - |
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| dictyosome | (noun) a netlike structure in the cytoplasm of animal cells (especially in those cells that produce secretions) | Synonyms: Golgi apparatus, Golgi body, Golgi complex |
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| dome | (noun) a hemispherical roof | - |
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| (noun) a stadium that has a roof | Synonyms: covered stadium, domed stadium |
| (noun) informal terms for a human head | Synonyms: attic, bean, bonce, noggin, noodle |
| (noun) a concave shape whose distinguishing characteristic is that the concavity faces downward | - |
| drome | (noun) an airfield equipped with control tower and hangars as well as accommodations for passengers and cargo | Synonyms: aerodrome, airdrome, airport |
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| eightsome | (noun) a Scottish reel for eight dancers | - |
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| (noun) eight people considered as a unit | Synonyms: octet, octette |
| episome | (noun) DNA that is not incorporated into the genome but is replicated together with the genome (especially in bacterial cells) | - |
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| epitome | (noun) a standard or typical example | Synonyms: image, paradigm, prototype |
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| (noun) a brief abstract (as of an article or book) | - |
| fivesome | (noun) five people considered as a unit | Synonyms: quintet, quintette |
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| (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of four and one | Synonyms: 5, cinque, fin, five, Little Phoebe, pentad, Phoebe, quint, quintet, quintuplet, V |
| fluorochrome | (noun) any of various fluorescent substances used in fluorescence microscopy to stain specimens | - |
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| foursome | (noun) four people considered as a unit | Synonyms: quartet, quartette |
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| (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one | Synonyms: 4, four, IV, Little Joe, quadruplet, quartet, quatern, quaternary, quaternion, quaternity, tetrad |
| gastronome | (noun) a person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink) | Synonyms: bon vivant, epicure, epicurean, foodie, gourmet |
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| genome | (noun) the ordering of genes in a haploid set of chromosomes of a particular organism; the full DNA sequence of an organism | - |
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| gnathostome | (noun) a vertebrate animal possessing true jaws | - |
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| gnome | (noun) a short pithy saying expressing a general truth | - |
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| (noun) a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure | Synonyms: dwarf |
| hematochrome | (noun) a reddish coloring material found in some algae | - |
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| hippodrome | (noun) a stadium for horse shows or horse races | - |
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| home | (noun) housing that someone is living in | Synonyms: abode, domicile, dwelling, dwelling house, habitation |
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| (noun) an institution where people are cared for | Synonyms: nursing home, rest home |
| (noun) (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score | Synonyms: home base, home plate, plate |
| (noun) a social unit living together | Synonyms: family, house, household, menage |
| (noun) the country or state or city where you live | - |
| (noun) place where something began and flourished | - |
| (noun) where you live at a particular time | Synonyms: place |
| (noun) the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end | Synonyms: base |
| (noun) an environment offering affection and security | - |
| income | (noun) the financial gain (earned or unearned) accruing over a given period of time | - |
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| liposome | (noun) an artificially made microscopic vesicle into which nucleic acids can be packaged; used in molecular biology as a transducing vector | - |
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| loxodrome | (noun) a line on a sphere that cuts all meridians at the same angle; the path taken by a ship or plane that maintains a constant compass direction | Synonyms: rhumb, rhumb line |
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| lysosome | (noun) an organelle found in the cytoplasm of most cells (especially in leukocytes and liver and kidney cells) | - |
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| metronome | (noun) clicking pendulum indicates the exact tempo of a piece of music | - |
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| microsome | (noun) a tiny granule in the cytoplasm that is where protein synthesis takes place under the direction of mRNA | - |
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| microtome | (noun) scientific instrument that cuts thin slices of something for microscopic examination | - |
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| monochrome | (noun) a black-and-white photograph or slide | Synonyms: black and white |
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| (noun) painting done in a range of tones of a single color | - |
| outcome | (noun) something that results | Synonyms: final result, result, resultant, termination |
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| (noun) a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon | Synonyms: consequence, effect, event, issue, result, upshot |
| palindrome | (noun) a word or phrase that reads the same backward as forward | - |
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| peristome | (noun) region around the mouth in various invertebrates | - |
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| (noun) (botany) fringe of toothlike appendages surrounding the mouth of a moss capsule | - |
| polychrome | (noun) a piece of work composed of or decorated in many colors | - |
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| pome | (noun) a fleshy fruit (apple or pear or related fruits) having seed chambers and an outer fleshy part | Synonyms: false fruit |
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| prodrome | (noun) an early symptom that a disease is developing or that an attack is about to occur | Synonyms: prodroma |
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| proteome | (noun) the full complement of proteins produced by a particular genome | - |
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| proteosome | (noun) a form of vaccine that can be administered by an inhaler | Synonyms: proteosome vaccine |
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| radome | (noun) a housing for a radar antenna; transparent to radio waves | Synonyms: radar dome |
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| rhizome | (noun) a horizontal plant stem with shoots above and roots below serving as a reproductive structure | Synonyms: rootstalk, rootstock |
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| ribosome | (noun) an organelle in the cytoplasm of a living cell; they attach to mRNA and move down it one codon at a time and then stop until tRNA brings the required amino acid; when it reaches a stop codon it falls apart and releases the completed protein molecule for use by the cell | - |
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| sarcosome | (noun) a large mitochondrion in a striated muscle fiber | - |
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| schistosome | (noun) flatworms parasitic in the blood vessels of mammals | Synonyms: blood fluke |
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| sevensome | (noun) seven people considered as a unit | Synonyms: septet, septette |
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| sixsome | (noun) six people considered as a unit | Synonyms: sextet, sextette |
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| syndrome | (noun) a complex of concurrent things | - |
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| (noun) a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease | - |
| threesome | (noun) three people considered as a unit | Synonyms: triad, trinity, trio |
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| (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one | Synonyms: 3, deuce-ace, III, leash, tercet, ternary, ternion, terzetto, three, tierce, trey, triad, trine, trinity, trio, triplet, troika |
| tichodrome | (noun) crimson-and-grey songbird that inhabits town walls and mountain cliffs of southern Eurasia and northern Africa | Synonyms: Tichodroma muriaria, wall creeper |
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| tome | (noun) a (usually) large and scholarly book | - |
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| twosome | (noun) a pair who associate with one another | Synonyms: couple, duet, duo |
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| (noun) two items of the same kind | Synonyms: brace, couple, couplet, distich, duad, duet, duo, dyad, pair, span, twain, yoke |
| velodrome | (noun) a banked oval track for bicycle or motorcycle racing | - |
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| welcome | (noun) a greeting or reception | - |
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| (noun) the state of being welcome | - |