English words starting with nem

Meanings of Nema:

noun

A long, slender, tubular extension of the sicula in a graptolite.

Meanings of Nemaline:

adjective

Designating a group of congenital myopathies characterized by the accumulation of rod-like bodies in muscle fibres; (also) designating the rod-like bodies present in such myopathies and in certain other muscle diseases.

Meanings of Nemalite:

noun

A fibrous variety of brucite.

Meanings of Nemas:

noun

A long, slender, tubular extension of the sicula in a graptolite.

Meanings of Nemathecial:

adjective

Of or relating a nemathecium; of the nature of a nemathecium.

Meanings of Nemathecium:

noun

In many red algae: a fructification, often protuberant and wart-like, containing tetraspore-producing filaments.

Meanings of Nematic:

adjective

Relating to or denoting a state of a liquid crystal in which the molecules are oriented in parallel but not arranged in well-defined planes.

Usage examples:

Molecules in the nematic liquid crystal phase stay parallel to one another.

noun

A nematic substance.

Usage examples:

For low concentrations of added bsa the mts form a nematic, whereas at higher concentrations the re…

Meanings of Nematicidal:

adjective

Nematocidal.

Meanings of Nematicide:

noun

A substance used to kill nematode worms.

Usage examples:

Only one nematicide (aldicarb, temik 15g) appears to be economical for control of scn under ohio co…

Meanings of Nematoblast:

noun

A cell that is a precursor of a nematocyte.

Meanings of Nematoceran:

adjective

Of, relating to, or designating the suborder nematocera of dipteran flies, comprising those with long, straight, antennae with six or more segments (including mosquitoes, crane flies, midges, gnats, etc.).

noun

A member of this suborder.

Meanings of Nematocerous:

adjective

= nematoceran .

Meanings of Nematocide:

noun

A substance used to kill nematode worms.

Usage examples:

Only one nematicide (aldicarb, temik 15g) appears to be economical for control of scn under ohio co…

Meanings of Nematocyst:

noun

A specialized cell in the tentacles of a jellyfish or other coelenterate, containing a barbed or venomous coiled thread that can be projected in self-defence or to capture prey.

Usage examples:

Casually touching many cnidarians will make it clear how they got their name when their nematocysts…

Meanings of Nematoda:

plural noun

A large phylum of worms with slender, unsegmented, cylindrical bodies, including the roundworms, threadworms, and eelworms. they are found abundantly in soil and water, and many are parasites.

Usage examples:

Other ecdysozoan phyla include nematoda, tardigrada, and onychophora; this classification thus remo…

Meanings of Nematode:

noun

A worm of the large phylum nematoda, such as a roundworm or threadworm.

Usage examples:

The ecdysozoans are supposed to include arthropods, priapulids and nematodes.

Meanings of Nematodes:

noun

A worm of the large phylum nematoda, such as a roundworm or threadworm.

Usage examples:

The ecdysozoans are supposed to include arthropods, priapulids and nematodes.

Meanings of Nematodiasis:

noun

Infestation with nematodes of the genus nematodirus, which causes severe diarrhoea, dehydration, and rapid loss of weight in young lambs.

Meanings of Nematogen:

noun

In certain mesozoans: an adult form that can reproduce asexually via a vermiform larval stage or give rise to the sexual adult form (rhombogen).

Meanings of Nematogenic:

adjective

Able to behave as a liquid crystal; of or relating to a nematogen.

Meanings of Nematognath:

noun

A fish of the order nematognathi (now siluriformes); a catfish.

Meanings of Nematognathi:

noun

A fish of the order nematognathi (now siluriformes); a catfish.

Meanings of Nematoid:

adjective

Nematode.

Meanings of Nematological:

adjective

Of or relating to nematology.

Meanings of Nematology:

noun

The scientific study of nematode worms.

Usage examples:

Coauthor james e. lloyd, perhaps the foremost expert on firefly taxonomy in the world, is a profess…