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"CHLOROPLASTS" is a plural of: chloroplast. |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | Plant cell inclusion bodies that contain the photosynthetic pigment chlorophyll, which is associated with the membrane of thylakoids. Chloroplasts occur in cells of leaves and young stems of higher plants. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: CHLOROPLASTS |
| Specialty definitions using "CHLOROPLASTS": Chromatophores ♦ DNA, Chloroplast ♦ Euglenida ♦ RNA, Chloroplast ♦ Trans-Splicing. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books |
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| "CHLOROPLASTS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "CHLOROPLASTS" is used about 16 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 100% | 16 | 87,710 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "CHLOROPLASTS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Chinese | 叶绿" (Chloroplast). (various references) | ||||
Korean | 엽록체 (Chloroplast). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | oroplastschlay | ||||
Misspellings | |
"CHLOROPLASTS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: chloropasts, chlorplast, choralists. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "CHLOROPLASTS" (pronounced klô"rupla'sts, klô"rupla'ss , or klô"rupla's) |
| 4 | -a' s t s | broadcasts, enthusiasts, newscasts, outcasts, telecasts. |
| 3 | -s t s | abolitionists, abortionists, activists, adjusts, agonists, agronomists, analysts, anarchists, anesthesiologists, animists, antagonists, anthropologists, apologists, aquarists, archaeologists, archivists, armrests, arrests, arsonists, artists, assists, atheists, attests, ballasts, balloonists, baptists, bassists, beasts, behaviorists, bequests, bicyclists, biologists, blasts, boasts, boosts, botanists, breakfasts, breasts, bursts, busts, capitalists, cardiologists, careerists, cartoonists, castes, casts, catalysts, centralists, centrists, chartists, chemists, chests, clarinetists, coasts, cohosts, colonialists, colonists, columnists, communists, conformists, conquests, conservationists, consists, consumerists, contests, contexts, contrasts, costs, crests, criminologists, crusts, cultists, cyclists, cysts, dentists, dermatologists, digests, disgusts, distrusts, divests, druggists, dusts, ecologists, economists, editorialists, elitists, endocrinologists, enlists, entomologists, environmentalists, epidemiologists, ethicists, evangelists, exhausts, exhibitionists, exists, extremists, fascists, fasts, fatalists, feasts, federalists, feminists, fetishists, finalists, firsts, fists, flavorists, florists, forecasts, forests, frosts, fundamentalists, futurists, generalists, geneticists, geologists, ghosts, guests, guideposts, guitarists, gusts, gymnasts, gynecologists, harpists, harvests, headrests, herbalists, hobbyists, hoists, hosts, humanists, humorists, hygienists, idealists, ideologists, illusionists, imperialists, impressionists, individualists, industrialists, infests, insists, institutionalists, instrumentalists, interests, internationalists, internists, interventionists, invests, isolationists, jests, joists, journalists, jurists, kremlinologists, lambastes, lampposts, lasts, leftists, linguists, lists, lobbyists, locusts, loyalists, lyricists, machinists, manifests, masts, medalists, meteorologists, militarists, mists, modernists, molests, monarchists, monetarists, moralists, motorcyclists, motorists, nationalists, naturalists, nests, neurologists, nihilists, nonconformists, novelists, numismatists, nutritionists, obstructionists, oncologists, ophthalmologists, opportunists, optimists, optometrists, orthodontists, orthopedists, outbursts, outposts, pacifists, paleontologists, panelists, pastes, pasts, pathologists, persists, pessimists, pests, pharmacists, philanthropists, physicists, pianists, poltergeists, populists, posts, pragmatists, preexists, preservationists, priests, propagandists, protagonists, protectionists, protests, provosts, psychiatrists, psychologists, psychotherapists, publicists, purists, quests, racists, radiologists, rainforests, rapists, realists, receptionists, recidivists, reformists, Reinvests, requests, reservationists, reservists, resists, rests, retests, revisionists, revolutionists, rightists, ripostes, roasts, rusts, satirists, schists, scientists, secessionists, secularists, segregationists, seismologists, semifinalists, separatists, signposts, socialists, sociologists, soloists, specialists, spiritualists, statists, sternposts, strategists, stylists, suffragists, suggests, supremacists, survivalists, symbolists, tastes, technologists, televangelists, terrorists, testes, tests, texts, theorists, therapists, thrusts, toasts, toothpastes, tourists, toxicologists, traditionalists, trusts, twists, typists, ultranationalists, unionists, urologists, vests, violinists, virologists, waists, wastes, wrists, yeasts. |
| 3 | -l a' s | eyeglass, fiberglass, hourglass, outclass, spyglass, sunglass, underclass. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-h-l-l-o-o-p-r-s-s-t" | |
-1 letter: chloroplast. | |
-2 letters: crapshoots. | |
-3 letters: calthrops, collators, colostral, copastors, crapshoot, postcrash. | |
-4 letters: alcohols, calthrop, caltrops, carpools, chlorals, collator, colossal, copastor, corollas, latosols, locators, postoral, scallops, scholars, scollops, shallops, shallots, topcross, trollops. | |
-5 letters: alcohol, apollos, cahoots, caltrop, captors, carhops, carpool, cashoos, castors, challot, chloral, chollas, chorals, cohorts, cohosts, collars, collops, coolths, coplots, coprahs, corolla, costars, halloos, harlots. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Images: Slideshow | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Translations: Modern 7. Derivations 8. Rhymes | 9. Anagrams 10. Bibliography |
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