Crossword-Solution: HELICES
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| Helices | pl. | of Helix |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| HELICES | anagram | LICHEES |
We have 11 clues for the answer “HELICES”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Spiral structures in DNA | 1 answer |
| Shapes studied by Dr. Watson and his partner | 1 answer |
| Some springs | 1 answer |
| Spiral formations | 1 answer |
| Springs, e.g. | 1 answer |
| Spiral shapes | 2 answers |
| Corkscrews | 2 answers |
| DNA, essentially | 2 answers |
| Rotini, e.g. | 2 answers |
| DNA shapes | 4 answers |
| Spirals | 6 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
AETRE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with HELICES (5)
The pulsations of current passed through the helices of these magnets, producing an augmented marking effect upon the receiving tape, but upon the breaking of the current, the magnet, in discharging itself of the induced magnetism, would set up momentarily a counter-current of opposite polarity.
The helicopter gets its name from being fitted with vertical propellers or helices (see illustration) by the action of which the machine is raised directly from the ground into the air.
The first, third, fifth, seventh, ninth, and eleventh of these helices were connected at their extremities end to end so as to form one helix; the others were connected in a similar manner; and thus two principal helices were produced, closely interposed, having the same direction, not touching anywhere, and each containing one hundred and fifty-five feet in length of wire.
One of these helices was connected with a galvanometer, the other with a voltaic battery of ten pairs of plates four inches square, with double coppers and well charged; yet not the slightest sensible deflection of the galvanometer needle could be observed.
One of these helices was connected with a galvanometer and the other with a battery of a hundred pairs of plates four inches square, with double coppers and well charged.
Quotes with HELICES (2)
In describing a protein it is now common to distinguish the primary, secondary and tertiary structures. The primary structure is simply the order, or sequence, of the amino-acid residues along the polypeptide chains. This was first determined by [Frederick] Sanger using chemical techniques for the protein insulin, and has since been elucidated for a number of peptides and, in part, for one or two other small proteins. The secondary structure is the type of folding, coiling or…
There's something about a roller coaster that triggers strong feelings, maybe because most of us associate them with childhood. They're inherently cinematic; the very shape of a coaster, all hills and valleys and sickening helices, evokes a human emotional response.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, Crossroads, Newsday, New Yorker, NYT, WP, WSJ.
Used 14 times in crossword archives (1977–2023).