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Showing words for HETEROSIS using the English dictionary

9 Letter Words for Heterosis

heterosis, horseiest, isotheres

8 Letter Words for Heterosis

erotesis, esthesio, heisters, hoisters, horsiest, hostries, isostere, isothere, shorties, theories

7 Letter Words for Heterosis

esteros, ethoses, heiress, heister, heriots, herisse, heroess, hessite, heteros, hoister, horstes, hosiers, isoetes, isoster, isotere, orestes, osseter, rehoist, resites, resshot, rosiest, rossite, soirees, sorites, sorties, stereos, stories, threose, toshers, toshier, tossier, trioses

6 Letter Words for Heterosis

either, eoiths, eroses, esters, esther, ethers, heists, hereto, heries, heriot, heroes, herses, hetero, hieros, hirees, hisser, hister, hoises, hoists, horses, horste, horsts, hosers, hosier, hoster, hostie, orites, osiers, ossete, others, reests, reises, reists, resets, reshes, reshoe, reshot, resist, resite, resits, restes, restis, reties, retoss, rhesis, roists, rosets, roshis, rosies, rosits, rostis, seisor, serest, series, serose, setier, setose, sheers, sheets, shiers, shiest, shires, shirts, shoers, shores, shorts, shotes, shrite, sieths, sister, sithes, soiree, sorees, sorest, sorite, sortes, sortie, sothis, steers, stereo, steres, stires, stores, theirs, theres, theses, thesis, threes, throes, tiroes, toeier, toises, torses, tosher, toshes, tosser, tresis, triose, tsores, tsoris

5 Letter Words for Heterosis

eoith, erose, erses, ester, estre, estro, ether, ethos, heirs, heist, heres, heroe, herse, hests, hetes, hiree, hires, hirse, hirst, hists, hoers, hoise, hoist, horse, horst, hoser, hoses, hosts, hotei, ireos, isere, ishes, isort, iters, ither, osier, osset, other, reest, rehoe, reist, reset, resit, rests, retes, rethe, retie, rhies, riots, rises, rites, rithe, roist, roses, roset, roshi, rosit, rosti, rosts, rotes, rotis, seers, seirs, seise, sereh, seres, serio, sesti, sheer, sheet, shere, shets, shier, shies, shire, shirs, shirt, shist, shits, shoes, shore, short, shote, shots, shris, siest, sieth, sires, siros, sites, sithe, soree, sores, sorts, sosie, soths, sotie, ssort, sstor, steer, stere, steri, stero, sties, stire, stirs, store, stosh, teers, tehrs, teise, terse, theer, thees, their, theor, theos, there, these, thore, those, three, throe, tiers, tires, toher, toise, tores, torse, toses, trees, tress, tries, trios, trois, tsere

4 Letter Words for Heterosis

eire, eres, erie, eris, eros, erse, ersh, erst, erth, eses, esse, ests, ethe, eths, heer, heir, here, hero, hers, hert, hest, hete, hets, hies, hire, hiro, hiss, hist, hits, hoer, hoes, hoit, hore, hors, hort, hose, hoss, host, hote, hoti, hots, ires, isos, isth, iter, ores, orth, orts, oses, osse, otis, rees, reet, rehs, reit, rest, rete, rets, rheo, rhet, rhos, ries, riot, rise, rist, rite, rits, roes, roit, rose, ross, rost, rote, roti, rots, seer, sees, seir, seis, seit, seor, sere, sero, sers, sert, sese, seth, sets, shee, sher, shes, shet, shir, shit, shoe, shor, shot, shri, sier, sire, sirs, sise, sish, sist, site, sith, sits, soir, sore, sori, sort, sosh, soth, sots, sris, ster, stie, stir, stor, stre, teer, tees, tehr, thee, thio, thir, this, thor, thos, thro, tier, ties, tire, toes, tore, tori, tors, tose, tosh, toss, tree, tres, trie, trio, tshi

3 Letter Words for Heterosis

eer, ehs, eir, eos, ere, ers, ert, ese, esr, ess, est, eth, hee, hei, heo, her, hes, het, hie, hir, his, hit, hoe, hoi, hor, hos, hot, hrs, hts, ihs, ios, ire, irs, ise, ish, iso, ist, its, oer, oes, ohs, oie, ois, ore, ors, ort, ose, osi, ree, reh, rei, res, rhe, rho, rie, rio, rit, roe, roi, ros, rot, rte, rti, see, sei, ser, set, she, shi, sho, shr, sht, sie, sir, sis, sit, sot, sri, sse, ssh, str, tee, ter, tes, the, tho, tie, tis, toe, toi, tor, tos, tri, trs, tsh, tsi, tss

Definitions for Heterosis

[1] the increase in growth, size, fecundity, function, yield, or other characters in hybrids over those of the parents.
[2] biology another name for hybrid vigour

Words nearby Heterosis

heteroscedastic, heterosex, heterosexism, heterosexual, heterosexuality, heterosis, heterosocial, heterosporous, heterospory, heterostracan, heterostyled

Origin of Heterosis

First recorded in 1910–15, heterosis is from the Late Greek word hetérōsis an alteration. See hetero-, -sis

Word origin for Heterosis

C19: from Late Greek: alteration, from Greek heteroioun to alter, from heteros other, different