rhapidosome
/ˈrapɪdəsəʊm/ /rəˈpɪdəsəʊm/Microbiology
noun
In some bacteria and cyanophytes: a cylindrical body of unknown function, composed of proteins.
Origin
1960s. From Byzantine Greek ῥαπιδ-, ῥαπίς rod + -o- + -some.
- well-ripened
- well-risen
- well-rolled
- well-roofed
- well-room
- well-rooted
- well-rotted
- well rounded
- well-rowed
- well-ruled
- well-run
- well-running
- well said
- well-sailing
- well-sanded
- well-saved
- well-scented
- well-schemed
- well-scrubbed
- Wellsean
- well-seasoned
- we'll see about that
- well-seeing
- well-seeming
- well seen