ontogeny
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Noun
- (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
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Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "ontogeny".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonini | 4 | 1 |
| 2 | agostini | 4 | 0 |
| 3 | albertini | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | andreini | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | andreoni | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | angelini | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | angelone | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | angeloni | 4 | 0 |
| 9 | aseltine | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | balentine | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | ballentine | 4 | 0 |
| 12 | balzarini | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | barentine | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | bartolini | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | battaglini | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | battistoni | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | castellani | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | galentine | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | gallentine | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | garbarini | 4 | 0 |
| 21 | gasparini | 4 | 0 |
| 22 | lazzarini | 4 | 0 |
| 23 | marcelline | 4 | 0 |
| 24 | marchesani | 4 | 0 |
| 25 | mastrianni | 4 | 0 |
| 26 | parsippany | 4 | 0 |
| 27 | polifroni | 4 | 0 |
| 28 | zaccagnini | 4 | 0 |
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Words that are spelled similarly to the term "ontogeny".
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| 1 | nitrogen | 3 | 12 |
| 2 | tony | 2 | 11 |
| 3 | monotony | 4 | 7 |
| 4 | contingency | 4 | 3 |
| 5 | antony | 3 | 2 |
| 6 | progeny | 3 | 2 |
| 7 | oncogen | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | ontology | 4 | 0 |
| 9 | oncogene | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | montenay | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | homogeny | 4 | 0 |
| 12 | montmorency | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | tonton | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | ponton | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | dongen | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | somatogen | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | oncogenes | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | toughen | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | tontons | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | tecogen | 3 | 0 |
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Words that contain the same consonants as the term "ontogeny".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
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| 1 | antigone | 4 | 1 |
| 2 | antigens | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | antigone's | 4 | 0 |
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Definitions: 1
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 28
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 3
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