helix
noun
a spiral.
helixes
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pluralof helix.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Traditionally, hosts serve visitors bowls of dried fruits and nuts: floral-scented green raisins, apricots twisted into sugary helixes, pistachios fat like rosebuds about to bloom.
From New York Times ● Mar. 30, 2023
The best designs were made of three helixes connected like sausage links by short strings of amino acids.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 22, 2021
For now, these protein helixes can’t convey genetic information that cells can read.
From Science Magazine ● Jul. 21, 2016
He bends thin strips of wood into arrangements that suggest waves, helixes, musical notation and basket-weaving gone wild.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 13, 2016
And there’s this pair of random dudes in front of the double helixes who look a little familiar.
From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli
