plural of hailstone number

(mathematics, informal, mostly plural) Any number appearing in a sequence described by the Collatz conjecture.

Synonym of Coma Berenices

(slang) A type of perm haircut popular among teens and young adults that resembles broccoli. It has shaded or faded sides, and a lot of volume and length on the top.

present participle of set one's hair on fire

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of set one's hair on fire

plural of hairpin transfer

(genetics) Transfer of genetic information from a strand of nucleic acid that terminates in a hairpin ribozyme by first detaching one side of the base of the hairpin, so that the hairpin is flattened out before making the RNA copy.