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  • noun Plural form of heme.

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Examples

  • They call themselves "hemes," as in hemavores, while we others are "omnis."

    Night Road -- A. M. Jenkins Bill Crider 2009

  • They call themselves "hemes," as in hemavores, while we others are "omnis."

    Archive 2009-06-14 Bill Crider 2009

  • But for now, Hong Kong bankers and their clients are pushing forward with plans to tap global capital, with several t hemes likely to dominate.

    Hong Kong Seeking IPO 3-Peat in 2011 Peter Stein 2011

  • The hemes don't have all the powers that other fictional vampires have, but they are indeed immortal, and the sun is indeed their undoing.

    Night Road -- A. M. Jenkins Bill Crider 2009

  • Gordon's not happy with his new condition, and he's eighteen years old, not exactly the best age for someone who needs to respond to authority, give up his old way of life, and conform to the rules of the hemes.

    Archive 2009-06-14 Bill Crider 2009

  • Gordon's not happy with his new condition, and he's eighteen years old, not exactly the best age for someone who needs to respond to authority, give up his old way of life, and conform to the rules of the hemes.

    Night Road -- A. M. Jenkins Bill Crider 2009

  • The hemes don't have all the powers that other fictional vampires have, but they are indeed immortal, and the sun is indeed their undoing.

    Archive 2009-06-14 Bill Crider 2009

  • The novel tells the story of a newly created heme, Gordon, who has to be mentored until he learns the ways of the hemes.

    Archive 2009-06-14 Bill Crider 2009

  • The novel tells the story of a newly created heme, Gordon, who has to be mentored until he learns the ways of the hemes.

    Night Road -- A. M. Jenkins Bill Crider 2009

  • U.S. Is Investigating If Private Bank Had Ties to Tax S.hemes The secrets of UBS.AG's private bank could be spilling into the open at a time when S.itzerland's biggest bank is struggling to maintain a reputation tarnished by billions of dollars in losses.

    Probe May Lay Open UBS and Carrick Mollenkamp 2008

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