| abrase | (verb) wear away | Synonyms: abrade, corrade, rub down, rub off |
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| aminopherase | (noun) a class of transferases that catalyze transamination (that transfer an amino group from an amino acid to another compound) | Synonyms: aminotransferase, transaminase |
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| aminotransferase | (noun) a class of transferases that catalyze transamination (that transfer an amino group from an amino acid to another compound) | Synonyms: aminopherase, transaminase |
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| anticholinesterase | (noun) a medicine that inhibits cholinesterase by combining with it and so has a cholinergic effect | - |
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| catchphrase | (noun) a phrase that has become a catchword | Synonyms: catch phrase |
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| cholinesterase | (noun) an enzyme that hydrolyses acetylcholine (into choline and acetic acid) | - |
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| chrysoprase | (noun) a green variety of chalcedony valued as a gemstone | - |
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| erase | (verb) remove from memory or existence | Synonyms: wipe out |
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| (verb) wipe out digitally or magnetically recorded information | Synonyms: delete |
| (verb) remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing | Synonyms: efface, rub out, score out, wipe off |
| eraser | (noun) an implement used to erase something | - |
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| extrasensory | (adjective) seemingly outside normal sensory channels | Synonyms: paranormal |
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| idocrase | (noun) a green or yellow or brown mineral consisting of a hydrated silicate; it occurs as crystals in limestone and is used a gemstone | Synonyms: vesuvian, vesuvianite |
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| intrasentential | (adjective) of or relating to constituents within a sentence | - |
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| isomerase | (noun) an enzyme that catalyzes its substrate to an isomeric form | - |
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| paraphrase | (noun) rewording for the purpose of clarification | Synonyms: paraphrasis |
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| (verb) express the same message in different words | Synonyms: rephrase, reword |
| phrase | (noun) dance movements that are linked in a single choreographic sequence | - |
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| (noun) an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence | - |
| (noun) a short musical passage | Synonyms: musical phrase |
| (noun) an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up | Synonyms: idiom, idiomatic expression, phrasal idiom, set phrase |
| (verb) put into words or an expression | Synonyms: articulate, formulate, give voice, word |
| (verb) divide, combine, or mark into phrases | - |
| phraseology | (noun) the manner in which something is expressed in words | Synonyms: choice of words, diction, phrasing, verbiage, wording |
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| polymerase | (noun) an enzyme that catalyzes the formation of new DNA and RNA from an existing strand of DNA or RNA | - |
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| praseodymium | (noun) a soft yellowish-white trivalent metallic element of the rare earth group; can be recovered from bastnasite or monazite by an ion-exchange process | Synonyms: atomic number 59, Pr |
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| rase | (verb) tear down so as to make flat with the ground | Synonyms: dismantle, level, pull down, raze, take down, tear down |
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| rephrase | (verb) express the same message in different words | Synonyms: paraphrase, reword |
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| saccharase | (noun) an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of sucrose into glucose and fructose | Synonyms: invertase, sucrase |
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| sucrase | (noun) an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of sucrose into glucose and fructose | Synonyms: invertase, saccharase |
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| suprasegmental | (adjective) pertaining to a feature of speech that extends over more than a single speech sound | - |
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| telomerase | (noun) an enzyme in eukaryotic cells that can add telomeres to the ends of chromosomes after they divide | - |
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| transferase | (noun) any of various enzymes that move a chemical group from one compound to another compound | - |
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