abase | (verb) cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of | Synonyms: chagrin, humble, humiliate, mortify |
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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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amylase | (noun) any of a group of proteins found in saliva and pancreatic juice and parts of plants; help convert starch to sugar | - |
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anaphase | (noun) the stage of meiosis or mitosis when chromosomes move toward opposite ends of the nuclear spindle | - |
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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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appease | (verb) make peace with | Synonyms: propitiate |
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(verb) overcome or allay | Synonyms: quell, stay |
(verb) cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of | Synonyms: assuage, conciliate, gentle, gruntle, lenify, mollify, pacify, placate |
asparaginase | (noun) antineoplastic drug (trade name Elspar) sometimes used to treat lymphoblastic leukemia | Synonyms: Elspar |
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base | (adjective) serving as or forming a base | Synonyms: basal |
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(adjective) debased; not genuine | - |
(adjective) having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality | Synonyms: mean, meanspirited |
(adjective) illegitimate | Synonyms: baseborn |
(adjective) (used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal | - |
(adjective) of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense) | Synonyms: baseborn, humble, lowly |
(adjective) not adhering to ethical or moral principles | Synonyms: immoral |
(noun) a support or foundation | Synonyms: pedestal, stand |
(noun) lowest support of a structure | Synonyms: foot, foundation, fundament, groundwork, substructure, understructure |
(noun) a place that the runner must touch before scoring | Synonyms: bag |
(noun) (electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector | - |
(noun) installation from which a military force initiates operations | Synonyms: base of operations |
(noun) a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit | - |
(noun) the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area | Synonyms: infrastructure |
(noun) the principal ingredient of a mixture | - |
(noun) the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained | Synonyms: basis, cornerstone, foundation, fundament, groundwork |
(noun) (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed | Synonyms: radical, root, root word, stem, theme |
(noun) a lower limit | Synonyms: floor |
(noun) (anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment | - |
(noun) the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end | Synonyms: home |
(noun) the bottom or lowest part | - |
(noun) (numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place | Synonyms: radix |
(noun) the most important or necessary part of something | Synonyms: basis |
(noun) the bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructed | - |
(noun) any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water | Synonyms: alkali |
(noun) a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA) | Synonyms: nucleotide |
(verb) use as a basis for; found on | Synonyms: establish, found, ground |
(verb) use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes | Synonyms: free-base |
(verb) situate as a center of operations | - |
blase | (adjective) very sophisticated especially because of surfeit; versed in the ways of the world | Synonyms: worldly |
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(adjective) nonchalantly unconcerned | - |
(adjective) uninterested because of frequent exposure or indulgence | Synonyms: bored |
bookcase | (noun) a piece of furniture with shelves for storing books | - |
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braincase | (noun) the part of the skull that encloses the brain | Synonyms: brainpan, cranium |
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briefcase | (noun) a case with a handle; for carrying papers or files or books | - |
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carcase | (noun) the dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food | Synonyms: carcass |
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cardcase | (noun) a small case for carrying business cards | - |
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case | (noun) a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy | Synonyms: causa, cause, lawsuit, suit |
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(noun) a portable container for carrying several objects | - |
(noun) a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home | Synonyms: display case, showcase, vitrine |
(noun) bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow | Synonyms: pillow slip, pillowcase, slip |
(noun) (printing) the receptacle in which a compositor has his type, which is divided into compartments for the different letters, spaces, or numbers | Synonyms: compositor's case, typesetter's case |
(noun) the housing or outer covering of something | Synonyms: casing, shell |
(noun) the enclosing frame around a door or window opening | Synonyms: casing |
(noun) an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part | Synonyms: sheath |
(noun) the actual state of things | - |
(noun) nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence | Synonyms: grammatical case |
(noun) a statement of facts and reasons used to support an argument | - |
(noun) a problem requiring investigation | - |
(noun) a specific size and style of type within a type family | Synonyms: face, font, fount, typeface |
(noun) an occurrence of something | Synonyms: example, instance |
(noun) a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation | Synonyms: guinea pig, subject |
(noun) a person requiring professional services | - |
(noun) a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities) | Synonyms: character, eccentric, type |
(noun) the quantity contained in a case | Synonyms: caseful |
(noun) a special set of circumstances | Synonyms: event |
(noun) a specific state of mind that is temporary | - |
(verb) enclose in, or as if in, a case | Synonyms: encase, incase |
(verb) look over, usually with the intention to rob | - |
caspase | (noun) any of a group of proteases that mediate apoptosis | - |
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catalase | (noun) enzyme found in most plant and animal cells that functions as an oxidative catalyst; decomposes hydrogen peroxide into oxygen and water | - |
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catchphrase | (noun) a phrase that has become a catchword | Synonyms: catch phrase |
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cease | (noun) (`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') end | - |
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(verb) put an end to a state or an activity | Synonyms: discontinue, give up, lay off, quit, stop |
(verb) have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical | Synonyms: end, finish, stop, terminate |
chase | (noun) the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture | Synonyms: following, pursual, pursuit |
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(noun) a rectangular metal frame used in letterpress printing to hold together the pages or columns of composed type that are printed at one time | - |
(verb) cut a groove into | - |
(verb) cut a furrow into a columns | Synonyms: chamfer, furrow |
(verb) go after with the intent to catch | Synonyms: chase after, dog, give chase, go after, tag, tail, track, trail |
(verb) pursue someone sexually or romantically | Synonyms: chase after |
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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coagulase | (noun) an enzyme that induces coagulation | - |
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cocarboxylase | (noun) a coenzyme important in respiration in the Krebs cycle | Synonyms: thiamine pyrophosphate |
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collagenase | (noun) any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of collagen and gelatin | - |
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convertase | (noun) any of several enzymes that convert a compound into smaller, biologically-active compounds. | - |
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crankcase | (noun) housing for a crankshaft | - |
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crease | (noun) a Malayan dagger with a wavy blade | Synonyms: creese, kris |
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(noun) a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface | Synonyms: crinkle, furrow, line, seam, wrinkle |
(noun) an angular or rounded shape made by folding | Synonyms: bend, crimp, flexure, fold, plication |
(verb) become wrinkled or crumpled or creased | Synonyms: crinkle, crumple, rumple, wrinkle |
(verb) make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; `crisp' is archaic | Synonyms: crinkle, crisp, ruckle, scrunch, scrunch up, wrinkle |
(verb) make wrinkled or creased | Synonyms: furrow, wrinkle |
(verb) scrape gently | Synonyms: graze, rake |
cyclooxygenase | (noun) either of two related enzymes that control the production of prostaglandins and are blocked by aspirin | Synonyms: Cox |
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database | (noun) an organized body of related information | - |
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debase | (verb) lower in value by increasing the base-metal content | Synonyms: alloy |
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(verb) corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones | Synonyms: adulterate, dilute, load, stretch |
(verb) corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality | Synonyms: corrupt, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, misdirect, pervert, profane, subvert, vitiate |
decarboxylase | (noun) any of the enzymes that hydrolize the carboxyl group | - |
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decease | (noun) the event of dying or departure from life | Synonyms: death, expiry |
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(verb) pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life | Synonyms: buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it |
decrease | (noun) the act of decreasing or reducing something | Synonyms: diminution, reduction, step-down |
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(noun) the amount by which something decreases | Synonyms: decrement |
(noun) a change downward | Synonyms: drop-off, lessening |
(noun) a process of becoming smaller or shorter | Synonyms: decrement |
(verb) decrease in size, extent, or range | Synonyms: diminish, fall, lessen |
(verb) make become smaller | Synonyms: lessen, minify |
degrease | (verb) remove grease or oil from (a pan) | - |
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disaccharidase | (noun) an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of disaccharides into monosaccharides | - |
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discase | (verb) get undressed | Synonyms: disrobe, peel, strip, strip down, uncase, unclothe, undress |
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disease | (noun) an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning | - |
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displease | (verb) give displeasure to | - |
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doorcase | (noun) the frame that supports a door | Synonyms: doorframe |
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ease | (noun) freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility) | Synonyms: relaxation, repose, rest |
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(noun) freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort | Synonyms: easiness, simpleness, simplicity |
(noun) freedom from constraint or embarrassment | Synonyms: informality |
(noun) a freedom from financial difficulty that promotes a comfortable state | Synonyms: comfort |
(noun) the condition of being comfortable or relieved (especially after being relieved of distress) | Synonyms: relief |
(verb) lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate | Synonyms: comfort |
(verb) make easier | Synonyms: alleviate, facilitate |
(verb) lessen the intensity of or calm | Synonyms: allay, relieve, still |
(verb) move gently or carefully | - |
elastase | (noun) a pancreatic enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of elastin | - |
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encase | (verb) enclose in, or as if in, a case | Synonyms: case, incase |
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endonuclease | (noun) a nuclease that cleaves nucleic acids at interior bonds and so produces fragments of various sizes | - |
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enterokinase | (noun) enzyme in the intestinal juice that converts inactive trypsinogen into active trypsin | - |
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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 |
exonuclease | (noun) a nuclease that releases one nucleotide at a time (serially) beginning at one of a nucleic acid | - |
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fanbase | (noun) All of the fans or devotees of something | - |
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fibrinase | (noun) in the clotting of blood thrombin catalyzes factor XIII into its active form (fibrinase) which causes fibrin to form a stable clot | Synonyms: factor XIII |
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firebase | (noun) an artillery base to support advancing troops | - |
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grease | (noun) anything regarded as making something unclean | Synonyms: dirt, filth, grime, grunge, soil, stain |
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(noun) a thick fatty oil (especially one used to lubricate machinery) | Synonyms: lubricating oil |
(verb) lubricate with grease | - |
gynobase | (noun) the enlarged receptacle in which the pistil is borne | - |
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heartsease | (noun) the absence of mental stress or anxiety | Synonyms: ataraxis, peace, peace of mind, peacefulness, repose, serenity |
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(noun) common Old World viola with creamy often violet-tinged flowers | Synonyms: field pansy, Viola arvensis |
(noun) violet of Pacific coast of North America having white petals tinged with yellow and deep violet | Synonyms: two-eyed violet, Viola ocellata |
(noun) a common and long cultivated European herb from which most common garden pansies are derived | Synonyms: Johnny-jump-up, love-in-idleness, pink of my John, Viola tricolor, wild pansy |
histaminase | (noun) enzyme that acts as a catalyst in converting histidine to histamine | - |
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hyaluronidase | (noun) an enzyme (trade name Hyazyme) that splits hyaluronic acid and so lowers its viscosity and increases the permeability of connective tissue and the absorption of fluids | Synonyms: Hyazyme, spreading factor |
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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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incase | (verb) enclose in, or as if in, a case | Synonyms: case, encase |
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increase | (noun) the act of increasing something | Synonyms: step-up |
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(noun) the amount by which something increases | Synonyms: increment |
(noun) a change resulting in an increase | - |
(noun) a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important | Synonyms: growth, increment |
(noun) a quantity that is added | Synonyms: addition, gain |
(verb) become bigger or greater in amount | - |
(verb) make bigger or more | - |
invertase | (noun) an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of sucrose into glucose and fructose | Synonyms: saccharase, sucrase |
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isobase | (noun) a line drawn on a map or chart connecting places of equal or constant land upheaval. | - |
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isomerase | (noun) an enzyme that catalyzes its substrate to an isomeric form | - |
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kinase | (noun) an enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of a proenzyme to an active enzyme | - |
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lactase | (noun) any of a group of enzymes (trade name Lactaid) that hydrolyze lactose to glucose and galactose | Synonyms: Lactaid |
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lease | (noun) a contract granting use or occupation of property during a specified time for a specified payment | - |
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(noun) property that is leased or rented out or let | Synonyms: letting, rental |
(noun) the period of time during which a contract conveying property to a person is in effect | Synonyms: term of a contract |
(verb) engage for service under a term of contract | Synonyms: charter, engage, hire, rent, take |
(verb) grant use or occupation of under a term of contract | Synonyms: let, rent |
(verb) let for money | Synonyms: rent |
(verb) hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services | Synonyms: charter, hire, rent |
lipase | (noun) an enzyme secreted in the digestive tract that catalyzes the breakdown of fats into individual fatty acids that can be absorbed into the bloodstream | - |
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lowercase | (adjective) relating to small (not capitalized) letters that were kept in the lower half of a compositor's type case | - |
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(noun) the characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case | Synonyms: lower-case letter, minuscule, small letter |
metaphase | (noun) the second stage of mitosis | - |
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(noun) the second stage of meiosis | - |
multiphase | (adjective) of an electrical system that uses or generates two or more alternating voltages of the same frequency but differing in phase angle | Synonyms: polyphase |
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muramidase | (noun) an enzyme found in saliva and sweat and tears that destroys the cell walls of certain bacteria | Synonyms: lysozyme |
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nitrogenase | (noun) an enzyme of nitrogen-fixing microorganisms that catalyzes the conversion of nitrogen to ammonia | - |
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notecase | (noun) a pocket-size case for holding papers and paper money | Synonyms: billfold, pocketbook, wallet |
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nuclease | (noun) general term for enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of nucleic acid by cleaving chains of nucleotides into smaller units | - |
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nutcase | (noun) someone deranged and possibly dangerous | Synonyms: crazy, looney, loony, weirdo |
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oligoclase | (noun) any of a series of triclinic feldspars that form rocks | Synonyms: plagioclase |
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orthoclase | (noun) a white or colored monoclinic feldspar | - |
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oxidase | (noun) any of the enzymes that catalyze biological oxidation | - |
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oxidoreductase | (noun) an enzyme that catalyzes oxidation-reduction | - |
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oxygenase | (noun) an oxidoreductase that catalyzes the incorporation of molecular oxygen | - |
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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 |
penicillinase | (noun) enzyme produced by certain bacteria that inactivates penicillin and results in resistance to that antibiotic | Synonyms: beta-lactamase |
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peptidase | (noun) any enzyme that catalyzes the splitting of proteins into smaller peptide fractions and amino acids by a process known as proteolysis | Synonyms: protease, proteinase, proteolytic enzyme |
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periclase | (noun) a white solid mineral that occurs naturally as periclase; a source of magnesium | Synonyms: magnesia, magnesium oxide |
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peroxidase | (noun) any of a group of enzymes (occurring especially in plant cells) that catalyze the oxidation of a compound by a peroxide | - |
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phase | (noun) (astronomy) the particular appearance of a body's state of illumination (especially one of the recurring shapes of the part of Earth's moon that is illuminated by the sun) | - |
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(noun) (physical chemistry) a distinct state of matter in a system; matter that is identical in chemical composition and physical state and separated from other material by the phase boundary | Synonyms: form |
(noun) any distinct time period in a sequence of events | Synonyms: stage |
(noun) a particular point in the time of a cycle; measured from some arbitrary zero and expressed as an angle | Synonyms: phase angle |
(verb) adjust so as to be in a synchronized condition | - |
(verb) arrange in phases or stages | - |
phosphatase | (noun) any of a group of enzymes that act as a catalyst in the hydrolysis of organic phosphates | - |
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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 | - |
pillowcase | (noun) bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow | Synonyms: case, pillow slip, slip |
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plagioclase | (noun) any of a series of triclinic feldspars that form rocks | Synonyms: oligoclase |
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please | (adverb) used in polite request | - |
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(verb) give pleasure to or be pleasing to | Synonyms: delight |
(verb) be the will of or have the will (to) | - |
(verb) give satisfaction | - |
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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polyphase | (adjective) of an electrical system that uses or generates two or more alternating voltages of the same frequency but differing in phase angle | Synonyms: multiphase |
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predecease | (verb) die before; die earlier than | - |
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prophase | (noun) the first stage of mitosis | - |
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(noun) the first stage of meiosis | - |
protease | (noun) any enzyme that catalyzes the splitting of proteins into smaller peptide fractions and amino acids by a process known as proteolysis | Synonyms: peptidase, proteinase, proteolytic enzyme |
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proteinase | (noun) any enzyme that catalyzes the splitting of proteins into smaller peptide fractions and amino acids by a process known as proteolysis | Synonyms: peptidase, protease, proteolytic enzyme |
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prothrombinase | (noun) coagulation factor that is converted to an enzyme that converts prothrombin to thrombin in a reaction that depends on calcium ions and other coagulation factors | Synonyms: factor X |
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purchase | (noun) the acquisition of something for payment | - |
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(noun) the mechanical advantage gained by being in a position to use a lever | Synonyms: leverage |
(noun) a means of exerting influence or gaining advantage | - |
(noun) something acquired by purchase | - |
(verb) obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction | Synonyms: buy |
pyocyanase | (noun) a yellow-green mixture of antibiotics obtained from the bacillus of green pus | - |
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