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13-letter words containing ase

  • genital phase — the final stage of psychosexual development, in which a person achieves an affectionate, mature relationship with a sexual partner.
  • glucuronidase — an enzyme that catalyzes glucuronide hydrolysis
  • grease monkey — a mechanic, especially one who works on automobiles or airplanes.
  • grease nipple — a metal nipple designed to engage with a grease gun for injecting grease into a bearing, etc
  • grease pencil — a pencil of pigment and compressed grease encased in a spiral paper strip that can be partially unwound to expose a new point and used especially for writing on glossy surfaces.
  • happy release — liberation, esp by death, from an unpleasant condition
  • heart disease — any condition of the heart that impairs its functioning.
  • heptaselenide — (chemistry) any selenide containing seven selenium atoms in each molecule.
  • hire purchase — buying sth by instalments
  • hire-purchase — a system of payment for a commodity in regular installments while using it.
  • hospital case — a patient that is being, or needs to be, treated in a hospital
  • hyaluronidase — Biochemistry. a mucolytic enzyme found in the testes, in snake venom, and in hemolytic streptococci and certain other bacteria, that decreases the viscosity of the intercellular matrix by breaking down hyaluronic acid.
  • if you please — expressing mild outrage
  • knowledgebase — Alternative spelling of knowledge base.
  • laser cooling — a technique using laser light to cool atoms to a very low temperature by removing momentum from the particles.
  • laser pointer — a portable laser that emits monochromatic light over a long and narrow distance, used especially as a pointing device.
  • laser printer — Computers. a high-speed printer that uses a laser to form dot-matrix patterns and an electrostatic process to fuse metallic particles to paper a page at a time: capable of producing a variety of character fonts, graphics, and other symbols.
  • laser surgery — the surgical use of lasers.
  • major release — (programming)   A release of a piece of software which is not merely a revision or a bug fix release but which contains substantial changes (e.g., an overhaul of the interface, change in compatibility). Traditionally, major releases are numbered as X.0; for example, WordPerfect 6.0 is a major release, significantly different from any previous version; whereas WordPerfect 6.1 has only minor changes, and is, thus, only a revision. See also major delivery.
  • manicure case — a case for holding small tools designed to care for the fingernails
  • metasemantics — (linguistics) The part of metalanguage that deals with semantics.
  • military base — a facility for the storage of military equipment and the training of soldiers
  • milky disease — a bacterial disease of scarab beetle larvae and grubs, especially the Japanese beetle, which turns the larvae white.
  • neuraminidase — An enzyme, present in many pathogenic or symbiotic microorganisms, that catalyzes the breakdown of glycosides containing neuraminic acid.
  • nitrogen base — Chemistry, Biochemistry. a nitrogen-containing organic compound that has the chemical properties of a base, especially a pyrimidine or purine: Four nitrogen bases are present in a DNA molecule.
  • novated lease — Australian system of employer-aided car purchase
  • oil-based mud — Oil-based mud is a drilling fluid that is an emulsion containing oil as the base fluid.
  • parasexuality — parasexual behaviour
  • pease pudding — a pudding of strained split peas mixed with egg.
  • penicillinase — any of a group of enzymes used to treat allergic reactions to penicillin
  • phallic phase — the time from about age three to five when the genitals become the focus of a child's sensual pleasure.
  • phase diagram — a graph, usually using temperature, pressure, and composition as coordinates, indicating the regions of stability of the various phases of a system.
  • phase encoded — (storage)   (PE) A recording method used for 1600 BPI magnetic tapes. Compare NRZI, GCR.
  • phony disease — a disease of peaches, characterized by dwarfing, dark-green leaves, premature leafing and flowering, and the production of reduced numbers of small fruit, caused by a virus, Nanus mirabilis.
  • phosphokinase — an increase in the amount of creatine phosphokinase that is released into the bloodstream when a muscle becomes injured
  • phospholipase — any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the breaking down of phospholipids.
  • phosphorylase — any enzyme, occurring widely in animal and plant tissue, that in the presence of an inorganic phosphate catalyzes the conversion of glycogen into sugar phosphate.
  • phrase marker — (in generative grammar) a representation of the constituent structure of a sentence, using a tree diagram or labeled bracketing.
  • phraseologist — a person who treats of or is concerned with phraseology.
  • postvasectomy — of or occurring in the period after a vasectomy
  • press release — news update or bulletin
  • priority case — a matter that takes precedence over others
  • quarter-phase — differing in phase by a quarter of a cycle; two-phase.
  • quick-release — (of part of a device, etc) capable of being detached quickly and easily
  • reality-based — (especially of television) portraying or alleging to portray events as they actually happened.
  • release agent — chemical lubricant
  • release print — Movies. print (def 31).
  • released time — time or a period allotted to a teacher apart from normal duties for a special activity, as personal research.
  • return crease — one of two lines marked at right-angles to each bowling crease, from inside which a bowler must deliver the ball
  • saleleaseback — leaseback.
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