14-letter words containing ase
- phase velocity — the velocity with which a simple harmonic wave is propagated, equal to the wavelength divided by the period of vibration.
- phase-wrapping — (MIT) wrap around.
- phraseological — manner or style of verbal expression; characteristic language: legal phraseology.
- pick's disease — a condition characterized by progressive deterioration of the brain with atrophy of the cerebral cortex, esp. the frontal lobes, and evidenced in loss of memory and emotional instability
- popping crease — a line parallel to and in advance of a bowling crease, marking the limit of a batsman's approach in hitting the ball.
- pott's disease — caries of the bodies of the vertebrae, often resulting in marked curvature of the spine, and usually associated with a tuberculosis infection.
- purchase order — document requesting to buy sth
- purchase price — cost at which sth is bought
- reductase test — a test for the bacterial content in milk to determine its fitness for drinking.
- riggs' disease — pyorrhea (def 2).
- rna polymerase — an enzyme that synthesizes the formation of RNA from a DNA template during transcription.
- rna synthetase — an enzyme that catalyzes the synthesis of RNA in cells infected with RNA viruses, allowing production of copies of the viral RNA.
- second baseman — the player whose position is second base.
- self-abasement — humiliation of oneself, especially as a result of guilt, shame, or the like.
- social disease — a venereal disease.
- specbase_int92 — A variant of SPECint92 that reports "baseline" results, using stricter run rules.
- spectacle case — a case for storing spectacles
- streptodornase — a deoxyribonuclease, obtained from hemolytic streptococci, used in medicine for decomposing blood clots and fibrinous and purulent matter.
- stretcher case — someone who has to be taken away on a stretcher because they are too ill to walk
- suprasegmental — above, beyond, or in addition to a segment.
- three-base hit — triple (def 7).
- to be the case — If you say that something is the case, you mean that it is true or correct.
- tunnel disease — aeroembolism (def 2).
- turn of phrase — expression, wording
- ultrasensitive — endowed with sensation; having perception through the senses.
- unicorn chaser — originally a picture of a unicorn posted on a blog site shortly after an offensive or disturbing picture has been posted, as a kind of antidote to the previous post. Now used of a comforting or innocent image, video clip, or topic viewed or contemplated following a previous, disturbing image, video, etc.
- unpurchaseable — not able to be bought or purchased
- vernix caseosa — the fatty matter, consisting chiefly of dead epidermal cells and sebaceous secretions, covering the skin of a fetus and newborn.
- weil's disease — a type of leptospirosis in humans, characterized by fever and jaundice, caused by the spirochete Leptospira icterohaemorrhagiae.
- yuppie disease — any of a number of debilitating long-lasting viral disorders associated with stress, such as chronic fatigue syndrome, whose symptoms include muscle weakness, chronic tiredness, and depression