9-letter words containing ase
- interbase — A commercial active DBMS.
- invertase — an enzyme, occurring in yeast and in the digestive juices of animals, that causes the inversion of cane sugar into invert sugar.
- isomerase — any of a class of enzymes that catalyze reactions involving intramolecular rearrangements.
- keyphrase — (cryptography) A phrase used in encryption in the style of a keyword.
- khamaseen — A cyclonic type wind that is common in Egypt and Sudan towards the end of March and April of each year. Hot weather ensues, as well as sandstorms.
- laserdisc — A disk resembling a larger CD but able to store video, now generally replaced by the DVD.
- laserwort — the name given to several umbelliferous woodland plants of the genus Laserpitium, such as Laserpitium latifolium, whose roots are used as a flavouring
- lease rod — a rod or bar between the whip roll and the harness on a loom for keeping the warp in place.
- leaseback — the disposal of a building, land, or other property to a buyer under special arrangements for simultaneously leasing it on a long-term basis to the original seller, usually with an option to renew the lease.
- leasehold — property acquired under a lease.
- lowercase — (of an alphabetical letter) of a particular form often different from and smaller than its corresponding capital letter, and occurring after the initial letter of a proper name, of the first word in a sentence, etc. Examples: a, b, q, r.
- masefield — John, 1878–1967, English poet: poet laureate 1930–67.
- megabases — Plural form of megabase.
- megamaser — (astronomy) Any celestial object exhibiting enormous maser activity.
- metaphase — the stage in mitosis or meiosis in which the duplicated chromosomes line up along the equatorial plate of the spindle.
- methylase — any of a class of enzymes that catalyse methylation
- misphrase — to phrase badly or incorrectly
- misplease — (transitive) To fail in pleasing; displease.
- monophase — (electricity) Having a single phase of alternating current.
- moonphase — a phase of the moon
- moot case — a case dealing with an abstract question, or one seeking a judgement on a right before the right has been asserted
- naseberry — the fruit of the sapodilla, Manilkara zapota.
- news case — one of a pair of wooden, metal, or plastic trays divided into compartments for the sorting of type. Compare case2 (def 8).
- nonbiased — Not biased.
- notecases — Plural form of notecase.
- nucleases — Plural form of nuclease.
- oxygenase — an oxidoreductase enzyme that catalyzes the introduction of molecular oxygen into an organic substance.
- pen-based — (of a computer) having an electronic stylus rather than a keyboard as the primary input device.
- peptidase — any of the class of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of peptides or peptones to amino acids.
- periclase — a cubic mineral, native magnesia, MgO, occurring usually in metamorphosed dolomite.
- phase out — any of the major appearances or aspects in which a thing of varying modes or conditions manifests itself to the eye or mind.
- phasedown — an act or instance of phasing down; gradual reduction.
- phaseolin — a type of proteid that is present in the kidney bean
- phraseman — a man who coins or uses clever phrases
- pleaseman — a person who courts favour
- pleasence — Donald. 1919–95, British actor. His films include Dr Crippen (1962) and Cul de Sac (1966)
- polyphase — having more than one phase.
- pre-lease — to sign or grant a lease on (a building, apartment, etc.) in advance of construction: Agents have preleased more than 60 percent of the new building.
- precrease — to provide (e.g. clothing, paper for origami) with a crease or creases in advance
- purchased — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
- purchaser — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
- rate base — a guaranteed minimum amount or number used to compute advertising rates, as the number of subscribers to a publication.
- reductase — any enzyme acting as a reducing agent.
- replicase — RNA synthetase.
- rerelease — to release again: Some popular films are rereleased every few years.
- sheetcase — a covering made of sheet material, especially one used for a down comforter.
- showcased — a glass case for the display and protection of articles in shops, museums, etc.
- slipcased — having a slipcase
- smearcase — any soft cheese suitable for spreading or eating with a spoon, especially a sour cottage cheese.
- smiercase — any soft cheese suitable for spreading or eating with a spoon, especially a sour cottage cheese.