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.