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Words starting with exo

4 letter words starting with exo

  • exo- — external, outside, or beyond
  • exon — A segment of a DNA or RNA molecule containing information coding for a protein or peptide sequence.
  • exos — A brand of Ethernet controller card and Ethernet software for Unix.

5 letter words starting with exo

  • exod. — Exodus
  • exode — (obsolete) departure; exodus, especially the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt.
  • exons — Plural form of exon.
  • exor. — executor

6 letter words starting with exo

  • exocet — a tactical missile with a high-explosive warhead, which is guided by computer and radar, travels at a very low altitude at high subsonic speed, and has a range of up to 70 km. It may be launched from a ship, aircraft, or submarine
  • exodes — Plural form of exode.
  • exodic — (biology) Conducting influences from the spinal cord outward; said of the motor or efferent nerves.
  • exodos — (in Greek drama) the concluding scene or exit song
  • exodus — A mass departure of people, esp. emigrants.

7 letter words starting with exo

  • exocarp — The outer layer of the pericarp of a fruit.
  • exodist — a person who makes an exodus; an emigrant
  • exogamy — The custom of marrying outside a community, clan, or tribe.
  • exomoon — (astronomy) A moon that orbits an extrasolar planet.
  • exosome — (biology) A vesicle responsible for the selective removal of plasma membrane proteins.

8 letter words starting with exo

  • exocarps — Plural form of exocarp.
  • exocrine — Relating to or denoting glands that secrete their products through ducts opening onto an epithelium rather than directly into the bloodstream.
  • exocytic — Of or pertaining to exocytosis.
  • exoduses — Plural form of exodus.
  • exoergic — (physics, chemistry) Occurring with the release of energy.

9 letter words starting with exo

  • exocyclic — (of a cyclic compound) situated outside the ring
  • exocytose — (of a cell) to secrete a substance from within
  • exodermal — of or relating to the protective outer layer (exodermis) of a plant root
  • exodontia — The extraction of teeth.
  • exoenzyme — An enzyme that acts outside the cell that produces it.

10 letter words starting with exo

  • exobiology — The branch of science that deals with the possibility and likely nature of life on other planets or in space.
  • exocentric — Denoting or being a construction that has no explicit head, for example John slept.
  • exocuticle — the layer of an insect's cuticle between the epicuticle and the endocuticle, which is often hard and dark in colour
  • exocytosis — A process by which the contents of a cell vacuole are released to the exterior through fusion of the vacuole membrane with the cell membrane.
  • exocytotic — Of or pertaining to exocytosis.

11 letter words starting with exo

  • exogenously — In an exogenous manner.
  • exonerating — Present participle of exonerate.
  • exoneration — The action of officially absolving someone from blame; vindication.
  • exonerative — Freeing from a burden or obligation; tending to exonerate.
  • exonuclease — An enzyme that removes successive nucleotides from the end of a polynucleotide molecule.

12 letter words starting with exo

  • exobiologist — A biologist whose speciality is exobiology.
  • exonerations — Plural form of exoneration.
  • exonucleases — Plural form of exonuclease.
  • exopeptidase — any proteolytic enzyme, such as erepsin, that acts on the terminal bonds in a peptide chain
  • exophthalmia — (medicine) The protrusion of the eyeball so that the eyelids will not cover it, in consequence of disease.

13 letter words starting with exo

  • exobiological — Of or pertaining to exobiology; alien.
  • exothermicity — (chemistry, physics) The release of heat during an exothermic reaction.

14 letter words starting with exo

  • exoatmospheric — Pertaining to, or occurring in the nearby region of space outside the Earth's atmosphere.
  • exocannibalism — A form of cannibalism, the eating of members of other social groups than one's own, as opposed to endocannibalism.
  • exothermically — In an exothermic manner.

15 letter words starting with exo

  • exoerythrocytic — occurring outside the red blood cells, esp of a developmental stage of protozoan parasites

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