Words starting with lys
3 letter words starting with lys
- lys — a river in W Europe, in N France and W Belgium, flowing NE into the Scheldt River at Ghent. 120 miles (195 km) long.
4 letter words starting with lys
- lyse — to cause dissolution or destruction of cells by lysins.
5 letter words starting with lys
- lysed — to cause dissolution or destruction of cells by lysins.
- lyses — a river in W Europe, in N France and W Belgium, flowing NE into the Scheldt River at Ghent. 120 miles (195 km) long.
- lysi- — freeing, loosening, dissolving
- lysin — an antibody causing the disintegration of erythrocytes or bacterial cells.
- lysis — Immunology, Biochemistry. the dissolution or destruction of cells by lysins.
6 letter words starting with lys
- lysate — the mixture of substances formed by the lysis of cells.
- lysias — c450–c380 b.c, Athenian orator.
- lysine — a crystalline, basic, amino acid, H 2 N(CH 2) 4 CH(NH 2)COOH, produced chiefly from many proteins by hydrolysis, essential in the nutrition of humans and animals. Symbol: K. Abbreviation: Lys;
- lysing — Present participle of lyse.
7 letter words starting with lys
8 letter words starting with lys
9 letter words starting with lys
- lysimeter — an instrument for determining the amount of water-soluble matter in soil.
- lysocline — the depth of the ocean at which the solubility of calcium carbonate increases substantially.
- lysogenic — harboring a temperate virus as a prophage or plasmid.
- lysosomal — Of, pertaining to, or originating in lysosomes.
- lysosomes — a cell organelle containing enzymes that digest particles and that disintegrate the cell after its death.
10 letter words starting with lys
- lysenkoism — a genetic doctrine formulated by Lysenko and asserting that acquired characteristics are inheritable.
- lysigenous — caused by the breaking down of cells
- lysimachus — 361?–281 b.c, Macedonian general: king of Thrace 306–281.
- lysimetric — of or relating to the measurement of solubility
- lysistrata — a comedy (411 b.c.) by Aristophanes.
11 letter words starting with lys
- lysogenesis — production of a lysogen.
- lyssophobia — a pathological fear of going insane.
12 letter words starting with lys
- lysogenicity — the quality or condition of being lysogenic
- lysolecithin — any compound of lecithin produced by the removal of one of the fatty acid groups by hydrolysis
14 letter words starting with lys
- lysogenization — the process of a bacterium becoming lysogenic
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