Words starting with phospho
8 letter words starting with phospho
- phospho- — containing phosphorus
- phosphor — the morning star, especially Venus.
- phosphor bronze — a bronze, composed of about 80 percent copper, 10 percent tin, 9 percent antimony, and 1 percent phosphorus, having great hardness and resistance to corrosion.
- phosphor fatigue — screen saver
9 letter words starting with phospho
10 letter words starting with phospho
- phosphonic — of or relating to phosponic acid or anything derived from it
- phosphoric — of or containing phosphorus, especially in the pentavalent state.
- phosphoro- — phosphorus or phosphorescence
- phosphorus — Chemistry. a solid, nonmetallic element existing in at least three allotropic forms, one that is yellow, poisonous, flammable, and luminous in the dark, one that is red, less poisonous, and less flammable, and another that is black, insoluble in most solvents, and the least flammable. The element is used in forming smoke screens, its compounds are used in matches and phosphate fertilizers, and it is a necessary constituent of plant and animal life in bones, nerves, and embryos. Symbol: P; atomic weight: 30.974; atomic number: 15; specific gravity: (yellow) 1.82 at 20°C, (red) 2.20 at 20°C, (black) 2.25–2.69 at 20°C.
- phosphoryl — a radical chemical consisting of phosphorus and oxygen, represented by the symbol pO
11 letter words starting with phospho
- phosphonium — the positively charged group PH 4 + .
- phosphorate — Also, phosphorize. Chemistry. to combine or impregnate with phosphorus.
- phosphorism — chronic phosphorus poisoning.
- phosphorite — a sedimentary rock sufficiently rich in phosphate minerals to be used as a source of phosphorus for fertilizers.
- phosphorize — phosphorate (def 1).
12 letter words starting with phospho
- phospholipid — any of a group of fatty compounds, as lecithin, composed of phosphoric esters, and occurring in living cells.
- phosphoresce — to be luminous without sensible heat, as phosphorus.
- phosphoreted — phosphureted.
- phosphoruses — Phosphor.
13 letter words starting with phospho
- 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.
- phosphoretted — combined with phosphorus, especially in its lowest valence state.
- phosphorus-32 — a radioactive isotope of phosphorus, used as a chemotherapeutic agent.
- 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.
14 letter words starting with phospho
- phosphoprotein — a protein, as casein or ovalbumin, in which one or more hydroxyl groups of serine, threonine, or tyrosine are hydroxylated.
- phosphorescent — exhibiting phosphorescence.
- phosphorolysis — any reaction where chemical bonds are broken down by phosphoric acid or phosphate
- phosphorolytic — of or relating to phosphorolysis
- phosphoroscope — an instrument for measuring the duration of evanescent phosphorescence in different substances.
15 letter words starting with phospho
- phosphocreatine — a compound, C 4 H 1 0 O 5 N 3 P, found chiefly in muscle, formed by the enzymatic interaction of an organic phosphate and creatine, the breakdown of which provides energy for muscle contraction.
- phosphorescence — the property of being luminous at temperatures below incandescence, as from slow oxidation in the case of phosphorus or after exposure to light or other radiation.
- phosphorylation — to introduce the phosphoryl group into (an organic compound).
- phosphorylative — of or relating to phosphorylation
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