8-letter words that end in ase
- air base — An air base is a centre where military aircraft take off or land and are serviced, and where many of the centre's staff live.
- aldolase — an enzyme present in the body that breaks down fructose into triose sugars
- anaphase — the third stage of mitosis, during which the chromatids separate and migrate towards opposite ends of the spindle
- arginase — an enzyme which hydrolyses arginine into ornithine and urea
- bierkase — a semisoft, strong white cow's-milk cheese that originated in Germany, and is eaten especially with beer.
- bookcase — A bookcase is a piece of furniture with shelves that you keep books on.
- bud vase — a relatively tall, slender vase, usually footed, for holding a single, stemmed flower, usually a rosebud
- cardcase — a small case for holding business cards
- catalase — an enzyme that catalyses the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide
- cot case — a person confined to bed through illness
- database — A database is a collection of data that is stored in a computer and that can easily be used and added to.
- day case — a patient or case that comes into hospital for a surgical procedure and is dealt with and released in the course of one day
- decrease — When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
- degrease — to remove grease from
- diastase — any of a group of enzymes that hydrolyse starch to maltose. They are present in germinated barley and in the pancreas
- dioptase — a mineral, hydrous copper silicate, CuSiO 3 ⋅H 2 O, occurring in emerald-green crystals.
- doorcase — the finish frame of a doorway.
- egg case — Entomology. ootheca.
- elastase — An endopeptidase enzyme involved in the breakdown of elastin.
- encrease — Obsolete spelling of increase.
- esterase — (enzyme) Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of an ester.
- fan base — the fans of a celebrity, team, media franchise, etc., when considered collectively: The fan base was crushed when the team moved to a different city. The studio marketed the sequels heavily to the franchise’s established fan base.
- firebase — an artillery base, especially one set up quickly to support advancing troops or to forestall enemy advances.
- freebase — to purify (cocaine) by dissolving in ether, sodium hydroxide, etc., and filtering off the precipitate.
- fumarase — an enzyme found in liver and muscle which acts as a catalyst in the inter-conversion of fumarate and malate
- gearcase — a protective casing for the gear mechanism of a vehicle or piece of machinery
- gynobase — an elevation of the receptacle of a flower, bearing the gynoecium.
- hardcase — a container that has a rigid structure
- headcase — (informal) A mentally unbalanced, unpredictable person, especially one who displays aggressive behavior.
- helicase — any of the enzymes that use the energy derived from the hydrolysis of nucleoside triphosphates to unwind the double-stranded helical structure of nucleic acids: RNA and DNA helicases.
- idocrase — vesuvianite.
- in phase — having the same phase.
- increase — to make greater, as in number, size, strength, or quality; augment; add to: to increase taxes.
- job case — any of various cases for holding type, especially one of several that accommodate both uppercase and lowercase letters. Compare California job case, case2 (def 8).
- katalase — catalase.
- key case — a small case in which keys are carried.
- kilobase — (in expressing the lengths of nucleic acid molecules) 1,000 bases.
- longcase — A longcase clock.
- megabase — A length of double-stranded DNA containing two million nucleotides, one million on each strand.
- moonbase — (scifi) A base located on a moon.
- notecase — billfold.
- nuclease — any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of nucleic acids.
- nut case — a deranged person; lunatic.
- off base — serving as or forming a base: The walls will need a base coat and two finishing coats.
- off-base — located outside the perimeters of a military base: off-base housing for officers.
- permease — any of the proteins that mediate the transport of various molecules across biological membranes.
- postbase — a morpheme used as a suffix after a base word
- prelease — 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.
- prophase — Cell Biology. the first stage of mitosis or meiosis in eukaryotic cell division, during which the nuclear envelope breaks down and strands of chromatin form into chromosomes.
- protease — any of a group of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolytic degradation of proteins or polypeptides to smaller amino acid polymers.
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