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10 letters · 20 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun any of a group of enzymes (occurring especially in plant cells) that catalyze the oxidation of a compound by a peroxide
originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Italic *per Latin perbor. Proto-Indo-European *per-der. Proto-Italic *peri- Latin per-bor. English per- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-der.? Ancient Greek ὀξύς (oxús) Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Proto-Hellenic *génos Ancient Greek γένος (génos) French oxygène Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-…
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Words from these letters
- peroxides 19
- epoxides 18
- peroxide 18
- peroxids 18
- epoxide 17
- epoxied 17
- expired 17
- exposed 17
- peroxid 17
- epoxies 16
- expires 16
- exposer 16