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English words starting with ly - page 3

Meanings of Lyricists:

noun

A person who writes the words to a popular song or musical.

Usage examples:

Songs from the '20s, '30s and '40s represent collaboration with lyricists oscar hammerstein ii, ira…

Meanings of Lyrics:

noun

A lyric poem or verse.

Usage examples:

An edition of horace's lyrics

Meanings of Lyrist:

noun

A person who plays the lyre.

Usage examples:

‘beyond the sea’ began its long journey as the immensely popular french song ‘la mer,’ written by l…

Meanings of Lyrists:

noun

A person who plays the lyre.

Usage examples:

‘beyond the sea’ began its long journey as the immensely popular french song ‘la mer,’ written by l…

Meanings of Lys:

noun

The amino acid lysine.

Meanings of Lysander:

proper noun

(died 395 bc) spartan general. he defeated the athenian navy in 405 and captured athens in 404, bringing the peloponnesian war to an end.

Meanings of Lysate:

noun

A preparation containing the products of lysis of cells.

Usage examples:

Negative control indicates lysates from an isogenic cell line not expressing gfp.

Meanings of Lysates:

noun

A preparation containing the products of lysis of cells.

Usage examples:

Negative control indicates lysates from an isogenic cell line not expressing gfp.

Meanings of Lyse:

verb

Undergo or cause to undergo lysis.

Usage examples:

The cell usually lyses and releases mature virus particles

Meanings of Lysed:

verb

Undergo or cause to undergo lysis.

Usage examples:

The cell usually lyses and releases mature virus particles

Meanings of Lysenkoism:

noun

The theories of the soviet biologist and geneticist trofim denisovich lysenko, in particular those relating to organic evolution.

Usage examples:

Lysenkoism gained official support in the soviet union

Meanings of Lyses:

verb

Undergo or cause to undergo lysis.

Usage examples:

The cell usually lyses and releases mature virus particles
noun

The amino acid lysine.

Meanings of Lysimeter:

noun

An apparatus for measuring changes due to moisture loss, percolation, etc. undergone by a body of soil under controlled conditions.

Usage examples:

Plants grown in a field lysimeter on two soil types were subjected to progressive drought during ve…

Meanings of Lysin:

noun

An antibody or other substance able to cause lysis of cells (especially bacteria).

Usage examples:

The ancestral lysin proteins may be useful for future laboratory studies.

Meanings of Lysine:

noun

A basic amino acid which is a constituent of most proteins. it is an essential nutrient in the diet of vertebrates.

Usage examples:

Hydroxyl radicals oxidize amino acids such as lysine, serine, arginine, and proline.

Meanings of Lysing:

verb

Undergo or cause to undergo lysis.

Usage examples:

The cell usually lyses and releases mature virus particles

Meanings of Lysins:

noun

An antibody or other substance able to cause lysis of cells (especially bacteria).

Usage examples:

The ancestral lysin proteins may be useful for future laboratory studies.

Meanings of Lysis:

noun

The disintegration of a cell by rupture of the cell wall or membrane.

Usage examples:

Inhibition of cell wall synthesis by penicillin resulted in disruption of the cell wall and lysis o…
combining form

Denoting disintegration or decomposition in nouns specifying an agent.

Usage examples:

Hydrolysis

Meanings of Lysol:

noun

A disinfectant consisting of a mixture of cresols and soft soap.

Usage examples:

For cleaning, i liberally spray lysol or clorox disinfectant onto the blade and anvil, and then vig…

Meanings of Lysosomal:

noun

A genetic condition in which the body cannot break down substances such as lipids, proteins, and carbohydrates

Meanings of Lysosome:

noun

An organelle in the cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells containing degradative enzymes enclosed in a membrane.

Usage examples:

These efforts have successfully identified mitochondria, lysosomes and various cytoplasmic membrane…

Meanings of Lysosomes:

noun

An organelle in the cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells containing degradative enzymes enclosed in a membrane.

Usage examples:

These efforts have successfully identified mitochondria, lysosomes and various cytoplasmic membrane…

Meanings of Lysozyme:

noun

An enzyme which catalyses the destruction of the cell walls of certain bacteria, and occurs notably in tears and egg white.

Usage examples:

Intriguingly, enzymes such as lipase, lysozyme, and subtilisin retained their activities in organic…

Meanings of Lysozymes:

noun

An enzyme which catalyses the destruction of the cell walls of certain bacteria, and occurs notably in tears and egg white.

Usage examples:

Intriguingly, enzymes such as lipase, lysozyme, and subtilisin retained their activities in organic…

Meanings of Lytic:

adjective

Relating to or causing lysis.

Usage examples:

The lytic activity of bile acids
combining form

In adjectives corresponding to nouns ending in -lysis (such as hydrolytic corresponding to hydrolysis ).

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