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Substrate

A substratum.

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Stratum 76% connected

A bed of earth or rock of one kind, formed by natural causes, and consisting usually of a series of layers, which form a rock as it lies between beds…

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Substance 76% connected

That which underlies all outward manifestations; substratum; the permanent subject or cause of phenomena, whether material or spiritual; that in whic…

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Surface 76% connected

The exterior part of anything that has length and breadth; one of the limits that bound a solid, esp. the upper face; superficies; the outside; as, t…

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Substratum 92% connected

That which is laid or spread under; that which underlies something, as a layer of earth lying under another; specifically (Agric.), the subsoil.

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Adenine noun · 78% connection

(biochemistry) purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with thymine in DNA and with uracil in RNA

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Adenosine noun · 78% connection

(biochemistry) a nucleoside that is a structural component of nucleic acids; it is present in all living cells in a combined form as a…

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Agonist noun · 78% connection

(biochemistry) a drug that can combine with a receptor on a cell to produce a physiological reaction

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Antagonism noun · 78% connection

(biochemistry) interference in or inhibition of the physiological action of a chemical substance by another having a similar structure

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Cutin noun · 78% connection

(biochemistry) a waxy transparent material that occurs in the cuticle of plants and consists of highly polymerized esters of fatty aci…

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Cytochrome noun · 78% connection

(biochemistry) a class of hemoprotein whose principal biological function is electron transfer (especially in cellular respiration)

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Deoxyribonucleic acid noun · 78% connection

(biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associ…

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Desoxyribonucleic acid noun · 78% connection

(biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associ…

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DNA noun · 78% connection

(biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associ…

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Endergonic adjective · 78% connection

(biochemistry) of a process accompanied by or requiring the absorption of energy; the products of the process are of greater free ener…

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Exergonic adjective · 78% connection

(biochemistry) of a process accompanied by the release of energy; "diffusion is an exergonic process"

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Lysis noun · 78% connection

(biochemistry) dissolution or destruction of cells such as blood cells or bacteria

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Nucleic acid noun · 78% connection

(biochemistry) any of various macromolecules composed of nucleotide chains that are vital constituents of all living cells

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Oligo noun · 78% connection

(biochemistry) a polynucleotide whose molecules contain relatively few nucleotides

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Oligonucleotide noun · 78% connection

(biochemistry) a polynucleotide whose molecules contain relatively few nucleotides

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Polynucleotide noun · 78% connection

(biochemistry) a linear polymer whose molecule is composed of many nucleotide units constituting a section of a nucleic acid molecule

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Ribonucleic acid noun · 78% connection

(biochemistry) a long linear polymer of nucleotides found in the nucleus but mainly in the cytoplasm of a cell where it is associated…

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RNA noun · 78% connection

(biochemistry) a long linear polymer of nucleotides found in the nucleus but mainly in the cytoplasm of a cell where it is associated…

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Hardpan noun · 78% connection

The hard substratum. Same as Hard pan, under Hard, a.

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Mine verb · 78% connection

To dig away, or otherwise remove, the substratum or foundation of; to lay a mine under; to sap; to undermine; hence, to ruin or destro…

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Rampart noun · 78% connection

A broad embankment of earth round a place, upon which the parapet is raised. It forms the substratum of every permanent fortification.

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Scagliola noun · 78% connection

An imitation of any veined and ornamental stone, as marble, formed by a substratum of finely ground gypsum mixed with glue, the surfac…

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Subject adjective · 78% connection

That in which any quality, attribute, or relation, whether spiritual or material, inheres, or to which any of these appertain; substan…

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Substrata pl. · 78% connection

of Substratum

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