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Nitrogenase

Definition: Nitrogenase

Nitrogenase

Noun

1. An enzyme of nitrogen-fixing microorganisms that catalyzes the conversion of nitrogen to ammonia.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 



Specialty Definitions: Nitrogenase

DomainDefinitions

Food & Agriculture

The enzymic system that reduces N2(Mitsui, p. 277). Source: European Union. (references)

Health

An enzyme system that catalyzes the fixing of nitrogen in soil bacteria and blue-green algae (cyanobacteria). EC 1.18.6.1. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: Nitrogenase

Specialty definitions using "nitrogenase": Dinitrogenase ReductaseMolybdoferredoxin. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Nitrogenase

DomainTitle

Books

  • Modifikation der Nitrogenase als Regulationsprinzip in dem heterocystenbildenden Cyanobakterium Anabaena variabilis (reference)

    (more book examples)

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Nitrogenase

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
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per Day

nitrogenase

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Modern Translations: Nitrogenase

Language Translations for "nitrogenase"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

nitrogenase. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

nitrogenase, azotase. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

nitrogenaasi. (various references)

   

French

  

nitrogénase. (various references)

   

German

  

Nitrogenase. (various references)

   

Italian

  

nitrogenasi, azotasi. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

itrogenasenay

   

Portuguese

  

nitrogenase. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

nitrogenasa. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

nitrogenas. (various references)

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Derivations: Nitrogenase

Derivations

Words beginning with "nitrogenase": nitrogenases. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Nitrogenase

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: generations.

Words within the letters "a-e-e-g-i-n-n-o-r-s-t"

-1 letter: argentines, generation, resonating, tangerines.

-2 letters: agentries, anointers, antigenes, argentine, gannister, gratinees, negations, negatrons, nitrogens, orangiest, reanoints, reasoning, renesting, reseating, resenting, roentgens, stereoing, stingaree, tangerine, tanneries, tensioner.

-3 letters: aginners, anergies, anginose, angriest, anointer, anserine, antigene, antigens, arenites, arsenite, astringe, earnings, earstone, egestion, enations, engrains, entering, enterons, entrains, eringoes, estragon, estrange, estrogen, ganister, gantries, genitors, gentians, gentries, gesneria, granites, grannies, grantees, gratinee, greatens, ignorant, ingrates, integers, intenser, interage, internes, intoners, negaters, negation, negatons, negators, negatron, negronis, neonates, nitrogen, notaries, oneriest, organise, organist, raisonne, rangiest, reagents, reanoint, reesting, resinate, resonant, resonate, roasting, roentgen, rontgens, senorita, sergeant, serotine, sneering, snorting, sonatine, stearine, steering, tenoners, ternions, tonnages, trainees.

-4 letters: aeriest, aginner, agonies, agonise, agonist, aigrets, anestri, anoints, anteing, antigen, antings, antsier, arenite, arenose, argents, aroints, atoners, atonies, atoning, earings, earnest, earning, eastern, easting, eatings, enation, engines, engrain, enrages, ensnare, enteron, entires, entrain, entries, erasing, erasion, ergates, eringos, estrone, etesian, gainers, gaiters, gannets, garnets, garotes, gastrin, genitor, genoise, gentian, gerents, ginners, gitanos, goatees, goiters, goitres, goriest, granite, grannie, grantee, gratine, gratins, greaten, greisen, ignores, inanest, ingates, ingesta, ingrate, insaner, insnare, integer, intense, interne, interns, intoner, intones, introns, nastier, nations, natrons, nearest, nearing, neatens, negater, negates, negaton, negator, negroni, neonate, nesting, nonages, nonarts, norites, oestrin, onagers, onanist, onstage, oranges, orating, orgeats, orients, origans, ranting, ratines, ratings, rations, reagent, reagins, regains, regents, reginae, reginas, regions, regnant, rennase, rennets, renting, restage, resting, retains, retinae, retinas, retines, retsina, ringent, rontgen, roseate, seagirt, searing, seating, senator, seriate, seringa, signora, signore, snaring, snoring, soaring, soignee, sorning, sorting, stagier, stainer, stanine, staning, staring, stearin, stinger, stonier, stoning, storage, storing, strange, tangier, tanners, tearing, teasing, tenners, tennies, tenoner, tensing, tension, ternion, tinners, tongers, tonnage, tonners, trainee, treason, treeing, triages, trienes, trigons.

-5 letters: aeries, ageist, agenes, agents, agones, agrees, aigret, airest, anenst, angers, anions, anoint, anting, antres, aorist, aretes, argent, argons, argots, ariose, arisen, aristo, aroint, arseno, arsine, arsino, astern, atoner, atones, eagers, eagres, earing, easier, easing, easter, eaters, eating, egesta, egoist, egrets, enates, engine, engirt, enrage, ensign, entera, enters, entire, eonian, eosine, ergate, ergots, eringo, estrin, gainer, gainst, gaiter, gannet, garnet, garote, gaster, gators, genera, genets, genies, genoas, genres, genros, gentes, gerent, giants, ginner, girons, gitano, goatee, goiter, goitre, goners, grains, grants, grates, gratin, gratis, grease, greats, greens, greets, griots, grison, groans, groats, groins, ignore, inaner, inanes, inerts, ingate, ingest, ingots, innate, inners, insane, insert, instar, intern, inters, intone, intron, intros, irones, narine, nasion, nation, natron, neaten, neater, negate, nereis, nester, nestor, niters, nitons, nitres, nitros, nonage, nonart, nonets.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-e-g-i-n-n-o-r-s-t"
 

+1 letter: antiestrogen, nitrogenases.

 

+2 letters: antiestrogens, cogenerations, degenerations, energizations, regenerations, subgeneration.

 

+3 letters: deconsecrating, generalisation, ignorantnesses, nonsegregation, nonvegetarians, peregrinations, reconsecrating, regimentations, reintegrations, renegotiations, subgenerations.

 

+4 letters: antisegregation, generalisations, generalizations, governmentalism, governmentalist, mountaineerings, nonsegregations, parthenogenesis, redintegrations, reinvestigation.

 

+5 letters: antiferromagnets, counterespionage, countersignature, dehydrogenations, governmentalisms, governmentalists, governmentalizes, intergenerations, micromanagements, overcompensating, reinvestigations, semigovernmental.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Nitrogenase


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

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Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

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HTML Code (1990) (references)

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ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

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British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Translations: Modern
6. Derivations
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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