10-Letter Words Containing: _,E,E,O,P,S,Y

• any of a group of compounds that are inactive precursors of enzymes and require some change (such as the hydrolysis of a fragment that masks an active enzyme) to become active

• a protein that combines with a coenzyme to form an active enzyme

• plant adapted for life with a limited supply of water; compare hydrophyte and mesophyte

• a proposal intended to explain certain facts or observations

• a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena

• a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence

• what an organism looks like as a consequence of the interaction of its genotype and the environment

• extravagant exaggeration

• chiefly marine annelids possessing both sexes and having paired appendages (parapodia) bearing bristles

• land plant growing in surroundings having an average supply of water; compare xerophyte and hydrophyte

• marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together

• bivalve

• an altimeter that uses the boiling point of water to determine land elevation