12-Letter Words Containing: E,T,C,O,M,B

• the organic chemistry of compounds and processes occurring in organisms; the effort to understand biology within the context of chemistry

• tiny bits of protoplasm found in vertebrate blood; essential for blood clotting

• in a manner deserving contempt

• a thin membrane (a double layer of lipids) enclosing the cytoplasm of a cell; proteins in the membrane control passage of ions (like sodium or potassium or calcium) in and out of the cell

• rod-shaped bacteria some saprophytic or causing diseases

• Not combative.