8-Letter Words Containing: ALYS

• (chemistry) a substance that initiates or accelerates a chemical reaction without itself being affected

• something that causes an important event to happen

• make powerless and unable to function

• cause to be paralyzed and immobile

• separate by dialysis

• a genus of the family Cruciferae, containing annual and perennial herbaceous plants or small shrubs, growing to 10-100 cm tall, with oblong-oval leaves and yellow or white flowers (Alyssum)

• any garden plant of the genus Alyssum having clusters of small yellow or white flowers

• separation of substances in solution by means of their unequal diffusion through semipermeable membranes

• consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning

• break down into components or essential features

• make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features

• subject to psychoanalytic treatment

• separation of substances in solution by means of their unequal diffusion through semipermeable membranes

• an investigation of the component parts of a whole and their relations in making up the whole

• the abstract separation of a whole into its constituent parts in order to study the parts and their relations

• a form of literary criticism in which the structure of a piece of writing is analyzed

• the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., `the father of the bride' instead of `the bride's father'

• a branch of mathematics involving calculus and the theory of limits; sequences and series and integration and differentiation

• a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud

• an instrument that performs analyses