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Phrases 4
- invert sugarAn equal mixture of glucose and fructose formed by the enzymatic hydrolysis of sucrose; it is found in honey and some fruits, and also produced industrially.
- invert sugarsplural of invert sugar: An equal mixture of glucose and fructose formed by the enzymatic hydrolysis of sucrose; it is found in honey and some fruits, and also produced industrially.
- Jenny invertSynonym of inverted Jenny: A 24-cent US postage stamp first issued in 1918, featuring an inverted airplane.
- invert enzymeSynonym of invertase: An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of sucrose into glucose and fructose (invert sugar), used by bees to produce honey and in the food industry to soften chocolate.
Compound words 20
- invertasomeA nucleoprotein complex that causes inversion of a DNA sequence
- invertiveOf or relating to grammatical case in some languages that functions like the subjunctive mood.
- invertomerEither of a pair of confomers that interconvert by inversion at an atom possessing a nonbonding electron pair
- reinvertTo invert again.
- uninvertTo restore from an inverted state; to turn the right way round again.
- invertestsecond-person singular simple present indicative of invert
- inverteththird-person singular simple present indicative of invert: To turn (something) upside down or inside out; to place in a contrary order or direction; to make (something) the opposite of it.
- invertinAny enzyme that converts a sugar to an invert sugar; saccharase.
- invertersplural of inverter: Something that inverts, or causes inversion.
- invertaseAn enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of sucrose into glucose and fructose (invert sugar), used by bees to produce honey and in the food industry to soften chocolate.