Crossword-Solution: ENZYME 6 letters, 96 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 20

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Word	Word Type	Definition
Enzyme	n.	An unorganized or unformed ferment, in distinction from an organized or living ferment; a soluble, or chemical, ferment. Ptyalin, pepsin, diastase, and rennet are good examples of enzymes.

We have 96 clues for the answer “ENZYME”

Clue	Answers
It breaks things down for you	1 answer
Pepsin or Lactase	1 answer
Pepsin	1 answer
Papaya protein	1 answer
Organic substance, a common catalyst.	1 answer
Organic food processor	1 answer
Organic catalyst	1 answer
Lipase or amylase	1 answer
Lactase, for one	1 answer
It often ends in "ase"	1 answer
It may cause a breakdown	1 answer
It causes a breakdown	1 answer
Pepsin or trypsin	1 answer
Fermentation substance	1 answer
FERMENT activating chemical changes in living organisms, term used to indicate all types of	1 answer
Digestive-tract substance	1 answer
Digestive chemical	1 answer
Digestive catalyst	1 answer
Digestion catalyst	1 answer
Dietary catalyst	1 answer
DNA polymerase, e.g.	1 answer
DIASTASE	1 answer
Complex protein	1 answer
Chemical catalyst	1 answer
Trypsin, e.g.	1 answer
Chemical reaction catalyst	1 answer
zymase	1 answer
urease	1 answer
tyramine	1 answer
thrombin	1 answer
ptyalin	1 answer
papain	1 answer
lysozyme	1 answer
lactase	1 answer
inulase	1 answer
What '-ase' may signify	1 answer
Chemical change catalyst	1 answer
Trypsin	1 answer
TERM used to indicate all types of ferment activating chemical changes in living organisms	1 answer
Sucrase, e.g.	1 answer
Substance essential to life	1 answer
Saliva component	1 answer
RNA polymerase, e.g.	1 answer
Protein produced by cell	1 answer
Protein acting as catalyst in biochemical reactions	1 answer
Pepsin, for one	1 answer
Pepsin, e.g.	1 answer
Catalytic protein	1 answer
CYCLOOXYGENASE	1 answer
CHYMOTRYPSIN	1 answer

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Hint 1 meaning

One who, or that which, eats.

Hint 2 anagram

AEERT

Hint 3 another clue

greedy person

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Sentences with ENZYME (5)

The intolerance to alcohol is associated with the lack of a catalytic enzyme, which under normal circumstances does not affect the functioning of the body.

The Civilization of Illiteracy Mihai Nadin 2000

BREAKING UP OF FATS.--Fats and oils are not soluble in any substance found in the digestive juices, but they are acted upon by an enzyme [Footnote 41: Steapsin or lipase is the enzyme found in the pancreatic juice which acts upon fat.] and by an alkaline substance found in the pancreatic juice.

School and Home Cooking Carlotta C. Greer 2004

The enzyme breaks up some of the fat into a fatty acid [Footnote 42: Fatty acids are substances related to fats; they have certain acid properties.] and glycerin.

School and Home Cooking Carlotta C. Greer 2004

This low result suggests to Delf a contradiction to any theory which imputes to the vitamine enzyme or protein-like qualities and on the other hand suggests that the substance is much simpler in constitution.

The Vitamine Manual Walter H. Eddy 2005

Initial attempts to find a causative agent had all three of the _Lancet_'s crew spending sleepless nights for a week, but Jack's careful study of the pattern of the disease and the biochemical reactions that accompanied it brought out the answer: the disease was caused by a rare form of genetic change which made crippling alterations in an essential enzyme system.

Star Surgeon Alan Nourse 2006

Quotes with ENZYME (3)

Ocean Acidification is sometimes referred to as Global Warming's Equally Evil Twin. The irony is intentional and fair enough as far as it goes... No single mechanism explains all the mass extinctions in the record and yet changes in ocean chemistry seem to be a pretty good predictor. Ocean Acidification played a role in at least 2 of the Big Five Extinctions: the End-Permian and the End-Triassic. And quite possibly it was a major factor in a third, the End-Cretaceous. ... Why…

Elizabeth Kolbert The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History

Anyone who calls it "sexual intercourse" can't possibly be interested in actually doing it. You might as well announce you're ready for lunch by proclaiming, "I'd like to do some masticating and enzyme secreting.

Allan Sherman

Few scientists acquainted with the chemistry of biological systems at the molecular level can avoid being inspired. Evolution has produced chemical compounds exquisitely organized to accomplish the most complicated and delicate of tasks. Many organic chemists viewing crystal structures of enzyme systems or nucleic acids and knowing the marvels of specificity of the immune systems must dream of designing and synthesizing simpler organic compounds that imitate working features …

Donald J. Cram

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Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NY Sun, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.

Used 64 times in crossword archives (1960–2025).