Look up -ase in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The suffix -ase is used in biochemistry to form names of enzymes. The most common way to name enzymes...
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The FIFA World Cup, often called the World Cup, is an international association football competition among the senior men's national teams of the members...
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Mandatory Palestine was a geopolitical entity that existed between 1920 and 1948 in the region of Palestine under the terms of the League of Nations Mandate...
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Walter Elias Disney (/ˈdɪzni/ DIZ-nee; December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966) was an American animator, film producer, voice actor, and entrepreneur. A...
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Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country comprising the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral islands. Lying...
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West Germany is the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany from its formation on 23 May 1949 until its reunification with East Germany...
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Common forms of physical music singles In music, a single is a type of release of a song recording of fewer tracks than an album or LP record, typically...
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Information technology (IT) is a set of related fields that encompass computer systems, software, programming languages, and data and information processing...
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The Rothschild family (/ˈrɒθ(s)tʃaɪld/ ROTH(S)-chylde German: [ˈʁoːt.ʃɪlt]) is a wealthy Ashkenazi Jewish noble banking family originally from Frankfurt...
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The Celts (/kɛlts/ KELTS, see pronunciation for different usages) or Celtic peoples (/ˈkɛltɪk/ KEL-tik) were a collection of Indo-European peoples in Europe...
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Kristen Jaymes Stewart (born April 9, 1990) is an American actress. She has received various accolades, including a British Academy Film Award and a César...
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John (24 December 1166 – 19 October 1216) was King of England from 1199 until his death in 1216. He lost the Duchy of Normandy and most of his other French...
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A mental disorder, also referred to as a mental illness, a mental health condition, or a psychiatric disability, is a behavioral or mental pattern that...
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In the history of the United Kingdom and the British Empire, the Victorian era was the reign of Queen Victoria, from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22...
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The North American Central Time Zone (CT) is a time zone in parts of Canada, the United States, Mexico, Central America, and some Caribbean islands. In...
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Anne, Princess Royal (Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise; born 15 August 1950) is a member of the British royal family. She is the second child and only daughter...
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Shia Saide LaBeouf (/ˈʃaɪ.ə ləˈbʌf/ SHY-ə lə-BUF; born June 11, 1986) is an American actor, performance artist, and filmmaker. He played Louis Stevens...
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Multilingualism is the use of more than one language, either by an individual speaker or by a group of speakers. It is believed that multilingual speakers...
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A box-office bomb, box-office flop, box-office failure, or box-office disaster is a film that is unprofitable or considered highly unsuccessful during...
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The King James Version (KJV), also the King James Bible (KJB) and the Authorized Version (AV), is an Early Modern English translation of the Christian...
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An urban area is a human settlement with a high population density and an infrastructure of built environment. This is the core of a metropolitan statistical...
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BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current...
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Leukemia (also spelled leukaemia; pronounced /luːˈkiːmiːə/ loo-KEE-mee-ə) is a group of blood cancers that usually begin in the bone marrow and produce...
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In computing, a database is an organized collection of data or a type of data store based on the use of a database management system (DBMS), the software...
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The compact disc (CD) is a digital optical disc data storage format that was co-developed by Philips and Sony to store and play digital audio recordings...
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Baptists are a branch of Christianity distinguished by baptizing only professing Christian believers (believer's baptism) and doing so by complete immersion...
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In physics, string theory is a theoretical framework in which the point-like particles of particle physics are replaced by one-dimensional objects called...
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The Bolsheviks (Russian: большевики, bolsheviki; from большинство, bolshinstvo, 'majority'), led by Vladimir Lenin, were a far-left faction of the Marxist...
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The 2020 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXXII Olympiad and officially branded as Tokyo 2020, were an international multi-sport event held...
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Gothenburg (/ˈɡɒθənbɜːrɡ/ ; abbreviated Gbg; Swedish: Göteborg [jœtɛˈbɔrj] ) is the gubernational seat of Västra Götaland County in Sweden. It is the second-largest...
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