7-letter words ending in GEN

7-letter words 19

• mutagenany agent (physical or environmental) that can induce a genetic mutation or can increase the rate of mutation
• smidgena tiny or scarcely detectable amount
• antigenany substance (as a toxin or enzyme) that stimulates an immune response in the body (especially the production of antibodies)
• halogenany of five related nonmetallic elements (fluorine or chlorine or bromine or iodine or astatine) that are all monovalent and readily form negative ions
• rontgenGerman physicist who discovered x-rays and developed roentgenography (1845-1923)
• cryogena liquid that boils at below -160 C and is used as a refrigerant
• twiggen
• indigenan indigenous person who was born in a particular place
• anlagenan organ in its earliest stage of development; the foundation for subsequent development
• endogena monocotyledonous flowering plant; the stem grows by deposits on its inside
• kerogen
• trudgen
• acrogenany flowerless plant such as a fern (pteridophyte) or moss (bryophyte) in which growth occurs only at the tip of the main stem
• ionogen
• lysogen
• mitogenan agent that triggers mitosis
• pirogen
• pyrogenany substance characterized by its great flammability
• zymogenany of a group of compounds that are inactive precursors of enzymes and require some change (such as the hydrolysis of a fragment that masks an active enzyme) to become active