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What is a seven letter word that is preceded by God?
fearing bless us
What four letter word means go in the water?
swim?
What word means a passage under water and land?
tunnel 8)
What is a five letter word that means large body of water?
"Ocean"...?
What is a word that ends with ring and means to twist a cloth to make water come out of it?
The word is wring. Wring means to squeeze something to force liquid from it.
Do hydrophobic tails on phospholipids try to aviod water or be near water?
They avoid water. (The word "hydrophobic" literally means "water-fearing" :D )
What word means possessive or fearing to lose what you have?
Jealous
What does water-fearing mean?
It means you have a fear of or get uneasy around water.Another word is hydrophobia which can also be an illness caused by rabies
If some thing is hydrophobic it is?
Hydrophobic translates as "water-fearing". Practically speaking it means that it does not mix with water.
What liquids are hydrophobic?
Anything non-polar is going to be hydrophobic, because water is polar. Most oils, grease, and hydrocarbons are non-polar, so water can't touch them. The word hydrophobic means "water-fearing" so it stays away. Polar substances would be hydrophilic in the presence of water. That word means "water-loving."
Are materials dissolve in water are hydrphobic or hidrophilic?
If something is hydrophobic that means that it is water fearing, and if something is hydrophilic that means that it is water loving. So if a material is dissolved in water it is hydrophilic.
Is the substance that loves water called hydrophobic?
No, it's called hydrophylic,-phylic means: 'loving', -phobic means: 'fearing'
What is the suffix for the word fearing?
-ing
Fearing of water is called?
Hydrophobia.
What does phillic mean?
It is a suffix (placed at the end of a word) that literally means "loving." It refers to an affinity or attraction to something. For example, hydrophilic literally means "water loving" and is used to refer to molecules that are polar and like to react with water. The opposite of "philic" is "phobic." As you might expect, hydrophobic literally means "water fearing" and refers to molecules that are non-polar such as a hydrocarbon that essentially do not react with water.
What does it mean when you are terrified of water?
The term for fearing water is 'hydrophobia'.
What are liquidations?
Anything non-polar is going to be hydrophobic, because water is polar. Most oils, grease, and hydrocarbons are non-polar, so water can't touch them. The word hydrophobic means "water-fearing" so it stays away. Polar substances would be hydrophilic in the presence of water. That word means "water-loving."
