Boost your vocab and unleash your potential!

Smart Search Learn a New Word
uracil
/'jʊrəsɪl/
Synonyms of uracil Antonyms of uracil Examples of uracil Usage of uracil Parts of uracil Definition that contains uracil Words sounding like uracil Explanation of uracil

Recently viewed words:
Definitions of uracil
  1. noun
    a base containing nitrogen that is found in RNA (but not in DNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine

    Similar: 

    u
    type of:
    base nucleotide
Definition that contains uracil
  • a (biochemistry) purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with thymine in DNA and with uracil in RNA
  • adenine (biochemistry) purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with thymine in DNA and with uracil in RNA
  • goitrogen any substance (such as thiouracil) that induces the formation of a goiter
  • base pair one of the pairs of chemical bases joined by hydrogen bonds that connect the complementary strands of a DNA molecule or of an RNA molecule that has two strands; the base pairs are adenine with thymine and guanine with cytosine in DNA and adenine with uracil and guanine with cytosine in RNA
My lists:
Recently viewed words: