Words Containing: I,O,N,I,S,T,A

• a powerful neurotoxin produced by certain dinoflagellates found in red tides; it can accumulate in mollusks that feed on the dinoflagellates and cause food poisoning to humans

• compensation for a wrong

• the act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing (especially appeasing a deity)

• an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely

• an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone

• the activity of fastening something firmly in position

• (histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body

• a clergyman who officiates at a religious ceremony or service

• the process of oxidizing; the addition of oxygen to a compound with a loss of electrons; always occurs accompanied by reduction

• an antibody that can neutralize a specific toxin