| Catalyst | A susbstance in chemistry that causes change without being affected itself. |
| Spontaneous | adjective for Resulting from natural tendency |
| Phosphate | salt or phosphoric acid |
| triphosphate | salt made from triphosphoric acid |
| absolve | to be freed from an obligation |
| abberration | to stray from what's normal |
| deviate | to turn away from a path or what's normal |
| alleviate | to lessen pain or to make easier to endure |
| covalent bonds | a bond formed between atoms by shared electrons |
| valence | The property of an atom which determines it's combining power |
| covalence | the number of pairs of electrons an atom can share |
| incubate | to sit on eggs to hatch them as to make artificial heat |
| metabolism | The chemical processes within an organism by which energy is made available, such as creating, maintaining, or destroying a substance. |
| polar molecule | A particle that has at least two covalently bonded atoms with an unequal distribution to charges. |
| hydrothermal | to refer to hot solutions and gases within or on the surface of the earth |
| pertain | to refer to |
| consensus | majority of opinion |
| ATP | adenosine triphosphate |
| peptide | a compound consisting of two or more amino acids linked together |
| ambivalent | being unsure about making a decision |
