MYSTERIOUS
\mɪstˈi͡əɹɪəs], \mɪstˈiəɹɪəs], \m_ɪ_s_t_ˈiə_ɹ_ɪ__ə_s]\
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of an obscure nature; "the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms"; "a deep dark secret"; "the inscrutible workings of Providence"; "in its mysterious past it encompasses all the dim origins of life"- Rachel Carson; "rituals totally mystifying to visitors from other lands"
By Princeton University
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Containing mystery: obscure: secret: incomprehensible.
By Daniel Lyons
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Involved in or implying mystery; incomprehensible.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Procollagen Proline Dioxygenase
- mixed-function oxygenase that catalyzes hydroxylation prolyl-glycyl-containing-peptide, usually in protocollagen, hydroxyprolylglycyl-peptide. The enzyme utilizes molecular oxygen with a concomitant oxidative decarboxylation of 2-oxoglutarate to succinate. EC 1.14.11.2.