CHAPERONES

10 letters 17 Scrabble points

Definition of CHAPERONES

noun
  1. An older person who accompanies other younger people to ensure the propriety of their behaviour, often an older woman accompanying a young woman.

  2. A protein that assists the non-covalent folding/unfolding and the assembly/disassembly of other macromolecular structures, but does not occur in these structures when the latter are performing their normal biological functions.

verb
  1. To act as a chaperone.

Source: Wiktionary

Word Details

Letters C H A P E R O N E S
Length 10 letters
Scrabble Score 17 points