acylglycerol | (noun) an ester of glycerol and fatty acids that occurs naturally as fats and fatty oils | Synonyms: glyceride |
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calycle | (noun) a small cup-shaped structure (as a taste bud or optic cup or cavity of a coral containing a polyp) | Synonyms: caliculus, calyculus |
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(noun) a group of bracts simulating a calyx as in a carnation or hibiscus | Synonyms: calyculus, epicalyx, false calyx |
calyculus | (noun) a small cup-shaped structure (as a taste bud or optic cup or cavity of a coral containing a polyp) | Synonyms: caliculus, calycle |
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(noun) a group of bracts simulating a calyx as in a carnation or hibiscus | Synonyms: calycle, epicalyx, false calyx |
cephaloglycin | (noun) antibiotic related to cephalosporin but no longer in common use | Synonyms: Kafocin |
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flycatcher | (noun) any of a large group of small songbirds that feed on insects taken on the wing | Synonyms: Old World flycatcher, true flycatcher |
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(noun) large American birds that characteristically catch insects on the wing | Synonyms: New World flycatcher, tyrant bird, tyrant flycatcher |
glyceraldehyde | (noun) a sweet crystalline aldehyde formed by the breakdown of sugars | Synonyms: glyceric aldehyde |
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glyceride | (noun) an ester of glycerol and fatty acids that occurs naturally as fats and fatty oils | Synonyms: acylglycerol |
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glycerin | (noun) a sweet syrupy trihydroxy alcohol obtained by saponification of fats and oils | Synonyms: glycerine, glycerol |
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glycerine | (noun) a sweet syrupy trihydroxy alcohol obtained by saponification of fats and oils | Synonyms: glycerin, glycerol |
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glycerite | (noun) a medicine made by mixing a substance in glycerin | Synonyms: glycerole |
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glycerogel | (noun) a medicated skin preparation made from glycerin and glycerinated gelatin | Synonyms: glycerogelatin |
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glycerogelatin | (noun) a medicated skin preparation made from glycerin and glycerinated gelatin | Synonyms: glycerogel |
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glycerol | (noun) a sweet syrupy trihydroxy alcohol obtained by saponification of fats and oils | Synonyms: glycerin, glycerine |
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glycerole | (noun) a medicine made by mixing a substance in glycerin | Synonyms: glycerite |
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glyceryl | (noun) a trivalent radical derived from glycerol by removing the three hydroxyl radicals | - |
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glycine | (noun) the simplest amino acid found in proteins and the principal amino acid in sugar cane | - |
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glycogen | (noun) one form in which body fuel is stored; stored primarily in the liver and broken down into glucose when needed by the body | Synonyms: animal starch |
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glycogenesis | (noun) the conversion of glucose to glycogen when the glucose in the blood exceeds the demand | - |
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(noun) the formation in animals of glycogen from glucose | - |
glycol | (noun) any of a class of alcohols having 2 hydroxyl groups in each molecule | Synonyms: dihydric alcohol, diol |
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(noun) a sweet but poisonous syrupy liquid used as an antifreeze and solvent | Synonyms: ethanediol, ethylene glycol |
glycolysis | (noun) a metabolic process that breaks down carbohydrates and sugars through a series of reactions to either pyruvic acid or lactic acid and releases energy for the body in the form of ATP | - |
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glycoprotein | (noun) a conjugated protein having a carbohydrate component | - |
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glycoside | (noun) a group of compounds derived from monosaccharides | - |
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glycosuria | (noun) the presence of abnormally high levels of sugar in the urine | - |
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hyperglycaemia | (noun) abnormally high blood sugar usually associated with diabetes | Synonyms: hyperglycemia |
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hyperglycemia | (noun) abnormally high blood sugar usually associated with diabetes | Synonyms: hyperglycaemia |
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hypoglycaemia | (noun) abnormally low blood sugar usually resulting from excessive insulin or a poor diet | Synonyms: hypoglycemia |
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hypoglycemia | (noun) abnormally low blood sugar usually resulting from excessive insulin or a poor diet | Synonyms: hypoglycaemia |
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lycaenid | (noun) any of various butterflies of the family Lycaenidae | Synonyms: lycaenid butterfly |
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lycanthrope | (noun) a monster able to change appearance from human to wolf and back again | Synonyms: loup-garou, werewolf, wolfman |
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lycanthropy | (noun) (folklore) the magical ability of a person to assume the characteristics of a wolf | - |
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lycee | (noun) a school for students intermediate between elementary school and college; usually grades 9 to 12 | Synonyms: Gymnasium, lyceum, middle school, secondary school |
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lyceum | (noun) a public hall for lectures and concerts | - |
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(noun) a school for students intermediate between elementary school and college; usually grades 9 to 12 | Synonyms: Gymnasium, lycee, middle school, secondary school |
lychee | (noun) Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed; often dried | Synonyms: leechee, lichee, lichi, litchee, litchi, litchi nut |
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lychgate | (noun) a roofed gate to a churchyard, formerly used as a temporary shelter for the bier during funerals | Synonyms: lichgate |
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lychnis | (noun) mostly perennial herbs with sticky stems that catch insects; widespread in north temperate zone | Synonyms: catchfly |
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lycopene | (noun) carotenoid that makes tomatoes red; may lower the risk of prostate cancer | - |
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lycopod | (noun) primitive evergreen moss-like plant with spores in club-shaped strobiles | Synonyms: club-moss, club moss |
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mollycoddle | (noun) a pampered darling; an effeminate man | - |
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mollycoddler | (noun) someone who pampers or spoils by excessive indulgence | Synonyms: coddler, pamperer, spoiler |
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nitroglycerin | (noun) a heavy yellow poisonous oily explosive liquid obtained by nitrating glycerol; used in making explosives and medically as a vasodilator (trade names Nitrospan and Nitrostat) | Synonyms: glyceryl trinitrate, nitroglycerine, Nitrospan, Nitrostat, trinitroglycerin |
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nitroglycerine | (noun) a heavy yellow poisonous oily explosive liquid obtained by nitrating glycerol; used in making explosives and medically as a vasodilator (trade names Nitrospan and Nitrostat) | Synonyms: glyceryl trinitrate, nitroglycerin, Nitrospan, Nitrostat, trinitroglycerin |
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pelycosaur | (noun) large primitive reptile having a tall spinal sail; of the Permian or late Paleozoic in Europe and North America | - |
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polychaete | (noun) chiefly marine annelids possessing both sexes and having paired appendages (parapodia) bearing bristles | Synonyms: polychaete worm, polychete, polychete worm |
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polychete | (noun) chiefly marine annelids possessing both sexes and having paired appendages (parapodia) bearing bristles | Synonyms: polychaete, polychaete worm, polychete worm |
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polychrome | (noun) a piece of work composed of or decorated in many colors | - |
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polycythemia | (noun) a disorder characterized by an abnormal increase in the number of red blood cells in the blood | - |
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triglyceride | (noun) glyceride occurring naturally in animal and vegetable tissues; it consists of three individual fatty acids bound together in a single large molecule; an important energy source forming much of the fat stored by the body | - |
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trinitroglycerin | (noun) a heavy yellow poisonous oily explosive liquid obtained by nitrating glycerol; used in making explosives and medically as a vasodilator (trade names Nitrospan and Nitrostat) | Synonyms: glyceryl trinitrate, nitroglycerin, nitroglycerine, Nitrospan, Nitrostat |
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