aldohexose | (noun) a monosaccharide sugar having six carbon atoms and an aldehyde group | - |
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aldose | (noun) a monosaccharide sugar that contains the aldehyde group or is hemiacetal | - |
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aldotetrose | (noun) A four-carbon aldose; for example, threose, erythrose. | - |
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aldotriose | (noun) Any aldose having three carbon atoms; in reality, just glyceraldehyde. | - |
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bladdernose | (noun) medium-sized blackish-grey seal with large inflatable sac on the head; of Arctic and northern Atlantic waters | Synonyms: Cystophora cristata, hooded seal |
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bluenose | (noun) a native or inhabitant of Nova Scotia | Synonyms: Nova Scotian |
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boothose | (noun) protective stockings worn with or in place of boots | - |
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bottlenose | (noun) northern Atlantic beaked whale with a bulbous forehead | Synonyms: bottle-nosed whale, bottlenose whale, Hyperoodon ampullatus |
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(noun) any of several dolphins with rounded forehead and well-developed beak; chiefly of northern Atlantic and Mediterranean | Synonyms: bottle-nosed dolphin, bottlenose dolphin |
bullnose | (noun) a small carpenter's plane with the cutting edge near the front | Synonyms: bullnosed plane |
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burnoose | (noun) a long hooded cloak woven of wool in one piece; worn by Arabs and Moors | Synonyms: burnous, burnouse |
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caboose | (noun) a car on a freight train for use of the train crew; usually the last car on the train | Synonyms: cabin car |
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(noun) the area for food preparation on a ship | Synonyms: cookhouse, galley, ship's galley |
cellulose | (noun) a polysaccharide that is the chief constituent of all plant tissues and fibers | - |
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close | (noun) the concluding part of any performance | Synonyms: closing curtain, finale, finis |
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(noun) the last section of a communication | Synonyms: closing, conclusion, end, ending |
(noun) the temporal end; the concluding time | Synonyms: conclusion, finale, finis, finish, last, stopping point |
conenose | (noun) large bloodsucking bug | Synonyms: big bedbug, cone-nosed bug, conenose bug, kissing bug |
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deoxyribose | (noun) a sugar that is a constituent of nucleic acids | - |
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dextroglucose | (noun) an isomer of glucose that is found in honey and sweet fruits | Synonyms: dextrose, grape sugar |
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dextrose | (noun) an isomer of glucose that is found in honey and sweet fruits | Synonyms: dextroglucose, grape sugar |
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dose | (noun) a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time | Synonyms: dosage |
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(noun) street name for lysergic acid diethylamide | Synonyms: acid, back breaker, battery-acid, dot, Elvis, loony toons, Lucy in the sky with diamonds, pane, superman, window pane, Zen |
(noun) the quantity of an active agent (substance or radiation) taken in or absorbed at any one time | Synonyms: dosage |
(noun) a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact | Synonyms: Cupid's disease, Cupid's itch, sexually transmitted disease, social disease, STD, VD, venereal disease, venereal infection, Venus's curse |
expose | (noun) the exposure of an impostor or a fraud | Synonyms: unmasking |
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fructose | (noun) a simple sugar found in honey and in many ripe fruits | Synonyms: fruit sugar, laevulose, levulose |
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galactose | (noun) a simple sugar found in lactose | Synonyms: brain sugar |
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glucose | (noun) a monosaccharide sugar that has several forms; an important source of physiological energy | - |
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goose | (noun) web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks | - |
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(noun) flesh of a goose (domestic or wild) | - |
(noun) a man who is a stupid incompetent fool | Synonyms: bozo, cuckoo, fathead, goof, goofball, jackass, twat, zany |
heptose | (noun) a monosaccharide with seven carbon atoms. | - |
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hexose | (noun) a monosaccharide that contains six carbon atoms per molecule | - |
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hooknose | (noun) a nose with a prominent slightly aquiline bridge | Synonyms: Roman nose |
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hose | (noun) socks and stockings and tights collectively (the British include underwear) | Synonyms: hosiery |
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(noun) a flexible pipe for conveying a liquid or gas | Synonyms: hosepipe |
(noun) man's close-fitting garment of the 16th and 17th centuries covering the legs and reaching up to the waist; worn with a doublet | - |
ketoheptose | (noun) A seven-carbon sugar possessing a ketone group. | - |
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ketohexose | (noun) a monosaccharide having six carbon atoms and a ketone group | - |
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ketose | (noun) any monosaccharide sugar that contains a ketone group or its hemiacetal | - |
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ketotetrose | (noun) A monosaccharide that has both a ketone and four carbons. | - |
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ketotriose | (noun) Any ketose having three carbon atoms; in reality, only dihydroxyacetone. | - |
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lactose | (noun) a sugar comprising one glucose molecule linked to a galactose molecule; occurs only in milk | Synonyms: milk sugar |
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laevulose | (noun) a simple sugar found in honey and in many ripe fruits | Synonyms: fructose, fruit sugar, levulose |
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levulose | (noun) a simple sugar found in honey and in many ripe fruits | Synonyms: fructose, fruit sugar, laevulose |
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maltose | (noun) a white crystalline sugar formed during the digestion of starches | Synonyms: malt sugar |
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megadose | (noun) an exceptionally large dose, as of a drug or vitamin. | - |
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mongoose | (noun) agile grizzled Old World viverrine; preys on snakes and rodents | - |
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monosaccharose | (noun) a sugar (like sucrose or fructose) that does not hydrolyse to give other sugars; the simplest group of carbohydrates | Synonyms: monosaccharide, simple sugar |
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moose | (noun) large northern deer with enormous flattened antlers in the male; called `elk' in Europe and `moose' in North America | Synonyms: Alces alces, elk |
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nitrocellulose | (noun) a nitric acid ester; used in lacquers and explosives | Synonyms: cellulose nitrate, guncotton, nitrocotton |
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noose | (noun) a trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose | Synonyms: gin, snare |
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(noun) a loop formed in a cord or rope by means of a slipknot; it binds tighter as the cord or rope is pulled | Synonyms: running noose, slip noose |
nose | (noun) a front that resembles a human nose (especially the front of an aircraft) | - |
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(noun) a projecting spout from which a fluid is discharged | Synonyms: nozzle |
(noun) the front or forward projection of a tool or weapon | - |
(noun) the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals | Synonyms: olfactory organ |
(noun) the sense of smell (especially in animals) | - |
(noun) a natural skill | - |
(noun) a symbol of inquisitiveness | - |
(noun) a small distance | - |
pantyhose | (noun) a woman's tights consisting of underpants and stockings | - |
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papoose | (noun) an American Indian infant | Synonyms: pappoose |
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pappoose | (noun) an American Indian infant | Synonyms: papoose |
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pentose | (noun) any monosaccharide sugar containing five atoms of carbon per molecule | - |
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polyose | (noun) any of a class of carbohydrates whose molecules contain chains of monosaccharide molecules | Synonyms: polysaccharide |
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pose | (noun) a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display | Synonyms: affectation, affectedness, mannerism |
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(noun) affected manners intended to impress others | Synonyms: airs |
(noun) a posture assumed by models for photographic or artistic purposes | - |
primrose | (noun) any of numerous short-stemmed plants of the genus Primula having tufted basal leaves and showy flowers clustered in umbels or heads | Synonyms: primula |
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prose | (noun) ordinary writing as distinguished from verse | - |
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(noun) matter of fact, commonplace, or dull expression | - |
purpose | (noun) what something is used for | Synonyms: function, role, use |
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(noun) the quality of being determined to do or achieve something; firmness of purpose | Synonyms: determination |
(noun) an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions | Synonyms: aim, design, intent, intention |
pyrocellulose | (noun) nitrocellulose containing less nitrogen than guncotton; used in making smokeless powder | - |
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raffinose | (noun) a trisaccharide that occurs in sugar beets and cotton seeds and certain cereals | - |
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repose | (noun) freedom from activity (work or strain or responsibility) | Synonyms: ease, relaxation, rest |
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(noun) a disposition free from stress or emotion | Synonyms: placidity, quiet, serenity, tranquility, tranquillity |
(noun) the absence of mental stress or anxiety | Synonyms: ataraxis, heartsease, peace, peace of mind, peacefulness, serenity |
ribose | (noun) a pentose sugar important as a component of ribonucleic acid | - |
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rockrose | (noun) small shrubs of scrub and dry woodland regions of southern Europe and North Africa; grown for their showy flowers and soft often downy and aromatic evergreen foliage | Synonyms: rock rose |
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(noun) any of numerous varieties of helianthemums having small rose-like yellow or white or reddish flowers | Synonyms: rock rose |
rose | (noun) a dusty pink color | Synonyms: rosiness |
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(noun) pinkish table wine from red grapes whose skins were removed after fermentation began | Synonyms: blush wine, pink wine, rose wine |
(noun) any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses | Synonyms: rosebush |
saccharose | (noun) a complex carbohydrate found in many plants and used as a sweetening agent | Synonyms: sucrose |
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schmoose | (noun) an informal conversation | Synonyms: chat, confab, confabulation, schmooze |
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stachyose | (noun) a tetrasaccharide found in the tubers of the Chinese artichoke | - |
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sucrose | (noun) a complex carbohydrate found in many plants and used as a sweetening agent | Synonyms: saccharose |
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sunrose | (noun) any plant of the genus Helianthemum; vigorous plants of stony alpine meadows and dry scrub regions | Synonyms: helianthemum, sun rose |
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tetrose | (noun) any monosaccharide sugar containing four atoms of carbon per molecule | - |
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transpose | (noun) a matrix formed by interchanging the rows and columns of a given matrix | - |
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triose | (noun) any monosaccharide sugar containing three atoms of carbon per molecule | - |
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tuberose | (noun) a tuberous Mexican herb having grasslike leaves and cultivated for its spikes of highly fragrant lily-like waxy white flowers | Synonyms: Polianthes tuberosa |
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viscose | (noun) a rayon fabric made from viscose (cellulose xanthate) fibers | Synonyms: viscose rayon |
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(noun) a cellulose ester obtained by treating cellulose with caustic soda | Synonyms: cellulose xanthate |
xylose | (noun) a sugar extracted from wood or straw; used in foods for diabetics | Synonyms: wood sugar |
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