antidepressant | (noun) any of a class of drugs used to treat depression; often have undesirable side effects | Synonyms: antidepressant drug |
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betide | (verb) become of; happen to | Synonyms: bechance, befall |
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deoxynucleotide | (noun) Any nucleotide that contains a deoxy sugar. | - |
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ebbtide | (noun) the tide while water is flowing out | - |
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eventide | (noun) the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall) | Synonyms: eve, even, evening |
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fibrinopeptide | (noun) peptide released from the amino end of fibrinogen by the action of thrombin to form fibrin during clotting of the blood | - |
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lactide | (noun) any of a class of heterocyclic compounds, formally acid anhydrides, formed by heating α-lactones. | - |
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noontide | (noun) the middle of the day | Synonyms: high noon, midday, noon, noonday, twelve noon |
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nucleotide | (noun) a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA) | Synonyms: base |
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oligonucleotide | (noun) (biochemistry) a polynucleotide whose molecules contain relatively few nucleotides | Synonyms: oligo |
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peptide | (noun) amide combining the amino group of one amino acid with the carboxyl group of another; usually obtained by partial hydrolysis of protein | - |
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polynucleotide | (noun) (biochemistry) a linear polymer whose molecule is composed of many nucleotide units constituting a section of a nucleic acid molecule | - |
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polypeptide | (noun) a peptide containing 10 to more than 100 amino acids | - |
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rhytidectomy | (noun) plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised | Synonyms: cosmetic surgery, face lift, face lifting, facelift, lift, nip and tuck, rhytidoplasty |
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riptide | (noun) a strong surface current flowing outwards from a shore | Synonyms: rip current |
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(noun) a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current | Synonyms: countercurrent, crosscurrent, rip, tide rip |
sarcocystidean | (noun) parasite of the muscles of vertebrates | Synonyms: sarcocystieian, sarcosporidian |
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springtide | (noun) a greater than average tide occurring during the new and full moons | - |
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(noun) a swelling rush of anything | - |
tide | (noun) the periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon | - |
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(noun) something that may increase or decrease (like the tides of the sea) | - |
(noun) there are usually two high and two low tides each day | Synonyms: lunar time period |
(verb) rise or move forward | Synonyms: surge |
(verb) be carried with the tide | - |
(verb) cause to float with the tide | - |
tideland | (noun) land near the sea that is overflowed by the tide | - |
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tidemark | (noun) indicator consisting of a line at the highwater or low-water limits of the tides | - |
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tidewater | (noun) low-lying coastal land drained by tidal streams | - |
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tideway | (noun) a channel in which a tidal current runs | - |
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undertide | (noun) a current below the surface of a fluid | Synonyms: undercurrent |
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