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Albumen
noun · 78% connection
the white part of an egg; the nutritive and protective gelatinous substance surrounding the yolk consisting mainly of albumin dissolve…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: nitrogenous, substance, resembling, vitellin, present.
Amyloid
noun · 78% connection
a non-nitrogenous food substance consisting chiefly of starch; any substance resembling starch
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: nitrogenous, substance, resembling, vitellin, present.
Asparagine
noun · 78% connection
A white, nitrogenous, crystallizable substance, C4H8N2O3+H2O, found in many plants, and first obtained from asparagus. It is believed…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: nitrogenous, substance, resembling, vitellin, present.
Cerealin
noun · 78% connection
A nitrogenous substance closely resembling diastase, obtained from bran, and possessing the power of converting starch into dextrin, s…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: nitrogenous, substance, resembling, vitellin, present.
Cerebrin
noun · 78% connection
A nonphosphorized, nitrogenous substance, obtained from brain and nerve tissue by extraction with boiling alcohol. It is uncertain whe…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: nitrogenous, substance, resembling, vitellin, present.
Chalaza
noun · 78% connection
A spiral band of thickened albuminous substance which exists in the white of the bird's egg, and serves to maintain the yolk in its po…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: nitrogenous, substance, resembling, vitellin, present.
Chondrin
noun · 78% connection
A colorless, amorphous, nitrogenous substance, tasteless and odorless, formed from cartilaginous tissue by long-continued action of bo…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: nitrogenous, substance, resembling, vitellin, present.
Chondro-
unknown · 78% connection
A combining form meaning a grain, granular, granular cartilage, cartilaginous; as, the chondrocranium, the cartilaginous skull of the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: nitrogenous, substance, resembling, vitellin, present.
Chondroganoidea
noun · 78% connection
An order of ganoid fishes, including the sturgeons; -- so called on account of their cartilaginous skeleton.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: nitrogenous, substance, resembling, vitellin, present.
Chondropterygii
n. pl. · 78% connection
A group of fishes, characterized by cartilaginous fins and skeleton. It includes both ganoids (sturgeons, etc.) and selachians (sharks…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: nitrogenous, substance, resembling, vitellin, present.
Chondrostei
n. pl. · 78% connection
An order of fishes, including the sturgeons; -- so named because the skeleton is cartilaginous.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: nitrogenous, substance, resembling, vitellin, present.
Deutoplasm
noun · 78% connection
The lifeless food matter in the cytoplasm of an ovum or a cell, as distinguished from the active or true protoplasm; yolk substance; y…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: nitrogenous, substance, resembling, vitellin, present.
Elasmobranch
noun · 78% connection
any of numerous fishes of the class Chondrichthyes characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton and placoid scales: sharks, rays, skates
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: nitrogenous, substance, resembling, vitellin, present.
Elasmobranchii
n. pl. · 78% connection
A subclass of fishes, comprising the sharks, the rays, and the Chimaera. The skeleton is mainly cartilaginous.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: nitrogenous, substance, resembling, vitellin, present.
Elastin
noun · 78% connection
A nitrogenous substance, somewhat resembling albumin, which forms the chemical basis of elastic tissue. It is very insoluble in most f…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: nitrogenous, substance, resembling, vitellin, present.
Embiotocoid
noun · 78% connection
One of a family of fishes (Embiotocidae) abundant on the coast of California, remarkable for being viviparous; -- also called surf fis…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: nitrogenous, substance, resembling, vitellin, present.
Globulin
noun · 78% connection
An albuminous body, insoluble in water, but soluble in dilute solutions of salt. It is present in the red blood corpuscles united with…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: nitrogenous, substance, resembling, vitellin, present.
Glycocoll
noun · 78% connection
A crystalline, nitrogenous substance, with a sweet taste, formed from hippuric acid by boiling with hydrochloric acid, and present in…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: nitrogenous, substance, resembling, vitellin, present.