Leucomaine: alternatives and connections

The action of the vital principle, or of the instinctive powers, toward the preservation of the individual; also, the vital principle.

Destitute of any vestige of organic life, or at least of animal life; anterior to the existence of animal life; formed when there was…

Morally low. Hence: Low-minded; unworthy; without dignity of sentiment; ignoble; mean; illiberal; menial; as, a base fellow; base moti…

A combining form, especially in anatomical and botanical words, to indicate the base or position at or near a base; forming a base; as…

The material organized substance of an animal, whether living or dead, as distinguished from the spirit, or vital principle; the physi…

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a corpse, or the changes produced by death; cadaverous; as, cadaveric rigidity.

A white, fatty, crystalline substance, tasteless and odorless, found in animal and plant products and tissue, and especially in nerve…

In any wall, that part of the basement included between the base and the base course. See Base course, under Base.

During; as, durante vita, during life; durante bene placito, during pleasure.

In the time of; as long as the action or existence of; as, during life; during the space of a year.

excessive nutrients in a lake or other body of water, usually caused by runoff of nutrients (animal waste, fertilizers, sewage) from t…

The lowest and supporting part or member of a wall, including the base course (see Base course (a), under Base, n.) and footing course…

dissociative disorder in which a person forgets who they are and leaves home to create a new life; during the fugue there is no memory…

Animal jelly; glutinous material obtained from animal tissues by prolonged boiling. Specifically (Physiol. Chem.), a nitrogeneous coll…

A compound of hydriodic acid with a base; -- distinguished from an iodide, in which only the iodine combines with the base.

Any young insect from the time that it hatches from the egg until it becomes a pupa, or chrysalis. During this time it usually molts s…

That saves life, or is suited to save life, esp. from drowning; as, the life-saving service; a life-saving station.

a malignant neoplasm of nerve tissue and fibrous tissue and connective tissue