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Suet

The fat and fatty tissues of an animal, especially the harder fat about the kidneys and loins in beef and mutton, which, when melted and freed from the membranes, forms tallow.

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Suety 74% connected

Consisting of, or resembling, suet; as, a suety substance.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Consisting of, or resembling, suet; as, a suety substance.

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Adenine noun · 78% connection

(biochemistry) purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with thymine in DNA and with uracil in RNA

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Adenosine noun · 78% connection

(biochemistry) a nucleoside that is a structural component of nucleic acids; it is present in all living cells in a combined form as a…

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Agonist noun · 78% connection

(biochemistry) a drug that can combine with a receptor on a cell to produce a physiological reaction

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Antagonism noun · 78% connection

(biochemistry) interference in or inhibition of the physiological action of a chemical substance by another having a similar structure

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Cutin noun · 78% connection

(biochemistry) a waxy transparent material that occurs in the cuticle of plants and consists of highly polymerized esters of fatty aci…

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Cytochrome noun · 78% connection

(biochemistry) a class of hemoprotein whose principal biological function is electron transfer (especially in cellular respiration)

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Deoxyribonucleic acid noun · 78% connection

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Endergonic adjective · 78% connection

(biochemistry) of a process accompanied by or requiring the absorption of energy; the products of the process are of greater free ener…

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Exergonic adjective · 78% connection

(biochemistry) of a process accompanied by the release of energy; "diffusion is an exergonic process"

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Lysis noun · 78% connection

(biochemistry) dissolution or destruction of cells such as blood cells or bacteria

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Nucleic acid noun · 78% connection

(biochemistry) any of various macromolecules composed of nucleotide chains that are vital constituents of all living cells

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(biochemistry) a polynucleotide whose molecules contain relatively few nucleotides

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Oligonucleotide noun · 78% connection

(biochemistry) a polynucleotide whose molecules contain relatively few nucleotides

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Polynucleotide noun · 78% connection

(biochemistry) a linear polymer whose molecule is composed of many nucleotide units constituting a section of a nucleic acid molecule

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Ribonucleic acid noun · 78% connection

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Beefsteak noun · 78% connection

A steak of beef; a slice of beef broiled or suitable for broiling.

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Beefy adjective · 78% connection

Having much beef; of the nature of beef; resembling beef; fleshy.

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Beeve noun · 78% connection

A beef; a beef creature.

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Bouilli noun · 78% connection

Boiled or stewed meat; beef boiled with vegetables in water from which its gravy is to be made; beef from which bouillon or soup has b…

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Brose noun · 78% connection

Pottage made by pouring some boiling liquid on meal (esp. oatmeal), and stirring it. It is called beef brose, water brose, etc., accor…

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Charqui noun · 78% connection

Jerked beef; beef cut into long strips and dried in the wind and sun.

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Cholesterin noun · 78% connection

an animal sterol that is normally synthesized by the liver; the most abundant steroid in animal tissues

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Cholesterol noun · 78% connection

an animal sterol that is normally synthesized by the liver; the most abundant steroid in animal tissues

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Clod noun · 78% connection

A part of the shoulder of a beef creature, or of the neck piece near the shoulder. See Illust. of Beef.

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Collared adjective · 78% connection

Rolled up and bound close with a string; as, collared beef. See To collar beef, under Collar, v. t.

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Dissolve verb · 78% connection

become or cause to become soft or liquid; "The sun melted the ice"; "the ice thawed"; "the ice cream melted"; "The heat melted the wax…

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Gelatine noun · 78% connection

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

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