AMPHIPATHIC | • amphipathic adj. (Chemistry) Describing a molecule, such as a detergent, which has both hydrophobic and hydrophilic groups. • amphipathic adj. (Biochemistry) Of the surface(s) on a protein, particularly an alpha helix, where one surface of the… • AMPHIPATHIC adj. of an unsymmetrical molecular group of which one end is hydrophilic and the other end hydrophobic. |
AMPHISCIANS | • amphiscians n. Plural of amphiscian. • AMPHISCIAN n. an inhabitant of the torrid zone, whose shadow is thrown both ways. |
AMPHITHECIA | • AMPHITHECIUM n. the outer layer of cells of the embryo of mosses and liverworts that develops into the outer parts of the spore-bearing capsule. |
AMPHITRICHA | • AMPHITRICHA n. bacteria that have flagella at both ends. |
APOMICTICAL | • APOMICTICAL adj. relating to apomixis, nonsexual reproduction, from an unfertilized ovum, also APOMICTIC. |
CAMPAIGNING | • campaigning n. Gerund of campaign: the act of taking part in a campaign. • campaigning v. Present participle of campaign. • CAMPAIGN v. to conduct an operation to achieve a certain goal. |
CAPITALISMS | • capitalisms n. Plural of capitalism. • CAPITALISM n. the economic system which is driven by the profit motive and depends on the investment of private capital to provide the means of production, distribution and exchange. |
DIPSOMANIAC | • dipsomaniac n. One with a morbid paroxysmal craving for alcohol; an alcoholic. • dipsomaniac n. A persistently drunken person; a drunkard. • DIPSOMANIAC n. one addicted to drink. |
EPITHALAMIC | • epithalamic adj. Belonging to, or designed for, an epithalamium. • epithalamic adj. (Anatomy) Of or pertaining to the epithalamus. • EPITHALAMIC adj. of or like an epithalamium. |
IMPRACTICAL | • impractical adj. Not practical; impracticable. • IMPRACTICAL adj. not practical. |
MANCIPATING | • mancipating v. Present participle of mancipate. • MANCIPATE v. to enslave. |
MANCIPATION | • mancipation n. (Obsolete) Slavery. • mancipation n. (Historical) In Ancient Rome, a legal formality for acquiring title to property by actual or by simulated purchase. • MANCIPATION n. (historical) legal transfer by actual or symbolic sale. |
PARMACITIES | • PARMACITIE n. (Shakespeare) spermaceti, also SPERMACETI. |
PRISMATICAL | • prismatical adj. Alternative form of prismatic. • PRISMATICAL adj. of, resembling or produced by prisms, also PRISMATIC. |
PYRAMIDICAL | • pyramidical adj. Pyramidic. • PYRAMIDICAL adj. of or like a pyramid, also PYRAMIDIC. |
SEPTICAEMIA | • septicaemia n. Alternative spelling of septicemia. • septicæmia n. (Pathology) Obsolete spelling of septicaemia. • SEPTICAEMIA n. blood-poisoning with presence of bacteria and their toxins in blood, also SEPTICEMIA. |