CONINE | • conine n. Alternative spelling of coniine. • Conine prop.n. A surname. • CONINE n. a liquid, highly poisonous alkaloid found in hemlock, also CONIA, CONICINE, CONIINE, CONIN. |
LEONINE | • leonine adj. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a lion. • leonine n. (Numismatics, historical) A 13th-century coin minted in Europe and used in England as a debased form… • leonine n. (Poetry) A kind of Latin verse, generally alternate hexameter and pentameter, rhyming at the middle and end. |
PAVONINE | • pavonine adj. Of or pertaining to the genus Pavo or its family Pavonidae, including the peafowl. • pavonine adj. Possessing the coloring or iridescence of a peacock feather. • pavonine adj. Showy, like a peacock’s tail; exhibiting vanity. |
PYRONINE | • pyronine n. Any of a group of xanthene dyes used to stain RNA, especially in electrophoresis. • PYRONINE n. (tradename) any of several xanthene dyes, also PYRONIN. |
SAPONINE | • saponine n. Alternative form of saponin. • SAPONINE n. a soapy substance obtained from plants, also SAPONIN. |
THIONINE | • thionine n. (Chemistry) An artificial red or violet dyestuff consisting of a complex sulfur derivative of certain… • thionine n. (Organic chemistry) The unsaturated nine-membered heterocycle having eight carbon atoms, one sulfur… • THIONINE n. a violet dye, also THIONIN. |
BUTEONINE | • buteonine n. (Ornithology) Any bird in the accipitrid subfamily Buteoninae. • BUTEONINE adj. like a buzzard. • BUTEONINE n. a bird of the buzzard family. |
CHACONINE | • chaconine n. (Organic chemistry) A steroidal glycoalkaloid chemical compound found in plants of the family Solanaceae… • CHACONINE n. a toxic alkaloid found in potatoes. |
ETHIONINE | • ethionine n. (Biochemistry) A toxic and carcinogenic non-proteinogenic amino acid structurally related to methionine… • ETHIONINE n. an amino acid. |
FALCONINE | • falconine adj. Of, or relating to falcons or hawks. • falconine adj. Resembling a falcon. • FALCONINE adj. like a falcon or hawk; belonging to the Falconidae. |
THREONINE | • threonine n. (Biochemistry) An essential amino acid C4H9NO3 found in most animal proteins. • THREONINE n. an essential amino acid. |
VIREONINE | • vireonine adj. Relating to, or characteristic of the vireo. • VIREONINE n. a bird of the vireo family. |
CINCHONINE | • cinchonine n. (Organic chemistry) An alkaloid, obtained from the bark of cinchona trees, that is used as an antimalarial agent. • CINCHONINE n. an alkaloid obtained from cinchona bark and used as a substitute for quinine. |
COREGONINE | • coregonine n. Any fish of the genus Coregonus. • COREGONINE adj. of or like the genus Coregonus, a kind of whitefish. |
METHIONINE | • methionine n. (Biochemistry, organic chemistry) A lipotropic, sulphur-containing essential amino acid, C5H11NO2S… • METHIONINE n. an essential sulphur-bearing amino acid. |
METHYLTHIONINE | • METHYLTHIONINE n. as in methylthionine chloride, a dark green dye used as a stain, antiseptic etc. |
VESPERTILIONINE | • vespertilionine n. (Zoology) Any bat of the family Vespertilionidae or subfamily Vespertilioninae. • vespertilionine adj. Of or relating to the bats of the subfamily Vespertilioninae. • VESPERTILIONINE adj. of, relating to, or belonging to the Vespertilionidae, a family of common and widespread bats. |