ARIDER | • arider adj. Comparative form of arid: more arid. • ARID adj. very dry. |
ARIDEST | • aridest adj. Superlative form of arid: most arid. • ARID adj. very dry. |
CHARIDEE | • charidee n. (Informal, humorous) Conspicuous charity, especially as part of a TV promotion, or of an otherwise pointless exercise. • CHARIDEE n. a jocular word for charity, also CHARITY. |
ACARIDEAN | • acaridean n. Synonym of acarine. • ACARIDEAN adj. relating to the Acarida, mites and ticks. • ACARIDEAN n. a mite or tick, also ACARIDIAN. |
ASCARIDES | • ASCARIS n. (Greek) any nematode worm of the parasitic genus Ascaris, infesting the small intestines, also ASCARID. |
CHARIDEES | • CHARIDEE n. a jocular word for charity, also CHARITY. |
ACARIDEANS | • acarideans n. Plural of acaridean. • ACARIDEAN n. a mite or tick, also ACARIDIAN. |
SACCHARIDE | • saccharide n. (Biochemistry) The unit structure of carbohydrates, of general formula CnH2nOn. Either the simple sugars… • SACCHARIDE n. a carbohydrate, a compound of sugar. |
CANTHARIDES | • cantharides n. Spanish fly, Lytta vesicatoria (syn. Cantharis vesicatoria). • cantharides n. Spanish fly; a vesicant extracted from the beetle, popularly held to have aphrodisiac properties. • CANTHARIS n. a beetle with an elongated cylindrical body of a brilliant green color, aka Spanish fly, also CANTHARID. |
SACCHARIDES | • saccharides n. Plural of saccharide. • SACCHARIDE n. a carbohydrate, a compound of sugar. |
DISACCHARIDE | • disaccharide n. (Biochemistry) Any sugar, such as sucrose, maltose and lactose, consisting of two monosaccharides combined together. • DISACCHARIDE n. any sugar that consists of two monosaccharide residues linked together. |
DISACCHARIDES | • disaccharides n. Plural of disaccharide. • DISACCHARIDE n. any sugar that consists of two monosaccharide residues linked together. |
TRISACCHARIDE | • trisaccharide n. (Biochemistry) An oligosaccharide consisting of three monosaccharide units joined together. • TRISACCHARIDE n. a sugar that yields on complete hydrolysis three monosaccharide molecules. |
MONOSACCHARIDE | • monosaccharide n. (Biochemistry) A simple sugar such as glucose, fructose or deoxyribose that has a single ring. • MONOSACCHARIDE n. a simple sugar e.g. glucose or fructose. |
POLYSACCHARIDE | • polysaccharide n. (Biochemistry) A polymer made of many saccharide units linked by glycosidic bonds. • POLYSACCHARIDE n. a glycan, a carbohydrate whose molecules consist of a number of monosaccharide residues bonded together. |
TRISACCHARIDES | • trisaccharides n. Plural of trisaccharide. • TRISACCHARIDE n. a sugar that yields on complete hydrolysis three monosaccharide molecules. |
MONOSACCHARIDES | • monosaccharides n. Plural of monosaccharide. • MONOSACCHARIDE n. a simple sugar e.g. glucose or fructose. |
OLIGOSACCHARIDE | • oligosaccharide n. (Biochemistry) A polysaccharide of low molecular weight, being a polymer of between three and eight… • OLIGOSACCHARIDE n. a saccharide (as a disaccharide) that contains a known small number of monosaccharide units. |
POLYSACCHARIDES | • polysaccharides n. Plural of polysaccharide. • POLYSACCHARIDE n. a glycan, a carbohydrate whose molecules consist of a number of monosaccharide residues bonded together. |