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1. acyanogenic, adj. View full entry 1962
...Designating plants that do not produce cyanide....
2. adenylyl, n. View full entry 1953
...= adenyl...
3. adipocyte, n. View full entry 1906
...A type of connective tissue cell which is specialized for the synthesis and storage of fat (predominantly as triglyceride)....
4. adsorbability, n. View full entry 1909
...The degree to which a substance or molecule is adsorbable....
5. advective, adj. View full entry 1909
...Resulting from or involving advection....
6. agboin, n. View full entry 1920
...= dahoma...
7. alloalbumin, n. View full entry 1970
...Any of the genetically determined variant forms of albumin found in human serum....
8. androstenedione, n. View full entry 1935
...An androgenic steroid, C19H26O2, from which testosterone and certain oestrogens are derived in humans....
9. aphototropic, adj. View full entry 1903
...Bending or turning away from the light (cf. apheliotropic)....
10. apterygial, adj. View full entry 1902
...Destitute of fins, finless....
11. arginase, n. View full entry 1904
...An enzyme capable of hydrolysing arginine into ornithine and urea....
12. artinite, n. View full entry 1903
...A magnesium-containing mineral associated with ultrabasic rocks such as serpentine, occurring in aggregates of white fibrous or needle-like crystals....
13. asteroseismology, n. View full entry 1983
...The study of the interior of stars by the observation and analysis of oscillations at their surface. Cf. helioseismology...
14. augmentor, n. View full entry 1902
...Variant of augmenter...
15. Australopithecus, n. View full entry 1925
...Any of several extinct bipedal hominids of the genus Australopithecus, known from Pliocene and Pleistocene fossil remains found in southern and eastern Africa, dated to between 4.2 and 1.2 million...
16. autoradiograph, v. View full entry 1947
...trans. To produce an autoradiograph of; to investigate using autoradiography....
17. aviculturist, n. View full entry 1904
...One who practises aviculture; a bird-fancier....
18. bacteriocin, n. View full entry 1954
...Any usu. proteinaceous antibiotic produced by bacteria of one strain and active against those of another strain....
19. bacteriostasis, n. View full entry 1936
...Inhibition of the growth of bacteria without destroying them....
20. bilayer, n. View full entry 1962
...A layer or film two molecules thick; esp. one composed of lipids or phospholipids, as in cell membranes....
