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Amylase
- noun - any of a group of proteins found in saliva and pancreatic juice and parts of plants; help convert starch to sugar
Amylate
- - A compound of the radical amyl with oxygen and a positive atom or radical.
Amylene
- - One of a group of metameric hydrocarbons, C5H10, of the ethylene series. The colorless, volatile, mobile liquid commonly called amylene is a mixture of different members of the group.
Amyloid
- adjective - (pathology) a waxy translucent complex protein resembling starch that results from degeneration of tissue
- a non-nitrogenous food substance consisting chiefly of starch; any substance resembling starch
- resembling starch
Amylose
- - One of the starch group (C6H10O5)n of the carbohydrates; as, starch, arabin, dextrin, cellulose, etc.
Amylums
- noun - a complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants, notably in corn, potatoes, wheat, and rice; an important foodstuff and used otherwise especially in adhesives and as fillers and stiffeners for paper and textiles
Asylums
- noun - a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person
- a shelter from danger or hardship
Bayleaf
- unknown - the aromatic dried leaf of the bay tree, used in cooking
Boylike
- adjective - befitting or characteristic of a young boy; "a boyish grin"; "schoolboyish pranks"
- like a boy; "he smiled boyishly at his fiancee"
Chylify
- - To make chyle of; to be converted into chyle.