All English words - page 242

Meanings of Amygdale:

noun

A vesicle in an igneous rock, containing secondary minerals.

Usage examples:

Segregation vesicles are therefore distinguished from amygdales because they are infilled with chil…

Meanings of Amygdales:

noun

A vesicle in an igneous rock, containing secondary minerals.

Usage examples:

Segregation vesicles are therefore distinguished from amygdales because they are infilled with chil…

Meanings of Amygdalin:

noun

A bitter crystalline compound found in bitter almonds and the stones of peaches, apricots, and other fruit.

Usage examples:

Moreover, when unripe, they contain amygdalin, which is also present in bitter almonds, and are tox…

Meanings of Amygdaloid:

adjective

Shaped like an almond.

Usage examples:

The amygdaloid form is rare.

noun

Another term for amygdala.

Meanings of Amygdaloidal:

adjective

Relating to or containing amygdales.

Usage examples:

The native-copper deposits can be further divided into fissure veins, and blanket-type lode deposit…

Meanings of Amygdule:

noun

A vesicle in an igneous rock, containing secondary minerals.

Usage examples:

Segregation vesicles are therefore distinguished from amygdales because they are infilled with chil…

Meanings of Amygdules:

noun

A vesicle in an igneous rock, containing secondary minerals.

Usage examples:

Segregation vesicles are therefore distinguished from amygdales because they are infilled with chil…

Meanings of Amyl:

noun

Of or denoting the straight-chain pentyl radical —c5h11.

Meanings of Amylase:

noun

An enzyme, found chiefly in saliva and pancreatic fluid, that converts starch and glycogen into simple sugars.

Usage examples:

You need a supplement that provides all of the three main groups of enzymes - amylase, protease and…

Meanings of Amyloid:

noun

A protein that is deposited in the liver, kidneys, spleen, or other tissues in certain diseases.

Usage examples:

Amyloidosis occurs when the protein amyloid is deposited in the kidneys under conditions other than…

Meanings of Amyloidosis:

noun

Deposition of amyloid in the body.

Usage examples:

Less common features include clubbing, periostitis, amyloidosis, and granulomatous disease of bone …

Meanings of Amylopectin:

noun

The non-crystallizable form of starch, consisting of branched polysaccharide chains.

Usage examples:

The two major components of starch are amylose and amylopectin.

Meanings of Amylose:

noun

The crystallizable form of starch, consisting of long unbranched polysaccharide chains.

Usage examples:

Another relevant class of biopolymers for which stretching measurements are available is constitute…

Meanings of Amyotrophic:

noun

A serious disease affecting the nerve cells, especially those in the spinal cord that control muscle movement, and resulting in a reduction in size and strength of the muscles

Meanings of Amyotrophy:

noun

Muscular atrophy.

Usage examples:

Diabetic amyotrophy, also known as femoral neuropathy or proximal motor neuropathy, usually is bila…

Meanings of Amytal:

noun

A barbiturate drug used as a sedative and a hypnotic.

Usage examples:

Intravenous sodium amytal (amytal, luminal, nembutal) elicited no benefit, but intravenous zolpidem…

Meanings of An:

determiner

The form of the indefinite article used before words beginning with a vowel sound.

suffix

Forming adjectives and nouns from names of places.

Usage examples:

Cuban

prefix

Variant spelling of a-1 before a vowel (as in anaemia ).

abbreviation

Andaman and nicobar islands.

Meanings of An axe:

idiom

To have a strong personal opinion about something that you want people to accept and that is the reason why you do something

Usage examples:

Environmentalists have no political axe to grind - they just want to save the planet.

Meanings of An-abundance:

collocation

In order to be extremely careful to avoid a particular risk, even if the risk is small

Usage examples:

The airline said that out of an abundance of caution they would temporarily ground their entire fle…

Meanings of An-apple-a-day-keeps-the-doctor-away:

idiom

This means that eating an apple each day can help to keep you healthy.

Meanings of An-arm-and-a-leg:

idiom

A lot of money

Usage examples:

Cost an arm and a leg these shoes cost me an arm and a leg.

Meanings of An-easy-target-for:

noun

An object aimed and fired at during shooting practice, often a circle with a pattern of rings, or any object or place at which arrows, bullets, bombs, and other missiles are aimed

Usage examples:

I missed the target., the plane passed over the target., the president was the main target of the s…

Meanings of An-eternity:

noun

Time that never ends

Usage examples:

At her age, even a few months can seem like an eternity.

Meanings of An-eye-for-an-eye:

idiom

Said to show that you believe if someone does something wrong, that person should be punished by having the same thing done to them

Meanings of An-injury:

idiom

To hurt yourself

Usage examples:

Don't even think about lifting me up, ted, you might do yourself an injury.