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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>DICTIONARY: american - amino group</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="americascup"> America's Cup,<DL COMPACT><DD> a cup first won in a race by the schooner America in 1851, and since then awarded to the winner of a sailboat race held approximately once every six years. </DL> <A NAME="americium"> americium, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an artificial, radioactive, metallic chemical element produced from plutonium by bombardment with high-energy alpha particles. </DL> <A NAME="amerind"> Amerind, noun, adjective. =Amerindian.</DL> <A NAME="amerindian"> Amerindian, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. =American Indian. <DD> 2. (sometimes) =Eskimo. <DD>adj. of or having to do with American Indians. </DL> <A NAME="amerindic"> Amerindic, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with Amerindians. </DL> <A NAME="ameristic"> ameristic, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Biology.) not meristic; unsegmented. </DL> <A NAME="amertoy"> Amertoy, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of an American breed of toy dogs similar to the toy Manchester terrier but smaller. </DL> <A NAME="amesace"> amesace, noun. =ambsace.</DL> <A NAME="ameslan"> Ameslan, noun. =American Sign Language. Ex. Among the sign languages, the deaf in the United States use two principal means of communication, Ameslan and finger-spelling (Eugene Linden). </DL> <A NAME="amestest"> Ames test,<DL COMPACT><DD> a test for detecting cancer-producing substances by measuring their relative ability to cause a mutation. Ex. The Ames test ... uses a highly specialized strain of bacteria that is very susceptible to mutations to measure mutagenic effect (Harper's). </DL> <A NAME="amethocaine"> amethocaine, noun. =tetracaine hydrochloride.</DL> <A NAME="amethopterin"> amethopterin, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> one of the group of so-called antagonists of folic acid, used in the treatment of leukemia, especially in children; methotrexate. </DL> <A NAME="amethopterine"> amethopterine, noun. =amethopterin.</DL> <A NAME="amethyst"> amethyst, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. a purple or violet variety of quartz, used for jewelry. <DD> 2. a rare violet-colored variety of corundum or sapphire, used for jewelry; oriental amethyst. <DD> 3. a purplish or violet color. <DD>adj. purple or violet. adj. amethystlike. </DL> <A NAME="amethystine"> amethystine, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. violet. <DD> 2. of amethyst. </DL> <A NAME="amethystinepython"> amethystine python,<DL COMPACT><DD> a variety of python living in Australia and the East Indies. </DL> <A NAME="ametropia"> ametropia, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> astigmatism, myopia, or other abnormal conditions of the eye with respect to refraction. </DL> <A NAME="ametropic"> ametropic, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or denoting ametropia. </DL> <A NAME="amex"> Amex, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) American Stock Exchange. </DL> <A NAME="amharic"> Amharic, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun the official and literary language of Ethiopia since the 1300's, a Semitic language of the Ethiopic group. <DD>adj. of or denoting this language. </DL> <A NAME="ami"> ami, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) <DD> 1. a friend. <DD> 2. a lover. </DL> <A NAME="amiability"> amiability, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the quality of being amiable; good nature; friendliness; pleasantness. </DL> <A NAME="amiable"> amiable, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. good-natured and friendly; pleasant and agreeable. Ex. She is an amiable girl and gets along with everyone. (SYN) engaging, sweet-tempered, amicable. <DD> 2. (Archaic.) lovable or lovely. noun amiableness. adv. amiably. </DL> <A NAME="amianthus"> amianthus, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a variety of asbestos with long, flexible, pearly white fibers. </DL> <A NAME="amic"> amic, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. of or resembling an amide or amine. <DD> 2. having to do with ammonia. </DL> <A NAME="amicability"> amicability, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the quality of being amicable; friendliness. </DL> <A NAME="amicable"> amicable, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having or showing a friendly attitude; peaceable. Ex. Instead of fighting, the two nations settled their quarrel by amicable negotiation. (SYN) harmonious. noun amicableness. adv. amicably. </DL> <A NAME="amice"> amice (1), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an oblong piece of white linen, usually with an embroidered cross, worn under the alb by priests at Mass. It is placed around the neck and over the shoulders. </DL> <A NAME="amice"> amice (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a furred hood, or a hood with cape attached, with long ends hanging down, formerly worn by the clergy. Also, almuce. </DL> <A NAME="amicuscuriae"> amicus curiae,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Law.) a person with no interest in a case who is called in to advise the judge. </DL> <A NAME="amicushumanigeneris"> amicus humani generis,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Latin.) a friend to mankind; philanthropist. </DL> <A NAME="amicususqueadaras"> amicus usque ad aras,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Latin.) <DD> 1. a friend except when religion forbids. <DD> 2. a friend to the last extremity. <DD> 3. (literally) a friend all the way to the altars. </DL> <A NAME="amid"> amid (1), preposition.<DL COMPACT><DD> in the middle of; surrounded by; among. Ex. The little church stood unharmed amid the ruins of the burned village. </DL> <A NAME="amid"> amid (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Rare.) amide. </DL> <A NAME="amidah"> Amidah, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the most solemn prayer in the Jewish liturgy. It is composed of nineteen short benedictions recited while standing. </DL> <A NAME="amidate"> amidate, transitive verb, -dated, -dating.<DL COMPACT><DD> to make into an amide. noun amidation. </DL> <A NAME="amide"> amide, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. any one of a group of organic compounds having a univalent radical obtained by substituting the amidogen radical for the hydroxyl group group of a corresponding acid. <DD> 2. a compound in which a metal is substituted for one of the hydrogen atoms of ammonia. </DL> <A NAME="amidic"> amidic, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or derived from an amide. </DL> <A NAME="amidin"> amidin, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> starch dissolved in water. </DL> <A NAME="amidism"> Amidism, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a form of Mahayana Buddhism which places faith above works. Ex. ... easygoing Amidism, in which a paradise called "Pure Land" awaits the intense faithful who repeats a simple prayer (Time). </DL> <A NAME="amido"> amido, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. of or containing an amide or amides. <DD> 2. (occasionally) amino. </DL> <A NAME="amidogen"> amidogen, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a univalent radical, containing one atom of nitrogen and two of hydrogen, occurring in the amides and amines. </DL> <A NAME="amidol"> amidol, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a crystaline powder produced from phenol, used in photographic developing. </DL> <A NAME="amidone"> amidone, noun. =methadone.</DL> <A NAME="amidopyrine"> amidopyrine, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Especially British.) aminopyrine. </DL> <A NAME="amidship"> amidship, adverb. =amidships.</DL> <A NAME="amidships"> amidships, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. in or toward the middleof a ship; halfway between the bow and stern. <DD> 2. (Informal, Figurative.) in the middle. Ex. The boxer doubled over from a blow received amidships. The parked vehicle was struck amidships by the skidding bus. </DL> <A NAME="amidst"> amidst, preposition. =amid (1).</DL> <A NAME="amie"> amie, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) <DD> 1. a feminine friend. <DD> 2. a mistress; sweetheart. </DL> <A NAME="amigen"> Amigen, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Trademark.) a predigested form of protein produced by the hydrolysis of milk, meat, and certain other protein foods. It is used in the treatment of protein deficiency. </DL> <A NAME="amigo"> amigo, noun, pl. -gos.<DL COMPACT><DD> friend. </DL> <A NAME="amildar"> amildar, noun. =amaldar.</DL> <A NAME="amillemnialism"> amillemnialism, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the doctrine that the millennium is the long period of time between Christ's first coming and His second coming (not necessarily the 1000 years before). </DL> <A NAME="amin"> amin, noun. =amine.</DL> <A NAME="amination"> amination, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> conversion into an amino compound. Ex. New reaction mechanisms are postulated in which amination of phosphorylated acids gives rise directly to the corresponding amino acid (New Scientist). </DL> <A NAME="amine"> amine, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of a group of organic compounds obtained from ammonia by replacement of one or more of the three hydrogen atoms by univalent hydrocarbon radicals. </DL> <A NAME="amino"> amino, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or containing the amino group combined with a nonacid radical. </DL> <A NAME="aminoacid"> amino acid,<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of a group of complex organic compounds of nitrogen, hydrogen, carbon, and oxygen that combine in various ways to form the proteins that make up living matter. Ex. There are eight or 10 amino acids regarded as essential to nutrition because they are the building blocks of the proteins which make up the bulk of the cells of the human body (Wall Street Journal). </DL> <A NAME="aminoaciddating"> amino acid dating,<DL COMPACT><DD> a method of dating dead organic matter by measuring the amount of change in the structure of the amino acids present after death. Ex. When properly used, this dating method has important advantages over the radiocarbon technique ... fossils can be dated over a period of 15,000 to 100,000 years ... amino acid dating can be completed in two days using only 10g of a sample (New Scientist). </DL> <A NAME="aminobenzoicacid"> aminobenzoic acid,<DL COMPACT><DD> a substance found in yeast, especially brewers' yeast, which is part of the vitamin B complex, and apparently essential to the growth of some animal species and bacteria. It is a constituent of folic acid. </DL> <A NAME="aminogroup"> amino group or radical,<DL COMPACT><DD> the monovalent radical containing one atom of nitrogen and two of hydrogen. </DL> <A HREF="aminophy.dic">NEXT</A>