11-Letter Words Containing: I,P,P,I,C

• (of a molecule) Being a detergent: having both hydrophilic and hydrophobic (or lipophilic) groups.

• (of a protein, especially an alpha helix) Having one surface consisting of hydrophilic amino acids and the opposite surface consisting of hydrophobic (or lipophilic) ones.

• Describing a molecule, such as a detergent, which has both hydrophobic and hydrophilic groups.

• Of the surface(s) on a protein, particularly an alpha helix, where one surface of the alpha helix has hydrophilic amino acids and the opposite face has hydrophobic (or lipophilic) amino acids.

• of or relating to philosophy or philosophers

• characterized by the attitude of a philosopher; meeting trouble with level-headed detachment

• (of rocks) consisting of porphyry or containing large crystals in a fine groundmass of minerals

• genus of chiefly American perennial leafy-stemmed orchids: lady's slippers; sometimes includes species of genus Paphiopedilum

• (of plants) epidemic among plants of a single kind especially over a wide area

• In a way that cripples, or is crippling

• (of a boat) To capsize end over end, as in heavy surf.