GLYCOLIPID Antonyms

• an essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals; includes simple sugars with small molecules as well as macromolecular substances; are classified according to the number of monosaccharide groups they contain

• any of a class of highly unsaturated yellow to red pigments occurring in plants and animals

• an animal sterol that is normally synthesized by the liver; the most abundant steroid in animal tissues

• an oily organic compound insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents; essential structural component of living cells (along with proteins and carbohydrates)

• amide combining the amino group of one amino acid with the carboxyl group of another; usually obtained by partial hydrolysis of protein

• any of a class of carbohydrates whose molecules contain chains of monosaccharide molecules

• any of a large group of nitrogenous organic compounds that are essential constituents of living cells; consist of polymers of amino acids; essential in the diet of animals for growth and for repair of tissues; can be obtained from meat and eggs and milk and legumes

• binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent

• the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean)

• once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles), associated with the humour phlegm

• a facility that provides a source of water

• liquid excretory product

• a liquid necessary for the life of most animals and plants

• supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams

• provide with water

• secrete or form water, as tears or saliva

• fill with tears

• any compound that does not contain carbon

• (biochemistry) any of various macromolecules composed of nucleotide chains that are vital constituents of all living cells