| DESATURATED | • desaturated v. Simple past tense and past participle of desaturate. • DESATURATE v. to cause to become unsaturated, to make less saturated. |
| MATURATED | • maturated v. Simple past tense and past participle of maturate. • MATURATE v. to develop fully, also MATURE. |
| MONOSATURATED | • monosaturated adj. (Organic chemistry, of a glyceride) Having one saturated fatty acid. • MONOSATURATED adj. of or relating to fats that are liquid at room temperature, mostly deriving from nuts, avocados etc. |
| MONOUNSATURATED | • monounsaturated adj. (Chemistry, of an organic compound) having a single double or triple bond. • MONOUNSATURATED adj. containing one double or triple bond per molecule. |
| OVERSATURATED | • oversaturated v. Simple past tense and past participle of oversaturate. • OVERSATURATE v. to saturate to excess. |
| POLYUNSATURATED | • polyunsaturated adj. (Chemistry) Of or relating to long chain organic compounds that have multiple double bonds; polyunsaturated… • polyunsaturated adj. (Nutrition, of a fat or oil) Having a chemical structure that does not easily change into cholesterol… • POLYUNSATURATED adj. having many double or triple bonds in a molecule. |
| SATURATED | • saturated v. Simple past tense and past participle of saturate. • saturated adj. (Not comparable) Full; unable to hold or contain any more. • saturated adj. (Comparable) Soaked or drenched with moisture. |
| SUBSATURATED | • subsaturated adj. Less than fully saturated. • SUBSATURATED adj. incompletely saturated. |
| SUPERSATURATED | • supersaturated adj. (Chemistry, physics, of a solution) More concentrated than is normally possible. • supersaturated adj. (Physics, of a vapor) Having a vapor pressure higher than is normally possible. • supersaturated v. Simple past tense and past participle of supersaturate. |
| UNDERSATURATED | • undersaturated adj. Insufficiently saturated. • undersaturated adj. (Geology) (of igneous rock) Having minerals without free silica. • UNDERSATURATED adj. less than normally or adequately saturated. |
| UNSATURATED | • unsaturated adj. (Chemistry, of a solution) Not saturated; capable of dissolving more of a solute at the same temperature. • unsaturated adj. (Chemistry) Of a compound containing atoms sharing more than one valence bond, especially of an organic… • unsaturated adj. (Of a colour) Not chromatically pure; diluted. |