| CARBOHYDRASE | • carbohydrase n. (Biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of polysaccharides into simple sugars. • CARBOHYDRASE n. any of a group of enzymes (as amylase) that promote hydrolysis or synthesis of a carbohydrate (as a disaccharide). |
| CARBOHYDRATE | • carbohydrate n. (Organic chemistry, nutrition) A sugar, starch, or cellulose that is a food source of energy for an animal or plant. • carbohydrate n. (Colloquial, by extension, metonymically) Any food rich in starch or other carbohydrates. • CARBOHYDRATE n. a compound of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen; extended to similar compounds, the sugars and starches which form the main source of energy in food. |
| CRYOHYDRATES | • cryohydrates n. Plural of cryohydrate. • CRYOHYDRATE n. a crystalline substance containing water and a salt in definite proportions, a eutectic crystallizing below the freezing point of water. |
| DECAHYDRATES | • decahydrates n. Plural of decahydrate. • DECAHYDRATE n. a compound containing ten molecules of water of crystallization. |
| DEHYDRATIONS | • dehydrations n. Plural of dehydration. • DEHYDRATION n. loss or withdrawal of moisture. |
| HEMIHYDRATED | • hemihydrated adj. (Chemistry) In the form of a hemihydrate. • HEMIHYDRATED adj. in the form of a hemihydrate. |
| HEMIHYDRATES | • hemihydrates n. Plural of hemihydrate. • HEMIHYDRATE n. a hydrate, such as plaster of paris, containing half a mole of water to one mole of the compound forming the hydrate. |
| HEXAHYDRATED | • hexahydrated adj. Converted to a hexahydrate. • HEXAHYDRATED adj. like a hexahydrate, a chemical compound with six molecules of water. |
| HEXAHYDRATES | • hexahydrates n. Plural of hexahydrate. • HEXAHYDRATE n. a chemical compound with six molecules of water. |
| HYDRALAZINES | • hydralazines n. Plural of hydralazine. • HYDRALAZINE n. a vasodilator used in the form of its hydrochloride to treat hypertension. |
| HYDRARGYRIAS | • HYDRARGYRIA n. mercury poisoning, also HYDRARGYRISM. |
| HYDRARGYRISM | • hydrargyrism n. (Medicine) A diseased condition produced by poisoning with hydrargyrum, or mercury; mercurialism. • HYDRARGYRISM n. mercury poisoning, also HYDRARGYRIA. |
| HYDRARGYRUMS | • HYDRARGYRUM n. an obsolete name for mercury. |
| HYDRASTININE | • hydrastinine n. (Organic chemistry) A semisynthetic alkaloid resulting from the hydrolysis of hydrastine. • HYDRASTININE n. a colourless crystalline water-soluble compound whose pharmacological action resembles that of hydrastine. |
| HYDRAULICKED | • hydraulicked v. Simple past tense and past participle of hydraulic. • HYDRAULIC v. to excavate and wash out with powerful jets of water. |
| MONOHYDRATED | • monohydrated adj. Hydrated with a single molecule of water. • MONOHYDRATED adj. like a monohydrate. |
| MONOHYDRATES | • monohydrates n. Plural of monohydrate. • MONOHYDRATE n. a hydrate containing one molecule of water per molecule of the compound. |
| PENTAHYDRATE | • pentahydrate n. (Chemistry) A hydrate whose solid contains five molecules of water of crystallization per molecule, or per unit cell. • PENTAHYDRATE n. a hydrated compound containing five moles of water per mole of the compound; a hydrated species containing five water molecules. |
| REHYDRATABLE | • rehydratable adj. Capable of being rehydrated. • REHYDRATABLE adj. capable of being rehydrated. |
| REHYDRATIONS | • rehydrations n. Plural of rehydration. • REHYDRATION n. the act of rehydrating. |