| AMPICILLINS | • ampicillins n. Plural of ampicillin. • AMPICILLIN n. an improved form of penicillin taken by mouth. |
| CALMODULINS | • calmodulins n. Plural of calmodulin. • CALMODULIN n. a protein found in plant and animal cells. |
| CONCHIOLINS | • conchiolins n. Plural of conchiolin. • CONCHIOLIN n. a fibrous protein substance that forms the basic structure of the shell of molluscs. |
| ENCEPHALINS | • encephalins n. Plural of encephalin. • ENCEPHALIN n. a chemical found in small quantities in the brain, which relieves pain, also ENCEPHALINE, ENKEPHALIN, ENKEPHALINE. |
| ENKEPHALINS | • enkephalins n. Plural of enkephalin. • ENKEPHALIN n. a chemical found in small quantities in the brain, which relieves pain, also ENCEPHALIN, ENCEPHALINE, ENKEPHALINE. |
| EUGLOBULINS | • euglobulins n. Plural of euglobulin. • EUGLOBULIN n. a simple protein that does not dissolve in pure water. |
| FOLLICULINS | • FOLLICULIN n. another name for oestrone. |
| MARLINSPIKE | • marlinspike n. A tool, consisting of a pointed metal spike, used to manipulate the strands of rope or cable when knotting… • marlin-spike n. Alternative form of marlinspike. • marlin␣spike n. Alternative spelling of marlinspike. |
| NAPHTHALINS | • naphthalins n. Plural of naphthalin. • NAPHTHALIN n. a white crystalline volatile solid with a characteristic penetrating odour, an aromatic hydrocarbon, also NAPHTHALINE. |
| PENICILLINS | • penicillins n. Plural of penicillin. • PENICILLIN n. any of a group of substances that stop the growth of bacteria, extracted from moulds, esp. from Penicillium notatum. |
| PHYCOBILINS | • phycobilins n. Plural of phycobilin. • PHYCOBILIN n. any of a class of red or blue-green pigments found in the red algae and cyanobacteria. |
| PODOPHYLINS | • PODOPHYLIN n. a cathartic resin obtained from the rhizomes of the Podophyllum genus, also PODOPHYLLIN. |
| PROINSULINS | • proinsulins n. Plural of proinsulin. • PROINSULIN n. a single-chain polypeptidic precursor of insulin. |
| TROPAEOLINS | • tropaeolins n. Plural of tropaeolin. • TROPAEOLIN n. any of a group of dyes of complex structure, also TROPEOLIN. |
| TUBERCULINS | • tuberculins n. Plural of tuberculin. • TUBERCULIN n. a fluid containing the products formed by the growth of the tubercle bacillus in a suitable culture medium. |