| AMYLOSE | • amylose n. (Biochemistry) The soluble form of starch (the insoluble form being amylopectin) that is a linear polymer of glucose. • AMYLOSE n. the relatively soluble component of starch, also AMYLOGEN. |
| CALLOSE | • callose n. (Biochemistry) A plant polysaccharide comprising glucose residues linked together through β-1,3-linkages… • callose adj. (Botany) Having calli. • CALLOSE n. a part of a plant cell wall. |
| CELLOSE | • cellose n. (Biochemistry) Synonym of cellobiose. • CELLOSE n. a disaccharide obtained by hydrolysis of cellulose, also CELLOBIOSE. |
| CLOSELY | • closely adv. In a close manner. • closely adv. (Obsolete) secretly; privately. • CLOSE adv. near. |
| CLOSERS | • closers n. Plural of closer. • CLOSER n. one who, or that which, closes. |
| CLOSEST | • closest adj. Superlative form of close: most close. • closest v. (Archaic) second-person singular simple present form of close. • CLOSE adj. near. |
| CLOSETS | • closets n. Plural of closet. • closets v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of closet. • CLOSET v. to enclose in a closet. |
| CLOSEUP | • closeup n. (Film) A video or film recording made with the camera positioned close to an actor, often so that only… • close-up adj. In near proximity. • close-up n. (Photography) A photographic (or other) image in which the subject is shown at a relatively large scale… |
| DULOSES | • DULOSIS n. enslavement by an insect. |
| ECLOSED | • eclosed v. Simple past tense and past participle of eclose. • ECLOSE v. to emerge from a pupal case. |
| ECLOSES | • ecloses v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of eclose. • ECLOSE v. to emerge from a pupal case. |
| ENCLOSE | • enclose v. (Transitive) to surround with a wall, fence, etc. • enclose v. (Transitive) to insert into a container, usually an envelope or package. • ENCLOSE v. to surround, also INCLOSE. |
| INCLOSE | • inclose v. (Now uncommon) Alternative form of enclose. • INCLOSE v. to surround, also ENCLOSE. |
| RECLOSE | • reclose v. To close or be closed after having previously been opened. • RECLOSE v. to close again. |
| THYLOSE | • THYLOSE n. an ingrowth from a neighbouring cell through a pit into a vessel, also THYLOSIS, TYLOSIS. |
| TYLOSES | • tyloses n. Plural of tylose. • tyloses n. Plural of tylosis. • TYLOSIS n. (Greek) an ingrowth from a neighbouring cell through a pit into a vessel, also THYLOSE, THYLOSIS. |
| UNCLOSE | • unclose v. (Transitive) To open; to unclench. • UNCLOSE v. to open. |
| UPCLOSE | • upclose v. (Poetic) To close up. • up␣close adv. At very close range. • UPCLOSE v. to close up. |
| VILLOSE | • villose adj. Alternative spelling of villous. • VILLOSE adj. abounding in, or covered with, fine hairs, or a woolly substance, also VILLOUS. |
| XYLOSES | • xyloses n. Plural of xylose. • XYLOSE n. a pentose (aldose) which occurs widely in plants, esp. as a constituent of xylan. |