| AMETABOLIC | • ametabolic adj. (Entomology) Not undergoing metamorphosis. • AMETABOLIC adj. of insects, showing little or no metamorphosis, also AMETABOLOUS. |
| CATABOLISE | • catabolise v. Alternative form of catabolize. • CATABOLISE v. to subject to catabolism, destructive chemical processes in living creatures, also CATABOLIZE. |
| CATABOLISM | • catabolism n. (Biochemistry) Destructive metabolism, usually including the release of energy and breakdown of materials. • CATABOLISM n. destructive chemical processes in living creatures, also KATABOLISM. |
| CATABOLITE | • catabolite n. (Biochemistry) Any substance produced during catabolism. • CATABOLITE n. a product of catabolism, destructive chemical processes in living creatures. |
| CATABOLIZE | • catabolize v. (Intransitive) To undergo catabolism. • catabolize v. (Transitive) To cause (a substance) to undergo catabolism. • catabolize v. (Transitive) To produce (a substance) by catabolism. |
| KATABOLISM | • katabolism n. Alternative form of catabolism. • KATABOLISM n. destructive metabolism, the disruptive processes of chemical change in organisms, also CATABOLISM. |
| KOTTABOSES | • KOTTABOS n. (Greek) an ancient Greek game of throwing wine into a vessel, also COTTABUS. |
| METABOLIES | • METABOLY n. in biology, the capability of an organism to change shape. |
| METABOLISE | • metabolise v. Alternative spelling of metabolize. • METABOLISE v. to change by a metabolic process, also METABOLIZE. |
| METABOLISM | • metabolism n. (Physiology) The chemical processes that occur within a living organism in order to maintain life. • metabolism n. (Figurative, by extension) The processes that maintain any dynamic system. • Metabolism prop.n. A post-war Japanese architectural movement that fused ideas about architectural megastructures with… |
| METABOLITE | • metabolite n. Any substance produced by, or taking part in, a metabolic reaction. • METABOLITE n. a product of metabolism; a substance produced by metabolic action, as urea. |
| METABOLIZE | • metabolize v. (Biology, intransitive) To undergo metabolism. • metabolize v. (Biology, transitive) To cause a substance to undergo metabolism. • metabolize v. (Biology, transitive) To produce a substance using metabolism. |
| METABOLOME | • metabolome n. (Biochemistry, genetics) The complete set of metabolites found in a biological sample; especially that… • METABOLOME n. the quantitative complement of all the low molecular weight metabolites present in a particular physiological or developmental state. |
| ROUSTABOUT | • roustabout n. (Chiefly US) an unskilled laborer, especially at an oilfield, at a circus or on a ship, 19th c. • ROUSTABOUT n. a casual or unskilled laborer, esp. on an oil rig, also ROUSEABOUT. |
| TABOGGANED | • tabogganed v. Simple past tense and past participle of taboggan. • TABOGGAN v. to sledge on a taboggan. |
| WHATABOUTS | • whatabouts n. The things that a person is involved or occupied with. • WHATABOUTS n. things with which one is occupied. |