| BUTYRATE | • butyrate n. (Organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of butyric acid. • BUTYRATE n. a salt of butyric acid. |
| BUTYRATES | • butyrates n. Plural of butyrate. • BUTYRATE n. a salt of butyric acid. |
| CIRCUMGYRATE | • circumgyrate v. (Intransitive) To move around something. • circumgyrate v. (Transitive) To cause to move around something; to cause to orbit. • circumgyrate v. (Intransitive) To turn in a circle around an axis or fixed point. |
| CIRCUMGYRATED | • circumgyrated v. Simple past tense and past participle of circumgyrate. • CIRCUMGYRATE v. to whirl or roll round. |
| CIRCUMGYRATES | • circumgyrates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circumgyrate. • CIRCUMGYRATE v. to whirl or roll round. |
| DEXTROGYRATE | • dextrogyrate adj. Dextrorotatory. • DEXTROGYRATE adj. causing to turn to the right hand, also DEXTROGYRE. |
| GYRATE | • gyrate v. (Intransitive) To revolve round a central point; to move spirally about an axis, as a tornado. • gyrate adj. (Biology) Having coils or convolutions. • GYRATE v. to revolve or rotate. |
| GYRATED | • gyrated v. Simple past tense and past participle of gyrate. • GYRATE v. to revolve or rotate. |
| GYRATES | • gyrates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gyrate. • GYRATE v. to revolve or rotate. |
| HYDROXYBUTYRATE | • hydroxybutyrate n. (Chemistry) any salt or ester of hydroxybutyric acid, but especially of gamma-hydroxybutyric acid. • HYDROXYBUTYRATE n. as in gamma hydroxybutyrate, a substance that occurs naturally in the brain, used medically as a sedative but also as a recreational drug and alleged aphrodisiac. |
| LAEVOGYRATE | • laevogyrate adj. Alternative form of levogyrate. • LAEVOGYRATE adj. of, having or causing laevorotation. |
| LYRATE | • lyrate adj. Shaped like a lyre. • lyrate adj. (Botany, of leaves) Having a large terminal lobe and smaller rounded lobes toward its base. • lyrate n. A long curved feather found in a bird’s tail. |
| LYRATED | • lyrated adj. Alternative form of lyrate. • LYRATED adj. having the shape of a lyre, also LYRATE, LYRIFORM. |
| LYRATELY | • lyrately adv. In a lyrate manner. • LYRATE adv. having the shape of a lyre, also LYRATED, LYRIFORM. |