Term: creatine: an amino acid that does not occur in proteins but is found in the muscle tissue of vertebrates both in the free form and as phosphocreatine; supplies energy for muscle contraction
Broader: amino acid: organic compounds containing an amino group and a carboxylic acid group | Unrelated: stenochlaena: large tropical ferns; some epiphytic climbers and some terrestrial bog ferns; Africa; Asia; Australasia
Broader: amino acid: organic compounds containing an amino group and a carboxylic acid group | Unrelated: farley maidenhair: named for a country house in Barbados where it was discovered
Broader: amino acid: organic compounds containing an amino group and a carboxylic acid group | Unrelated: tense system: a system of tenses used in a particular language
Broader: amino acid: organic compounds containing an amino group and a carboxylic acid group | Unrelated: bank of japan: the central bank of Japan
Broader: amino acid: organic compounds containing an amino group and a carboxylic acid group | Unrelated: privateer: a privately owned warship commissioned to prey on the commercial shipping or warships of an enemy nation
Broader: amino acid: organic compounds containing an amino group and a carboxylic acid group | Unrelated: euphoriant: a psychoactive drug that tends to produce elation and euphoria
Broader: amino acid: organic compounds containing an amino group and a carboxylic acid group | Unrelated: dotted gayfeather: herb with many stems bearing narrow slender wands of crowded rose-lavender flowers; central United States and Canada to Texas and northern Mexico
Broader: amino acid: organic compounds containing an amino group and a carboxylic acid group | Unrelated: storyteller: someone who tells lies
Broader: amino acid: organic compounds containing an amino group and a carboxylic acid group | Unrelated: blush: sudden reddening of the face (as from embarrassment or guilt or shame or modesty)
Broader: amino acid: organic compounds containing an amino group and a carboxylic acid group | Unrelated: skipjack: medium-sized tuna-like food fish of warm Atlantic and Pacific waters; less valued than tuna