Term: protein: any of a large group of nitrogenous organic compounds that are essential constituents of living cells; consist of polymers of amino acids; essential in the diet of animals for growth and for repair of tissues; can be obtained from meat and eggs and milk and legumes
Broader: macromolecule: any very large complex molecule; found only in plants and animals | Unrelated: vermiculite: any of a group of yellow or brown hydrous silicate minerals having a micaceous structure
Broader: macromolecule: any very large complex molecule; found only in plants and animals | Unrelated: carassius: goldfish
Broader: macromolecule: any very large complex molecule; found only in plants and animals | Unrelated: twang: a sharp vibrating sound (as of a plucked string)
Broader: macromolecule: any very large complex molecule; found only in plants and animals | Unrelated: nit: a luminance unit equal to 1 candle per square meter measured perpendicular to the rays from the source
Broader: macromolecule: any very large complex molecule; found only in plants and animals | Unrelated: formative: minimal language unit that has a syntactic (or morphological) function
Broader: macromolecule: any very large complex molecule; found only in plants and animals | Unrelated: isoagglutinin: an antibody produced by one individual that causes agglutination of red blood cells in other individuals of the same species
Broader: macromolecule: any very large complex molecule; found only in plants and animals | Unrelated: physical anthropology: the branch of anthropology dealing with the genesis and variation of human beings
Broader: macromolecule: any very large complex molecule; found only in plants and animals | Unrelated: plantlike flagellate: unicellular organisms having many characteristics of typical algae
Broader: macromolecule: any very large complex molecule; found only in plants and animals | Unrelated: realist: a person who accepts the world as it literally is and deals with it accordingly
Broader: macromolecule: any very large complex molecule; found only in plants and animals | Unrelated: tokay: variety of wine grape originally grown in Hungary; the prototype of vinifera grapes