acyl
— Noun
– English
~ any group or radical of the form RCO- where R is an organic group; "an example of the acyl group is the acetyl group"
acylation
— Noun
– English
~ the process of introducing an acyl group into a compound
acylglycerol
— Noun
– English
~ an ester of glycerol and fatty acids that occurs naturally as fats and fatty oils; "fresh fats contain glycerides of fatty acids and very little free acid"
ad
— Noun
– English
~ a public promotion of some product or service
ADA
— Noun
– English
~ an enzyme found in mammals that can catalyze the deamination of adenosine into inosine and ammonia; "ADA deficiency can lead to one form of severe combined immunodeficiency disease"; "the gene encoding ADA was one of the earlier human genes to be isolated and cloned for study"
adactylia
— Noun
– English
~ congenital absence of fingers and/or toes
adactylism
— Noun
– English
~ congenital absence of fingers and/or toes
adactyly
— Noun
– English
~ congenital absence of fingers and/or toes
Adad
— Noun
– English
~ Babylonian god of storms and wind
adage
— Noun
– English
~ a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
adagio
— Noun
– English
~ (music) a composition played in adagio tempo (slowly and gracefully); "they played the adagio too quickly"
adagio
— Noun
– English
~ a slow section of a pas de deux requiring great skill and strength by the dancers