A hexokinase isozyme that facilitates phosphorylation of glucose to glucose-6-phosphate, occurring in cells in the liver, pancreas, gut, and brain of humans and most other vertebrates.
glucosamine
glucosamine
noun
(biochemistry) An amino derivative of glucose that is a component of polysaccharides such as chitin; it is marketed as a dietary supplement supposedly to reduce the symptoms of arthritis.
incautelous
inosculated
inosculated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of inosculate
inosculates
inosculates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inosculate
lactigenous
lactigenous
adj
That produces milk
lanciferous
lanciferous
adj
Bearing a lance.
novaculites
novaculites
noun
plural of novaculite
nucleations
nucleations
noun
plural of nucleation
oliniaceous
oliniaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Oliniaceae.
peculations
peculations
noun
plural of peculation
silenaceous
silenaceous
adj
(botany) Of or relating to the Silenaceae.
speculation
speculation
noun
(business, finance) An investment involving higher-than-normal risk in order to obtain a higher-than-normal return.
(obsolete) An act of looking at something; examination, observation.
(obsolete) The faculty of sight.
(philosophy) The act or process of reasoning a priori from premises given or assumed.
(programming) The process of anticipating which branch of code will be chosen and executing it in advance.
A card game in which the players buy from one another trumps or whole hands, upon a chance of getting the highest trump dealt, which entitles the holder to the pool of stakes.
A conclusion to which the mind comes by speculating; mere theory; notion; conjecture.
The act or practice of buying land, goods, shares, etc., in expectation of selling at a higher price, or of selling with the expectation of repurchasing at a lower price; a trading on anticipated fluctuations in price, as distinguished from trading in which the profit expected is the difference between the retail and wholesale prices, or the difference of price in different markets.
The process of thinking or meditating on a subject.