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Words starting with gly

4 letter words starting with gly

  • glynElinor, 1864–1943, English writer.

5 letter words starting with gly

  • glyde — Obsolete spelling of glide.
  • glyph — a pictograph or hieroglyph.

6 letter words starting with gly

  • glycin — a poisonous crystalline compound, C 8 H 9 NO 3 , used as a photographic developer.
  • glyco- — indicating sugar
  • glycol — Also called ethylene glycol, ethylene alcohol. a colorless, sweet liquid, C 2 H 6 O 2 , used chiefly as an automobile antifreeze and as a solvent.
  • glycyl — of or relating to a glycinic residue present in a polypeptide or protein.
  • glyphs — Plural form of glyph.

7 letter words starting with gly

  • glycine — a colorless, crystalline, sweet, water-soluble solid, H 2 NCH 2 COOH, the simplest amino acid: used chiefly in organic synthesis and biochemical research. Symbol: G. Abbreviation: Gly;
  • glycone — (carbohydrate) The sugar residue of a glycoside.
  • glycose — any of various monosaccharides
  • glyphic — a pictograph or hieroglyph.
  • glypnir — 1966. An ALGOL-like language with parallel extensions. Similar to Actus. "GLYPNIR - A Programming Language for the Illiac IV", D.H. Lawrie et al, CACM 18(3) (Mar 1975).

8 letter words starting with gly

  • glycemia — the presence of glucose in the blood.
  • glycemic — the presence of glucose in the blood.
  • glyceria — any aquatic grass species in the genus Glyceria
  • glyceric — of or derived from glycerol.
  • glycerin — glycerol.

9 letter words starting with gly

  • glyburide — a hypoglycemic substance, C 23 H 28 ClN 3 O 5 S, used orally in the treatment of diabetes mellitus.
  • glycaemia — the presence of glucose in the blood.
  • glycaemic — Alternative spelling of glycemic.
  • glycation — (biochemistry) non-enzymatic reaction of a sugar and an amine group of a protein to form a glycoprotein.
  • glyceride — any of a group of esters obtained from glycerol by the replacement of one, two, or three hydroxyl groups with a fatty acid: the principal constituent of adipose tissue.

10 letter words starting with gly

  • glycerides — Plural form of glyceride.
  • glyceridic — Of or pertaining to glycerol or glycerides.
  • glycogenic — of or relating to glycogen.
  • glycolipid — any of a class of lipids, comprising the cerebrosides and gangliosides, that upon hydrolysis yield galactose or a similar sugar, a fatty acid, and sphingosine or dihydrosphingosine.
  • glycolysis — the catabolism of carbohydrates, as glucose and glycogen, by enzymes, with the release of energy and the production of lactic or pyruvic acid.

11 letter words starting with gly

  • glycerinate — to impregnate with glycerin.
  • glycogenous — of or relating to the formation of sugar in the liver.
  • glycolipids — Plural form of glycolipid.
  • glycosidase — (enzyme) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a glycoside.
  • glycosylate — (organic chemistry) To react with a sugar to form a glycoside (especially a glycoprotein).

12 letter words starting with gly

  • glycerinated — to impregnate with glycerin.
  • glycerolipid — (organic chemistry) Any lipid based on glycerol.
  • glycerolysis — chemical decomposition resulting from the interaction of a compound and glycerol.
  • glycogenesis — the formation of glycogen from monosaccharides in the body, especially glucose.
  • glycogenetic — of or relating to the formation of sugar in the liver.

13 letter words starting with gly

  • glycopeptides — Plural form of glycopeptide.
  • glycoproteins — Plural form of glycoprotein.
  • glycosylation — (chemistry, biochemistry) The reaction of a saccharide with a hydroxy or amino functional group to form a glycoside; especially the reaction with a protein or lipid to form a glycoprotein or glycolipid.

14 letter words starting with gly

  • glyceraldehyde — a white, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 3 H 6 O 3 , that is an intermediate in carbohydrate metabolism and yields glycerol on reduction.
  • glycogenolysis — (biochemistry) The production of glucose-1-phosphate by splitting a glucose monomer from glycogen using inorganic phosphate.
  • glycogenolytic — Of, pertaining to, or capable of glycogenolysis, the catabolism of glycogen.
  • glycosidically — In a glycosidic manner; by means of a glycoside.

15 letter words starting with gly

16 letter words starting with gly

  • glycosylceramide — (organic chemistry) Any glycosyl derivative of a ceramide.

17 letter words starting with gly

  • glycosaminoglycan — any of a class of polysaccharides derived from hexosamine that form mucins when complexed with proteins: formerly called mucopolysaccharide.
  • glycosphingolipid — (biochemistry) a lipid that contains at least one monosaccharide unit and either a sphingoid or a ceramide.

18 letter words starting with gly

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