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- A monosaccharide sugar that has several forms
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- Nutrient in meat and beans that builds muscle (plural)
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- Any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red (plural)
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- The logarithm of the reciprocal of hydrogen-ion concentration in gram atoms per liter
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- Any of several complex proteins that are produced by cells and act as catalysts in specific (plural)
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- A number or ratio derived from a series of observed facts
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- A chemical reaction in which an acid and a base interact with the formation of a salt
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- Bottom part something stands on; a safe spot in baseball (plural)
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- A compound that exists in forms having different arrangements of atoms but the same molecular weight
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- A complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants
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- An oily organic compound insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents (plural)
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- An animal sterol that is normally synthesized by the liver
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- A compound of an oxide with water (plural)
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- Any of several fat-soluble organic compounds having as a basis 17 carbon atoms in four rings (plural)
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- A long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like
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- Organic compounds containing an ___ group and a carboxylic ___ group (plural)
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