Words containing lign
5 letter words containing lign
6 letter words containing lign
- aligns — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of align.
- lignan — (organic chemistry) Any of a class of phenylpropanoid (propylbenzene) type of molecules found in essentially all plants, generally dimeric or higher order, and produced by secondary metabolic pathways branching off of aromatic amino acid biosynthesis, in some cases having associated antioxidant or estrogenic (phytoestrogenic) activities; having in common with lignin the phenylpropanoid monomers, where lignin is a random oxidative polymerization of the same.
- ligni- — indicating wood
- lignin — Botany. an organic substance that, with cellulose, forms the chief part of woody tissue.
- malign — to speak harmful untruths about; speak evil of; slander; defame: to malign an honorable man.
7 letter words containing lign
- aligned — to arrange in a straight line; adjust according to a line.
- aligner — an official who ensures boats are aligned correctly before the start of a race
- coligny — Gaspard de (ɡaspar də), Seigneur de Châtillon. 1519–72, French Huguenot leader
- dealign — To put, or to become, out of alignment.
- lignane — (organic compound) The hydrocarbon formed by joining two propylbenzene residues at the \u03b2-carbon atom of the propyl side chain; this structure is the basis of all lignans.
8 letter words containing lign
- aligning — to arrange in a straight line; adjust according to a line.
- ligneous — of the nature of or resembling wood; woody.
- lignites — Plural form of lignite.
- lignitic — Containing or resembling lignite.
- maligned — to speak harmful untruths about; speak evil of; slander; defame: to malign an honorable man.
9 letter words containing lign
10 letter words containing lign
- alignments — Plural form of alignment.
- allignment — Archaic form of alignment.
- azalignane — (organic compound) Any derivative of a lignane in which one or more of the benzene rings has been replaced with pyridine.
- lignocaine — lidocaine.
- lignotuber — (botany) A starchy enlargement (caudex), usually of a root, of a woody plant, serving to store water.
11 letter words containing lign
- coalignment — Alignment together.
- cyclolignan — (organic chemistry) Any lignan having an additional ring.
- dineolignan — (organic compound) Any compound having a structure based on a dineolignane.
- epoxylignan — (organic compound) Any compound having a structure based on an epoxylignane.
- homolignane — (organic chemistry) Any compound derived from a lignane by adding extra carbon atoms in a ring or sidechain.
12 letter words containing lign
- cyclolignane — (organic chemistry) Any lignane having an additional ring.
- dineolignane — (organic chemistry) Any derivative of a lignane having four propylbenzene residues.
- epoxylignane — (organic chemistry) Any lignane in which the two \u03b3-carbon atoms of the side chains are linked via an oxygen atom to form a tetrahydrofuran ring.
- ligniperdous — (of insects) wood-destroying
- malignancies — Plural form of malignancy.
13 letter words containing lign
- lignification — Turning to wood; the process of becoming ligneous.
- much-maligned — If you describe someone or something as much-maligned, you mean that they are often criticized by people, but you think the criticism is unfair or exaggerated because they have good qualities too.
- non-alignment — Non-alignment is the state or policy of being non-aligned.
- non-malignant — disposed to cause harm, suffering, or distress deliberately; feeling or showing ill will or hatred.
14 letter words containing lign
- lignocellulose — any of various compounds of lignin and cellulose comprising the essential part of woody cell walls.
- lignosulfonate — a brown powder consisting of a sulfonate salt made from waste liquor of the sulfate pulping process of soft wood: used in concrete, leather tanning, as an additive in oil-well drilling mud, and as a source of vanillin.
- semi-malignant — disposed to cause harm, suffering, or distress deliberately; feeling or showing ill will or hatred.
15 letter words containing lign
- cycloneolignane — (organic chemistry) Any neolignane having an additional ring.
- lignocellulosic — (biochemistry) Of, pertaining to, or derived from lignocellulose; used especially to describe the products of biomass.
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