Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
| alanin | an amino acid, a common constituent of proteins. |
| alanine | an amino acid, a common constituent of proteins. |
| arginine | one of the essential amino acids. |
| asparagine | an amino acid found in asparagus and other vegetables. |
| aspartic | as in aspartic acid, an amino acid found in young sugar-cane, etc, and formed by the hydrolysis of asparagine. |
| citrulline | an amino acid formed in the production of urea. |
| cystein | an amino acid that oxidizes to cystine. |
| cysteine | an amino acid that oxidizes to cystine. |
| cysteinic | relating to cysteine. |
| cystine | the dimer resulting from oxidation of the amino acid cysteine, that forms a disulphide bridge in proteins, esp keratin. |
| deaminate | to remove the amino acid from a compound. |
| deamination | the act of deaminating. |
| deaminise | to remove the amino acid from a compound. |
| deaminize | to remove the amino acid from a compound. |
| dipeptide | a peptide formed by the combination of two amino acids. |
| dopa | a naturally-occurring amino acid, a form of which, L-dopa, is used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease. |
| ethionine | an amino acid. |
| glutamic | as in glutamic acid, an important amino acid, a constituent of most proteins. |
| glutamine | a neutral amino acid found in proteins. |
| glutaminic | as in glutamic acid, an important amino acid, a constituent of most proteins. |
| glycin | the simplest amino acid, present in proteins, a sweetish colourless crystalline solid first prepared from glue, formerly known as glycocoll. |
| glycine | the simplest amino acid, present in proteins, a sweetish colourless crystalline solid first prepared from glue, formerly known as glycocoll. |
| glycocoll | another name for glycine. |
| glycollic | pertaining to, or derived from, glycol; as glycollic acid. |
| histidin | an amino acid found in proteins. |
| histidine | an amino acid found in proteins. |
| homocysteine | a kind of amino acid. |
| hydroxyproline | an amino acid. |
| isoleucine | an essential amino acid. |
| leucin | an essential amino-acid, a product of protein hydrolysis. |
| leucine | an essential amino-acid, a product of protein hydrolysis. |
| lysine | an essential amino acid. |
| methionine | an essential sulphur-bearing amino acid. |
| penicillamine | an amino acid obtained from penicillins, used in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. |
| peptid | any of a number of substances formed from amino acids in which the amino group of one is joined to the carboxyl group of another. |
| peptide | any of a number of substances formed from amino acids in which the amino group of one is joined to the carboxyl group of another. |
| peptidic | relating to a peptide, a combination of amino acids. |
| phenylalanin | an essential amino acid present in most proteins. |
| phenylalanine | an essential amino-acid present in most proteins. |
| proline | an amino acid commonly occurring in proteins. |
| serine | a polar amino acid found in protein and synthesized in the body. |
| theanine | an amino acid with health benefits. |
| threonine | an essential amino acid. |
| tryptophan | an essential amino acid. |
| tryptophane | an essential amino acid. |
| tyrosine | an amino acid formed by decomposition of proteins, first obtained from cheese. |
| valine | an amino acid, essential to health and growth in humans and vertebrate animals. |