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Words Starting With AMY

There are 50 of them. The highest scoring is AMYOTROPHIC at 23 points in Scrabble, and the set averages 16.1.

Words Starting With AMY: What They Mean

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  • AMYL noun a hydrocarbon radical that occurs in many organic compounds
  • AMYLS noun form of AMYL: a hydrocarbon radical that occurs in many organic compounds
  • AMYLUM noun a complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants, notably in corn, potatoes, wheat, and rice
  • AMYLASE noun any of a group of proteins found in saliva and pancreatic juice and parts of plants
  • AMYLOID noun a non-nitrogenous food substance consisting chiefly of starch
  • AMYLUMS noun form of AMYLUM: a complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants, notably in corn, potatoes, wheat, and rice
  • AMYGDALA noun an almond-shaped neural structure in the anterior part of the temporal lobe of the cerebrum
  • AMYLASES noun form of AMYLASE: any of a group of proteins found in saliva and pancreatic juice and parts of plants
  • AMYLOIDS noun form of AMYLOID: a non-nitrogenous food substance consisting chiefly of starch
  • AMYGDALIN noun a bitter cyanogenic glucoside extracted from the seeds of apricots and plums and bitter almonds

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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