A form of lava flow associated with Hawaiian-type volcanoes, consisting of basaltic rock, usually dark-colored with a jagged and loose, clinkery surface. Compare pahoehoe.
Initialism of acting age.
Initialism of alveolar-arterial.
Initialism of approximate absolute.
Initialism of armature accelerator.
Initialism of ascending aorta.
Initialism of atomic absorption.
Initialism of author's alteration.
Initialism of average audience.
Initialism of arctic-alpine.
Initialism of always afloat.
A clear colourless organic acid, CH3COOH, formed by the oxidation of ethanol; it is used as a solvent and has very many industrial applications; it is the major acidic component of vinegar.
Any organic compound containing both an amino and a carboxylic acid functional group.
Any of the twenty naturally occurring α-amino acids (having the amino, and carboxylic acid groups on the same carbon atom), and a variety of side chains, that combine, via peptide bonds, to form proteins.
1-amino-2-propanone, a secondary amino ketone
A long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid, having 20 carbon atoms and four double bonds, found in animal fats; it is essential for human nutrition, being a precursor to the production of prostaglandins.
Abbreviation of ana.