amino acid
/ə'minoʊ_'æsɪd/
noun
9 letters4 syllables14 points in Scrabble®17 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS1
NOUN
1
Organic compounds containing an amino group and a carboxylic acid group.
“proteins are composed of various proportions of about 20 common amino acids”
WORD FORMS
Starts withA
Ends withD
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Scrabble®14 points
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Double word28 points
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Starts & ends withA … D
Syllablesa · mi · no ac · id
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