'fats' definitions:
Definition of 'fats'
From: GCIDE
- lipid \lip"id\ n. [Gr. li`pos fat.] (Chem., Biochem.) Any of a variety of oily or greasy organic compounds found as major structural components of living cells; they are insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents such as alcohol and ether, and include the common fats, cholesterol and other steroids, phospholipids, sphingolipids, waxes, and fatty acids; some of the lipids, together with proteins and carbohydrates, form an essential structural component of living cells, as in the cell walls and membranes. The term lipid refers to its solubility in nonpolar solvents, and has no significance with regard to chemical structure.
- Syn: lipide, lipoid. [WordNet 1.5]
Words containing 'fats'
- Fat,
- Fatly,
- Fatness,
- Fatted,
- Dry fat,
- Fat acid,
- Fat lute,
- Fat series,
- Leaf fat,
- Natural fats,
- Soap fat,
- Winter fat,
- animal fat,
- bone fat,
- chew the fat,
- cohune fat,
- deep fat,
- edible fat,
- fat back,
- fat cat,
- fat cell,
- fat chance,
- fat embolism,
- fat farm,
- fat hen,
- fat metabolism,
- fat of the land,
- fat person,
- fat tuesday,
- fats domino,
- fats waller,
- mule fat,
- polyunsaturated fat,
- puppy fat,
- wool fat,
- Fat-brained,
- Fat-kidneyed,
- Fat-witted,
- fat-free,
- fat-soluble,
- deep-fat-fry,
- fat-soluble vitamin,
- low-fat diet,
- low-fat milk