lipid
Any of a group of organic compounds including the fats, oils, waxes, sterols, and triglycerides. Lipids are characterized by being insoluble in water.
Kinds of lipid
- oil
- wax
Related words
- reinforced lipid
- aminolipid
- antilipid
- archaeolipid
- arsenolipid
- bilipid
- chlorolipid
- chlorosulfolipid
- chromolipid
- cyanolipid
- delipidize
- epoxylipid
Word history
From French "-ide".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “lipid” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.