Arachidonylethanolamine
noun
See anandamide
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. Historical Examples To cheapen this, peanut oil (arachis oil) may entirely replace the olive oil, or about 20 per cent. Soap-Making Manual E. G. Thomssen The “cold-drawn” arachis oil (pea-nut or earth-nut oil) has a pleasant flavour, resembling that of kidney beans. The Chemistry of Food and Nutrition A. W. Duncan
- Arachne
a Lydian woman who challenged Athena to a weaving contest and was changed into a spider for her presumption. Historical Examples The model so long sought in vain he had found in Ledscha, who in so many respects resembled Arachne. Arachne, Complete Georg Ebers Arachne, humiliated by the blow, and unable to avenge it, hanged […]
- Arachnid
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- Arachnida
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- Arachnidism
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