AMYLOPLASTS Antonyms

• the protoplasm of a cell excluding the nucleus; is full of proteins that control cell metabolism

• a part of the cell containing DNA and RNA and responsible for growth and reproduction

• the positively charged dense center of an atom

• a small group of indispensable persons or things

• (astronomy) the center of the head of a comet; consists of small solid particles of ice and frozen gas that vaporizes on approaching the sun to form the coma and tail

• any histologically identifiable mass of neural cell bodies in the brain or spinal cord

• the central structure of the lens that is surrounded by the cortex

• any small compartment

• (biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals

• a device that delivers an electric current as the result of a chemical reaction

• a small unit serving as part of or as the nucleus of a larger political movement

• a hand-held mobile radiotelephone for use in an area divided into small sections, each with its own short-range transmitter/receiver

• small room in which a monk or nun lives

• a room where a prisoner is kept

• plastid containing chlorophyll and other pigments; in plants that carry out photosynthesis

• A spherical or ovoid organelle found in the cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells and containing genetic material separate from that of the host; it is responsible for the conversion of food to usable energy in the form of ATP.

• (sometimes proscribed) mitochondrion

• a specialized part of a cell; analogous to an organ

• any of various small particles in the cytoplasm of the cells of plants and some animals containing pigments or starch or oil or protein

• a netlike structure in the cytoplasm of animal cells (especially in those cells that produce secretions)