| Protein (n.) A body now known as alkali albumin, but originally considered to be the basis of all albuminous substances, whence its name. Thesaurus Entries albumin, albuminoid, amino acid, androcyte, antheridium, antherozoid, casein, chlorophyll, chromoprotein, collagen, dipeptide, edestin, elastin, fibroin, globin, globulin, glutenin, glycoprotein, hemoglobin, histone, ichthulin, interferon, lactalbumin, lecithoprotein, lipid, lipoprotein, lysozyme, male gamete, milt, mucin, nucleohistone, nucleoprotein, oryzenin, osseomucoid, peptide, peptone, phosphoaminolipide, phosphoprotein, pollen, prolamine, protamine, proteid, proteose, protide, salmine, scum, seed, semen, seminal fluid, serum globulin, sperm, sperm cell, spermagonium, spermatic fluid, spermatid, spermatiophore, spermatium, spermatocyte, spermatogonium, spermatophore, spermatozoa, spermatozoid, spermatozoon, tendomucin, thymus histone, zein |