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| Involving chemical processes in living organisms |
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| Any of a large group of compounds that contain carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen and can be broken down to release energy in the body |
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| Any of a class of nitrogenous organic compounds that consist of large molecules composed of one ore more long chains of amino acids |
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| Any of a class of a organic compounds that are fatty acids or their derivatives and are insoluble in water buy soluble in organic solvents |
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| A complex organic substance present in living cells, esp. DNA or RNA |
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| A substance that has a molecular structure built up chiefly or completely from a large # of similar units bonded together |
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| A molecule that can be bonded to other identical molecules to form a polymer |
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| Present in all organic compounds, a nonmetal (diamond and graphite) |
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| Denoting compounds that contain carbon of biological origin |
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| Compounds not containing carbon |
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| A single sugar, building block of carbohydrates |
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| A carboxylic acid consisting of hydrocarbon chain and a terminal carboxyl group. (In fats and oils) |
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| Inside plant and animal tissue form the basic constituents of proteins |
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| Building blocks of Nucleic Acids |
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