ˌamyloˈsynthesisn.
(See quot.)
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1882 T. Hick in Naturalist Mar. 124 For the formation of starch by what has hitherto been called the process of assimilation, I propose the name amylosynthesis..From these we get at once amylosynthetic and amylosynthetically.
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n.1882- to throw over the perch
- to throw overboard
- to throw papers
- to throw reins on
- to throw round
- to throw shade
- to throw sidelight on
- to throw someone a curveball
- to throw someone a fall
- to throw someone off guard
- to throw someone on the slagheap
- to throw someone out on etc ass
- to throw someone out on her ass
- to throw someone out on his ass
- to throw something back in a person's face
- to throw something in one's dish
- to throw something on the slagheap
- to throw the baby out with the bath
- to throw the baby out with the bathwater
- to throw the bones
- to throw the book at a person
- to throw the bridle in a person's neck
- to throw the bridle on a person's neck
- to throw the gauntlet
- to throw the handkerchief