Word "PROTEIN" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
any of a large group of nitrogenous organic compounds that are essential constituents of living cells; consist of polymers of amino acids; essential in the diet of animals for growth and for repair of tissues; can be obtained from meat and eggs and milk and legumes
Examples:
a diet high in protein

Crossword Clues for PROTEIN

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Essential substance gained from food (7)
A strange pointer to what you get from food (7)
Necessary nutrient for figure injected with iodine (7)
Not ripe perhaps but necessary for one's diets (7)
Nutrient in eggs (7)
Not ripe, perhaps, but you need it in your diet
Major nutrient for the body necessary for growth and repair (7)
Pointer turns to essential foodstuff (7)
Nutritional need Thomas Joseph 11 Apr 2025
One of the food groups (7) The Guardian Quick 11 Apr 2025
Polymeric rows, ornately twisted - essential in nutrition, primarily? (7)
Any of a large class of complex nitrogenous compounds named from the Greek word for 'primary' (7)
Pointer set out part of diet (7)
Obtained from eggs (7)
One trip (anag)(7)
Could be a pointer to what a diet contains (7)
Nutritional food element (7)
Essential foodstufl for adolescent, we hear (7)
Essential foodstuff for adolescent, we hear (7) Puzzler Cryptic 16 Oct 2024
No tripe recipe contains essential part of food (7)
Mongrel pointer's dietary requirement (7)
A pointer to what is needed for healthy diet (7)
Important dietary component (7)
Substance found in beans for can, energy packed in (7)
Nutrient found in meat, fish, eggs and beans (7) The Guardian Quick 16 Jul 2024
Essential food group
Nutrient (7)
Organic compound of love in Pinter play (7)
Nutrient in cheese (7)
A pointer to what is needed for a good diet (7)
Food content enough for one trip? (7)
Healthy substance in food (7)
For one in ten it is essential to the diet
Basic food type (7)
Canada's Food Guide component
Pointer to convert meat or fish (7)
Dietary need Newsday 11 Feb 2024
Strange pointer to what you get from food (7)
Type of food that is said to be pro-teen (7)
Any of a class of compounds consisting of long chains of amino acids (7)
Nutritional necessity Family Time 14 Jan 2024
In favour of adolescent asking for meat, for example (7)
Pointer about important dietary component The Times Cryptic 04 Oct 2023
Muscle-building nutrient
Dietary necessity for one in ten The Telegraph Cryptic 26 Jul 2023
Pointer (anag) The Guardian Quick 07 Jul 2023
Soy is a good source of it Wall Street Journal 12 Jun 2023
Necessary food ingredient The Times Concise 29 Aug 2022
Substance in meat to ripen bananas The Telegraph Cryptic 02 Oct 2021
Hold about: dull way of learning subject in food science
Black beans are high in it USA Today 12 Jun 2021
Muscle-building nutrient
Hold about: dull way of learning subject in food science
Planned reception, missing church source of energy The Telegraph Cryptic 10 Mar 2021
Amino acid chain The Times Concise 13 Dec 2020
Essential part of diet is not ripe, unfortunately
Tripe on toast is source of this
Dietary essential for youngster announced
Important part of diet The Times Concise 23 Apr 2020
Specialist associated with youth said to offer what a growing body needs The Telegraph Toughie 12 Sep 2019
About 15% of raw quinoa Newsday 10 Aug 2019
Nutritional compound for most of soccer team? I will tuck in The Telegraph Toughie 11 Jul 2019
Essential ingredient of food favouring energy stored in can The Telegraph Toughie 15 May 2019
Muscle builder New York Times 21 Apr 2019
Body building block New York Times 07 Feb 2019
Product of amino acids Premier Sunday 27 Jan 2019
Muscle builder
Body building block
Fish provides it
Nutritional need Thomas Joseph 18 Jun 2018
___ shake (gym enthusiast's drink)
Substance in meat for container absorbing energy
Tofu nutrient The Washington Post 07 Dec 2017
Tofu nutrient LA Times Daily 07 Dec 2017
Important part of diet for adolescent, it's said
Additive in some bodybuilders' shakes The Washington Post 20 Jan 2017
Tofu nutrient
Dietary need The Telegraph Quick 23 Nov 2016
Dietary need LA Times Daily 29 Sep 2016
...for say, youngster he must have plenty of it
Something body needs for energy put in container The Telegraph Cryptic 19 Jun 2016
Dietary need USA Today 23 Mar 2016
Nutritional necessity Universal 04 Mar 2016
It can be obtained by eating fish USA Today 22 Feb 2016
Dietary need
What's needed to build muscle Dicky tore in leg The Times Cryptic 18 Nov 2015
Important body fuel The Sun Two Speed 17 Nov 2015
Pointer out to find basic foodstuff The Sun Two Speed 17 Nov 2015
___ shake New York Times 16 Aug 2015
Pointer (anag.) The Telegraph Quick 04 Apr 2015
___ shake
Way of learning to crack code for dietary essential
Food chain
Soy is a good source of it
Nutritional necessity
Dietary must
Muscle-building stuff
Enzyme or antibody, e.g.
Enzyme, for one
Enzyme, for one
Tofu is rich in it
Dietary need
Albumin, for one
Diet necessity
Tofu offering
Muscle builder
Amino acid chain
Dietary necessity
Nutritional necessity
Collagen, e.g.
Kind of shampoo
Dietary essential
Diet essential
Nutritional need
Energy-building substance
Diet staple
Body-energy source
Necessity in muscle-building
Food constituent.
Albumen of egg.
What 6 Across provides.
Diet need.
Substance in the diet.
Diet factor.
Vital element of food.
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