Associations to the word «Haworth»

Wiktionary

HAWORTH PROJECTION, noun. A kind of three-dimensional projection used to represent the cyclic structure of monosaccharides.

Dictionary definition

HAWORTH, noun. English biochemist who was a pioneer in research on carbohydrates; when he synthesized vitamin C he became the first person to synthesize a vitamin artificially (1883-1950).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats