| amino acid | fat | nitrogenous base | quaternary structure |
| amino group | fatty acid | nucleic acid | R group |
| bilayer | fructose | nucleoside | ribonucleic acid |
| carbohydrate | gene | nucleotide | ribosome |
| carbon skeleton | glucose | oligosaccharide | RNA |
| carbonyl | glycerol | pentose sugar | saccharide |
| carboxyl group | glycogen | peptide bond | saturated fat |
| catalyst | glycosidic linkage | phosphate group | secondary structure |
| cellulose | hydrocarbon | phospholipid | side chain |
| chitin | hydrolysis | polymer | single bond |
| cholesterol | hydrophilic | polynucleotide | starch |
| condensation reaction | hydrophobic | polypeptide | steroid |
| conformation | hydroxyl group | polysaccharide | substrate |
| dehydration reaction | lipid | polyunsaturated fat | sucrose |
| denaturation | macromolecule | primary structure | sugar |
| deoxyribonucleic acid | maltose | protein | tertiary structure |
| DNA | micelle | protein synthesis | triacylglycerol |
| double bond | monomer | purine | triglyceride |
| ester linkage | monosaccharide | pyrimidine | unsaturated fat |