Crossword-Solution: AMIDS 5 letters, 1 clue 🏆 scrabble score: 8

But when Phoebus began somewhat for to draw neare To Icarus his Court, the sonne of Dedalus most deare, (Whose chaunce it is to dwell amids the Ocean flood, Because that he obseru'd not well his fathers counsell good) We then with saile and ore to ship began to hie, That we might fetch aboorde, before the day had lost his eye.

Amids: this term is frequently applied to the nitrogenous non-albuminoid compounds of vegetable foods and feeding stuffs, among which are amido acids, such as aspartic acid and asparagin.

Foods contain numerous nitrogenous organic compounds, which, for purposes of study, are divided into four divisions,--proteids, albuminoids, amids, and alkaloids.

They are partially oxidized, and the nitrogenous portion of the molecule is eliminated mainly in the form of amids, as urea.

Crude Protein.--In the analysis of foods, the term "crude protein" is used to designate the total nitrogenous compounds considered collectively; it is composed largely of protein, but also includes the amids, alkaloids, and albuminoids.