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Acetone
noun · 78% connection
A volatile liquid consisting of three parts of carbon, six of hydrogen, and one of oxygen; pyroacetic spirit, -- obtained by the disti…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: peculiar, bitter, substance, soft, liquid.
Amylaceous
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to starch; of the nature of starch; starchy.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: peculiar, bitter, substance, soft, liquid.
Amyloid
adjective · 78% connection
Alt. of Amyloidal
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: peculiar, bitter, substance, soft, liquid.
Amylose
noun · 78% connection
One of the starch group (C6H10O5)n of the carbohydrates; as, starch, arabin, dextrin, cellulose, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: peculiar, bitter, substance, soft, liquid.
Arrowroot
noun · 78% connection
A west Indian plant of the genus Maranta, esp. M. arundinacea, now cultivated in many hot countries. It said that the Indians used the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: peculiar, bitter, substance, soft, liquid.
Bitter
noun · 78% connection
AA turn of the cable which is round the bitts.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: peculiar, bitter, substance, soft, liquid.
Bittersweet
adjective · 78% connection
Sweet and then bitter or bitter and then sweet; esp. sweet with a bitter after taste; hence (Fig.), pleasant but painful.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: peculiar, bitter, substance, soft, liquid.
Cellulose
adjective · 78% connection
Consisting of, or containing, cells.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: peculiar, bitter, substance, soft, liquid.
Cerealin
noun · 78% connection
A nitrogenous substance closely resembling diastase, obtained from bran, and possessing the power of converting starch into dextrin, s…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: peculiar, bitter, substance, soft, liquid.
Colocynth
noun · 78% connection
The light spongy pulp of the fruit of the bitter cucumber (Citrullus, / Cucumis, colocynthis), an Asiatic plant allied to the watermel…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: peculiar, bitter, substance, soft, liquid.
Crocus
noun · 78% connection
A genus of iridaceous plants, with pretty blossoms rising separately from the bulb or corm. C. vernus is one of the earliest of spring…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: peculiar, bitter, substance, soft, liquid.
Crust
noun · 78% connection
The hard external coat or covering of anything; the hard exterior surface or outer shell; an incrustation; as, a crust of snow.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: peculiar, bitter, substance, soft, liquid.
Dextrin
noun · 78% connection
A translucent, gummy, amorphous substance, nearly tasteless and odorless, used as a substitute for gum, for sizing, etc., and obtained…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: peculiar, bitter, substance, soft, liquid.
Dextrose
noun · 78% connection
A sirupy, or white crystalline, variety of sugar, C6H12O6 (so called from turning the plane of polarization to the right), occurring i…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: peculiar, bitter, substance, soft, liquid.
Dissolve
verb · 78% connection
To separate into competent parts; to disorganize; to break up; hence, to bring to an end by separating the parts, sundering a relation…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: peculiar, bitter, substance, soft, liquid.
Glucose
noun · 78% connection
A variety of sugar occurring in nature very abundantly, as in ripe grapes, and in honey, and produced in great quantities from starch,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: peculiar, bitter, substance, soft, liquid.
Glucoside
noun · 78% connection
One of a large series of amorphous or crystalline substances, occurring very widely distributed in plants, rarely in animals, and rega…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: peculiar, bitter, substance, soft, liquid.
Glycogen
noun · 78% connection
A white, amorphous, tasteless substance resembling starch, soluble in water to an opalescent fluid. It is found abundantly in the live…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: peculiar, bitter, substance, soft, liquid.
