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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
noun · 78% connection
a non-nitrogenous food substance consisting chiefly of starch; any substance resembling starch
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 nutritive starch obtained from the rootstocks of Maranta arundinacea, and used as food, esp. for children an invalids; also, a simil…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: peculiar, bitter, substance, soft, liquid.
Bitter
verb · 78% connection
Having a peculiar, acrid, biting taste, like that of wormwood or an infusion of hops; as, a bitter medicine; bitter as aloes.
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
noun · 78% connection
The substance which constitutes the essential part of the solid framework of plants, of ordinary wood, linen, paper, etc. It is also f…
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 deep yellow powder; the oxide of some metal calcined to a red or deep yellow color; esp., the oxide of iron (Crocus of Mars or colco…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: peculiar, bitter, substance, soft, liquid.
Crust
noun · 78% connection
The hard exterior or surface of bread, in distinction from the soft part or crumb; or a piece of bread grown dry or hard.
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
become or cause to become soft or liquid; "The sun melted the ice"; "the ice thawed"; "the ice cream melted"; "The heat melted the wax…
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.
