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Absorbent
noun · 78% connection
Any substance which absorbs and neutralizes acid fluid in the stomach and bowels, as magnesia, chalk, etc.; also a substance e. g., io…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: applied, brucke, substance, present, small.
Aleurone
noun · 78% connection
An albuminoid substance which occurs in minute grains ("protein granules") in maturing seeds and tubers; -- supposed to be a modificat…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: applied, brucke, substance, present, small.
Amount
noun · 78% connection
The sum total of two or more sums or quantities; the aggregate; the whole quantity; a totality; as, the amount of 7 and 9 is 16; the a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: applied, brucke, substance, present, small.
Amylaceous
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to starch; of the nature of starch; starchy.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: applied, brucke, substance, present, small.
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: applied, brucke, substance, present, small.
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: applied, brucke, substance, present, small.
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: applied, brucke, substance, present, small.
Assamar
noun · 78% connection
The peculiar bitter substance, soft or liquid, and of a yellow color, produced when meat, bread, gum, sugar, starch, and the like, are…
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Carbonometer
noun · 78% connection
An instrument for detecting and measuring the amount of carbon which is present, or more esp. the amount of carbon dioxide, by its act…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: applied, brucke, substance, present, small.
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: applied, brucke, substance, present, small.
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: applied, brucke, substance, present, small.
Chloriodic
adjective · 78% connection
Compounded of chlorine and iodine; containing chlorine and iodine.
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Colored
adjective · 78% connection
Of some other color than white; specifically applied to negroes or persons having negro blood; as, a colored man; the colored people.
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Daguerreotype
noun · 78% connection
An early variety of photograph, produced on a silver plate, or copper plate covered with silver, and rendered sensitive by the action…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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Goodish
adjective · 78% connection
large in amount or extent or degree; "it cost a considerable amount"; "a goodly amount"; "received a hefty bonus"; "a respectable sum"…
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