Definition of pectin

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Pectin (n.) One of a series of carbohydrates, commonly called vegetable jelly, found very widely distributed in the vegetable kingdom, especially in ripe fleshy fruits, as apples, cranberries, etc. It is extracted as variously colored, translucent substances, which are soluble in hot water but become viscous on cooling..

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Harmony :: Harmony (n.) A literary work which brings together or arranges systematically parallel passages of historians respecting the same events, and shows their agreement or consistency; as, a harmony of the Gospels..
Pectinibranchiata :: Pectinibranchiata (n. pl.) A division of Gastropoda, including those that have a comblike gill upon the neck..
Parapectin :: Parapectin (n.) A gelatinous modification of pectin.
Respecting :: Respecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Respec.
Reinspection :: Reinspection (n.) The act of reinspecting.
Whig :: Whig (n.) One of a political party which grew up in England in the seventeenth century, in the reigns of Charles I. and II., when great contests existed respecting the royal prerogatives and the rights of the people. Those who supported the king in his high claims were called Tories, and the advocates of popular rights, of parliamentary power over the crown, and of toleration to Dissenters, were, after 1679, called Whigs. The terms Liberal and Radical have now generally superseded Whig in Englis
Pectinated :: Pectinated (a.) Having very narrow, close divisions, in arrangement and regularity resembling those of a comb; comblike; as, a pectinate leaf; pectinated muscles. See Illust. (e) of Antennae..
Predestination :: Predestination (n.) The purpose of Good from eternity respecting all events; especially, the preordination of men to everlasting happiness or misery. See Calvinism..
Sentiment :: Sentiment (a.) A thought prompted by passion or feeling; a state of mind in view of some subject; feeling toward or respecting some person or thing; disposition prompting to action or expression.
Pectineal :: Pectineal (a.) Of or pertaining to the pecten.
Ridicule :: Ridicule (v. t.) To laugh at mockingly or disparagingly; to awaken ridicule toward or respecting.
Pecten :: Pecten (n.) Any species of bivalve mollusks of the genus Pecten, and numerous allied genera (family Pectinidae); a scallop. See Scallop..
Regarding :: Regarding (prep.) Concerning; respecting.
Crossbill :: Crossbill () A bill brought by a defendant, in an equity or chancery suit, against the plaintiff, respecting the matter in question in that suit..
Pectinated :: Pectinated (a.) Interlaced, like two combs..
Justice :: "Justice (a.) Conformity to truth and reality in expressing opinions and in conduct; fair representation of facts respecting merit or demerit; honesty; fidelity; impartiality; as, the justice of a description or of a judgment; historical justice..
Inquire :: Inquire (v. t.) To ask about; to seek to know by asking; to make examination or inquiry respecting.
Expectation :: Expectation (n.) The act or state of expecting or looking forward to an event as about to happen.
Hodograph :: Hodograph (n.) A curve described by the moving extremity of a line the other end of which is fixed, this line being constantly parallel to the direction of motion of, and having its length constantly proportional to the velocity of, a point moving in any path; -used in investigations respecting central forces..
Pectin :: Pectin (n.) One of a series of carbohydrates, commonly called vegetable jelly, found very widely distributed in the vegetable kingdom, especially in ripe fleshy fruits, as apples, cranberries, etc. It is extracted as variously colored, translucent substances, which are soluble in hot water but become viscous on cooling..
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