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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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Pectinibranchiate :: Pectinibranchiate (a.) Having pectinated gills.

Speculate :: Speculate (v. i.) To view subjects from certain premises given or assumed, and infer conclusions respecting them a priori..

Respecting :: Respecting (prep.) With regard or relation to; regarding; concerning; as, respecting his conduct there is but one opinion..

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..

Pectinate :: Pectinate (a.) Alt. of Pectinate.

Legend :: Legend (n.) A story respecting saints; especially, one of a marvelous nature..

Introspective :: Introspective (a.) Inspecting within; seeing inwardly; capable of, or exercising, inspection; self-conscious..

Hepatoscopy :: Hepatoscopy (n.) Divination by inspecting the liver of animals.

Statistics :: Statistics (n.) The science which has to do with the collection and classification of certain facts respecting the condition of the people in a state.

Pectosic :: Pectosic (a.) Of, pertaining to, resembling, or derived from, pectose; specifically, designating an acid supposed to constitute largely ordinary pectin or vegetable jelly..

Euctical :: Euctical () Expecting a wish; supplicatory.

Negotiate :: Negotiate (v. i.) To hold intercourse respecting a treaty, league, or convention; to treat with, respecting peace or commerce; to conduct communications or conferences..

Expectingly :: Expectingly (adv.) In a state of expectation.

Pectination :: Pectination (n.) Comblike toothing.

Suspectless :: Suspectless (a.) Not suspecting; having no suspicion.

Pectinal :: Pectinal (a.) Of or pertaining to a comb; resembling a comb.

Suspicion :: Suspicion (n.) The act of suspecting; the imagination or apprehension of the existence of something (esp. something wrong or hurtful) without proof, or upon very slight evidence, or upon no evidence..

Expectation :: Expectation (n.) The act or state of expecting or looking forward to an event as about to happen.

Scrupulosity :: Scrupulosity (n.) The quality or state of being scruppulous; doubt; doubtfulness respecting decision or action; caution or tenderness from the far of doing wrong or ofending; nice regard to exactness and propierty; precision.

Scallop :: Scallop (n.) Any one of numerous species of marine bivalve mollusks of the genus Pecten and allied genera of the family Pectinidae. The shell is usually radially ribbed, and the edge is therefore often undulated in a characteristic manner. The large adductor muscle of some the species is much used as food. One species (Vola Jacobaeus) occurs on the coast of Palestine, and its shell was formerly worn by pilgrims as a mark that they had been to the Holy Land. Called also fan shell. See Pecten, 2..