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Starch :: Starching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Starc.

Blancmange :: Blancmange (n.) A preparation for desserts, etc., made from isinglass, sea moss, cornstarch, or other gelatinous or starchy substance, with mild, usually sweetened and flavored, and shaped in a mold..

Inulin :: Inulin (n.) A substance of very wide occurrence. It is found dissolved in the sap of the roots and rhizomes of many composite and other plants, as Inula, Helianthus, Campanula, etc., and is extracted by solution as a tasteless, white, semicrystalline substance, resembling starch, with which it is isomeric. It is intermediate in nature between starch and sugar. Called also dahlin, helenin, alantin, etc..

Assamar :: Assamar (n.) The peculiar bitter substance, soft or liquid, and of a yellow color, produced when meat, bread, gum, sugar, starch, and the like, are roasted till they turn brown..

Starch :: Starch (a.) Stiff; precise; rigid.

Starchy :: Starchwort (n.) The cuckoopint, the tubers of which yield a fine quality of starch..

Plasma :: Plasma (n.) A mixture of starch and glycerin, used as a substitute for ointments..

Tuber :: Tuber (n.) A fleshy, rounded stem or root, usually containing starchy matter, as the potato or arrowroot; a thickened root-stock. See Illust. of Tuberous..

Grain :: Grain (n.) Any small, hard particle, as of sand, sugar, salt, etc.; hence, any minute portion or particle; as, a grain of gunpowder, of pollen, of starch, of sense, of wit, etc..

Fecula :: Fecula (n.) The nutritious part of wheat; starch or farina; -- called also amylaceous fecula.

Diastatic :: Diastatic (a.) Relating to diastase; having the properties of diastase; effecting the conversion of starch into sugar.

Amelcorn :: Amelcorn (n.) A variety of wheat from which starch is produced; -- called also French rice.

Xyloidin :: Xyloidin (n.) A substance resembling pyroxylin, obtained by the action of nitric acid on starch; -- called also nitramidin..

Cerealin :: Cerealin (n.) A nitrogenous substance closely resembling diastase, obtained from bran, and possessing the power of converting starch into dextrin, sugar, and lactic acid..

Starching :: Starched (imp. & p. p.) of Starc.

Osmund :: Osmund (n.) A fern of the genus Osmunda, or flowering fern. The most remarkable species is the osmund royal, or royal fern (Osmunda regalis), which grows in wet or boggy places, and has large bipinnate fronds, often with a panicle of capsules at the top. The rootstock contains much starch, and has been used in stiffening linen..

Paramylum :: Paramylum (n.) A substance resembling starch, found in the green frothy scum formed on the surface of stagnant water..

Maranta :: Maranta (n.) A genus of endogenous plants found in tropical America, and some species also in India. They have tuberous roots containing a large amount of starch, and from one species (Maranta arundinacea) arrowroot is obtained. Many kinds are cultivated for ornament..

Starcraft :: Starchy (a.) Consisting of starch; resembling starch; stiff; precise.

Aristarchy :: Aristarchy (n.) Severely criticism.

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