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Aristarchy :: Aristarchy (n.) Severe criticism.

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

Granulose :: Granulose (n.) The main constituent of the starch grain or granule, in distinction from the framework of cellulose. Unlike cellulose, it is colored blue by iodine, and is converted into dextrin and sugar by boiling acids and amylolytic ferments..

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..

Xystarch :: Xystarch (n.) An office/ having the superintendence of the xyst.

Starched :: Starched (a.) Stiffened with starch.

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

Starchedness :: Starched (a.) Stiff; precise; formal.

Erythrogranulose :: Erythrogranulose (n.) A term applied by Brucke to a substance present in small amount in starch granules, colored red by iodine..

Glucose :: Glucose (n.) A variety of sugar occurring in nature very abundantly, as in ripe grapes, and in honey, and produced in great quantities from starch, etc., by the action of heat and acids. It is only about half as sweet as cane sugar. Called also dextrose, grape sugar, diabetic sugar, and starch sugar. See Dextrose..

Unstarch :: Unstarch (v. t.) To free from starch; to make limp or pliable.

Sago :: Sago (n.) A dry granulated starch imported from the East Indies, much used for making puddings and as an article of diet for the sick; also, as starch, for stiffening textile fabrics. It is prepared from the stems of several East Indian and Malayan palm trees, but chiefly from the Metroxylon Sagu; also from several cycadaceous plants (Cycas revoluta, Zamia integrifolia, etc.)..

Clearstarched :: Clearstarched (imp. & p. p.) of Clearstarc.

Hordein :: Hordein (n.) A peculiar starchy matter contained in barley. It is complex mixture.

Amylaceous :: Amylaceous (a.) Pertaining to starch; of the nature of starch; starchy.

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

Amyloidal :: Amyloidal (a.) Resembling or containing amyl; starchlike.

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

Starcher :: Starchedness (n.) The quality or state of being starched; stiffness in manners; formality.

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..

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