Petrostearine :: Petrostearine (n.) A solid unctuous material, of which candles are made..

Stearate :: Steapsin (n.) An unorganized ferment or enzyme present in pancreatic juice. It decomposes neutral fats into glycerin and fatty acids.

Stearic :: Stearate (n.) A salt of stearic acid; as, ordinary soap consists largely of sodium or potassium stearates..

Stearin :: Stearic (a.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, stearin or tallow; resembling tallow..

Stearolic :: Stearin (n.) One of the constituents of animal fats and also of some vegetable fats, as the butter of cacao. It is especially characterized by its solidity, so that when present in considerable quantity it materially increases the hardness, or raises the melting point, of the fat, as in mutton tallow. Chemically, it is a compound of glyceryl with three molecules of stearic acid, and hence is technically called tristearin, or glyceryl tristearate..

Stearone :: Stearolic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid of the acetylene series, isologous with stearis acid, and obtained, as a white crystalline substance, from oleic acid..

Stearoptene :: Stearone (n.) The ketone of stearic acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance, (C17H35)2.CO, by the distillation of calcium stearate..

Stearrhea :: Stearoptene (n.) The more solid ingredient of certain volatile oils; -- contrasted with elaeoptene.

Stearyl :: Stearrhea (n.) seborrhea.

Tear :: Tear (n.) A drop of the limpid, saline fluid secreted, normally in small amount, by the lachrymal gland, and diffused between the eye and the eyelids to moisten the parts and facilitate their motion. Ordinarily the secretion passes through the lachrymal duct into the nose, but when it is increased by emotion or other causes, it overflows the lids..

Tear :: Tear (n.) Something in the form of a transparent drop of fluid matter; also, a solid, transparent, tear-shaped drop, as of some balsams or resins..

Tear :: Tear (n.) That which causes or accompanies tears; a lament; a dirge.

Tear :: Tear (v. t.) To separate by violence; to pull apart by force; to rend; to lacerate; as, to tear cloth; to tear a garment; to tear the skin or flesh..

Tear :: Tear (v. t.) Hence, to divide by violent measures; to disrupt; to rend; as, a party or government torn by factions..

Tear :: Tear (v. t.) To rend away; to force away; to remove by force; to sunder; as, a child torn from its home..

Tear :: Tear (v. t.) To pull with violence; as, to tear the hair..

Tear :: Tear (v. t.) To move violently; to agitate.

Tear :: Tear (v. i.) To divide or separate on being pulled; to be rent; as, this cloth tears easily..

Tear :: Tear (v. i.) To move and act with turbulent violence; to rush with violence; hence, to rage; to rave..

Tear :: Tear (n.) The act of tearing, or the state of being torn; a rent; a fissure..

Tear-falling :: Tear-falling (a.) Shedding tears; tender.

Tear-thumb :: Tear-thumb (n.) A name given to several species of plants of the genus Polygonum, having angular stems beset with minute reflexed prickles..

Tearer :: Tearer (n.) One who tears or rends anything; also, one who rages or raves with violence..

Tearful :: Tearful (a.) Abounding with tears; weeping; shedding tears; as, tearful eyes..

Tearing :: Tearing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tea.

Tearless :: Tearless (a.) Shedding no tears; free from tears; unfeeling.

Tearpit :: Tearpit (n.) A cavity or pouch beneath the lower eyelid of most deer and antelope; the lachrymal sinus; larmier. It is capable of being opened at pleasure and secretes a waxy substance.

Teary :: Teary (a.) Wet with tears; tearful.

Teary :: Teary (a.) Consisting of tears, or drops like tears..

Totear :: Totear (v. t.) To tear or rend in pieces.

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