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Aristarchy :: Aristarchy (n.) Severe criticism.

Starched :: Starch (n.) Fig.: A stiff, formal manner; formality..

Tous-les-mois :: Tous-les-mois (n.) A kind of starch with very large, oval, flattened grains, often sold as arrowroot, and extensively used for adulterating cocoa. It is made from the rootstocks of a species of Canna, probably C. edulis, the tubers of which are edible every month in the year..

Farina :: Farina (n.) A fine flour or meal made from cereal grains or from the starch or fecula of vegetables, extracted by various processes, and used in cookery..

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..

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

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

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..

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

Stiffen :: Stiffen (v. t.) To make stiff; to make less pliant or flexible; as, to stiffen cloth with starch..

Cassava :: Cassava (n.) A nutritious starch obtained from the rootstocks of the cassava plant, used as food and in making tapioca..

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..

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

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

Amylolytic :: Amylolytic (a.) Effecting the conversion of starch into soluble dextrin and sugar; as, an amylolytic ferment..

Leucoplastid :: Leucoplastid (n.) One of certain very minute whitish or colorless granules occurring in the protoplasm of plants and supposed to be the nuclei around which starch granules will form.

Amyloid :: Amyloid (n.) A non-nitrogenous starchy food; a starchlike substance.

Starchwort :: Starchness (n.) Of or pertaining to starched or starch; stiffness of manner; preciseness.

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

Intussusception :: Intussusception (n.) The interposition of new particles of formative material among those already existing, as in a cell wall, or in a starch grain..

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