Word Finder - starch

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A widely diffused vegetable substance found especially in seeds, bulbs, and tubers, and extracted (as from potatoes, corn, rice, etc.) as a white, glistening, granular or powdery substance, without taste or smell, and giving a very peculiar creaking sound when rubbed between the fingers. It is used as a food, in the production of commercial grape sugar, for stiffening linen in laundries, in making paste, etc.

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(nutrition) Carbohydrates, as with grain and potato based foods.

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A stiff, formal manner; formality.

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Any of various starch-like substances used as a laundry stiffener

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To apply or treat with laundry starch, to create a hard, smooth surface.

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She starched her blouses.

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Stiff; precise; rigid.

Maltose, malt-sugar, maltobiose, C12H22011, is formed, together with dextrine, by the action of malt diastase on starch, and as an intermediate product in the decomposition of starch by sulphuric acid, and of glycogen by ferments.

In Europe, potato starch is generally employed; in America, corn starch.

Embedded in the protoplasm are a number of starch grains.

Starch grains are sometimes present.

The formation of starch may take place in.

At the time these products were thought to be related to the nitrated starch obtained a little previously by Henri Braconnot and called xyloidin; they are only related in so far as they are nitrates.

Its inhabitants are employed in the manufacture of cloth, starch and machinery, in ironfounding and lithography.

We have seen that the starch is preceded by the formation of sugar, and its appearance is now interpreted as a sign of stfrplus manufacture.

The tubers of Ipomaea Batatas are rich in starch and sugar, and, as the "sweet potato," form one of the most widely distributed foods in the warmer parts of the earth.

Of the suspended substances, grains of caoutchouc, drops of resin and oil, proteid crystals and starch grains may be mentioned.

The name is applied in commerce to a complex mixture of carbohydrates obtained by boiling starch with dilute mineral acids; in chemistry, it denotes, with the prefixes d, 1 and d+l (or i), the dextro-rotatory, laevo-rotatory and inactive forms of the definite chemical compound defined above.

It appears to be synthesized in the plant tissues from carbon dioxide and water, formaldehyde being an intermediate product; or it may be a hydrolytic product of a glucoside or of a polysaccharose, such as cane sugar, starch, cellulose, &c. In the plant it is freely converted into more complex sugars, poly-saccharoses and also proteids.

According to a British consular report for 1904 there were 153 manufacturing establishments in the city producing cotton, linen and silk textiles, leather, boots and shoes, alcohol and alcoholic beverages, beer, flour, conserves and candied fruits, cigars and cigarettes, Italian pastes, chocolate, starch, hats, oils, ice, furniture, pianos and other musical instruments, matches, beds, candles, chemicals, iron and steel, printing-type, paint and varnish, glass, looking-glass, cement and artificial stone, earthenware, bricks and tiles, soap, cardboard, papier mache, cartridges and explosives, white lead, perfumery, carriages and wagons, and corks.

Reduce heat to a simmer; add soy milk along with the arrowroot starch, stirring constantly until mixture is evenly blended.

Impurities or additives, which make the heroin darker, can include things like sugar, starch, powdered milk, strychnine, other poisons and more drugs.

Additives include sugar, starch, powdered milk, strychnine, quinine, and other poisons or drugs.

For proper nutrition, dog food should be 40 percent meat or protein, 50 percent vegetables and 10 percent starch.

Since the dry food will include flour, this will represent the starch portion.

This investigator just missed a great discovery, for he did not consider the spherical forms to be living organisms but compared them with starch granules.

Many experiments point to certain small grains of starch which are capable of displacement as the position of the cell is altered.

The sugars are taken up from the circulation and stored in a less soluble form - known as " animal starch " - in the liver and muscle cells; they play an important part in the normal metabolism of the body.

The paper is sized on the surface with wheat starch.

The first visible carbohydrate formed, one which appears so rapidly on the commencement of photosynthesis as to have been regarded as the first evidence of the setting up of the process, is starch.

A concentrated solution of zinc chloride converts starch, cellulose and a great many other organic bodies into soluble compounds; hence the application of the fused salt as a caustic in surgery and the impossibility of filtering a strong ZnC1 2 solution through paper (see Cellulose).

When the flowers form, however, the mycelium sends hyphae into the young ovaries and rapidly replaces the stores of sugar and starch, &c., which would have gone to make the grain, by the soot-like mass of spores so well known as smut, &c. These spores adhere to the grain, and unless destroyed, by "steeping" or other treatment, are sown with it, and again produce sporidia and yeast-conidia which infect the seedlings.

Predicting the apparent disappearance of starch in the rumen of cows from the in vitro gas production profile of their diet.

Because corn starch and corn sweeteners are often used in a range of foods, this could mean changing Gerber 's entire product line.

In order to maintain porosity, pore formers such as starch, carbon, or thermosetting resins are added.

Waxy corn is used for the production of starch similar to tapioca.

Dextrose is derived from the starch found in corn plants.

Additionally, Love Forever shows you how to create your own fabric appliqués that require liquid starch and a brayer tool to smooth the appliqué onto the wall.

Also, try brushing corn starch over your skin to absorb oil--it was recommended to me by a dermatologist years ago and I absolutely love it since I tend to be on the oily side myself.

Infused with pearl powders, it provides a matte finish by absorbing oil with rice starch, oat protein and coral seaweed.

Not only that, but powders made using cornstartch or rice starch are not the best product if you have trouble skin that tends to breakout.

Rice is the predominant carbohydrate or starch in Chinese food, but Shanghai is one of many regions that prefer wheat-based noodles or steamed buns.

Beijing is located in Northern China, where it is difficult to grow rice, so most menus will feature wheat flour breads or flat breads instead of rice as the traditional starch.

Loaded Mashed Potatoes - Mashed potatoes are a great summer starch.

A basic meal combination might be a starch, maybe Basmati rice which is long grained with a nutty flavor, or roti, unleavened Indian bread.

Often a simple substitution of a starch for a lower carb veggie will suffice to make a recipe low carb, or you can swap out your hamburger bun for a lettuce leaf.

It is made from potato starch, tapioca flour, leavening agents (calcium lactate, calcium carbonate, and citric acid) and a gum derived from cottonseed.

A grease stain might respond to a sprinkling of talcum powder or corn starch.

Many people are unable to digest grains or produce the enzymes necessary to convert the grain starch.

The wheat is known as a hard wheat which is also high in starch content.

Carbohydrates-Compounds, such as cellulose, sugar, and starch, that contain only carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, and are a major part of the diets of people and other animals.

In the simple-carb counting method, one carbohydrate choice or unit equals 15 grams of carbohydrates (which is equivalent to one starch or fruit exchange in the exchange method).

The plaque bacteria sticking to tooth enamel use the sugar and starch from food particles in the mouth to produce acid, which destroys the tooth's enamel.

Foods high in sugar and starch, especially when eaten between meals, increase the risk of cavities.

The bacteria in the mouth use sugar and starch to produce the acid that destroys the enamel.

Some of the most commonly described types of pica are eating earth, soil, or clay (geophagia); ice (pagophagia); and starch (amylophagia).

Amylophagia-The compulsive eating of purified starch, typically cornstarch or laundry starch.