Crossword-Solution: DEXTRIN
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| Dextrin | n. | A translucent, gummy, amorphous substance, nearly tasteless and odorless, used as a substitute for gum, for sizing, etc., and obtained from starch by the action of heat, acids, or diastase. It is of somewhat variable composition, containing several carbohydrates which change easily to their respective varieties of sugar. It is so named from its rotating the plane of polarization to the right; -- called also British gum, Alsace gum, gommelin, leiocome, etc. See Achroodextrin, and Erythrodextrin. |
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| sticky substance obtained from starch | 1 answer |
| GUMMY substance | 2 answers |
| Adhesive | 67 answers |
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Sentences with DEXTRIN (5)
Dextrin, a gummy substance used for the backs of postage stamps, is a carbo-hydrate, as in fact are gums in general.
Unsized paper, with the sheets impregnated with dextrin and starch and squeezed in hydraulic presses, will form a material as hard as steel.
Its sweet flavor and sirupy consistency are due to the presence of 38.5 per cent glucose and 42 per cent dextrin.
EXPERIMENT 27: THE SOLUBILITY OF DEXTRIN.--Pour the remainder of the browned flour from Experiment 26 into a test tube.
EXPERIMENT 53: COMPARISON OF STARCH AND DEXTRIN FOR THICKENING.--When flour is browned what substance is formed from some of the starch (see Experiment 26, above)? Make a White Sauce, using 1 teaspoonful of fat, 1/2 tablespoonful of flour, and 1/4 cupful of water.