Crossword-Solution: PECTIN 6 letters, 44 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 10

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Pectin n. One of a series of carbohydrates, commonly called vegetable
jelly, found very widely distributed in the vegetable kingdom,
especially in ripe fleshy fruits, as apples, cranberries, etc. It is
extracted as variously colored, translucent substances, which are
soluble in hot water but become viscous on cooling.

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Jelly-making supply 1 answer
It makes jelly jell 1 answer
It's in a jam 1 answer
Jam and jelly ingredient 1 answer
Jam gelling agent 1 answer
Jam maker's need 1 answer
Jam setter 1 answer
Jam thickener 1 answer
Jam thickner 1 answer
Jelling substance. 1 answer
Jelly basis 1 answer
It makes jelly gel 1 answer
Jellying substance in fruit. 1 answer
Stuff in fruit jelly 1 answer
Substance that citrus peels are rich in 1 answer
Substance used for setting jams and jellies 1 answer
fruit jelly substance 1 answer
jelly substance fruit 1 answer
substance in fruit that makes jam set 1 answer
used in making fruit jellies and jams 1 answer
vegetable jelly 1 answer
Gel-forming substance used as a setting agent in jams 1 answer
ACIDIC substance in ripe fruits 1 answer
Basis of fruit jellies. 1 answer
Basis of jellies and jams 1 answer
Carbohydrate used in jellies 1 answer
Carbohydrate used in making fruit jellies and jams 1 answer
Citrus-rind extraction 1 answer
FRUIT compound 1 answer
FRUIT jelly base 1 answer
Fruit-jelly base 1 answer
Fruit-jelly substance 1 answer
Gelling agent 2 answers
setting agent 2 answers
Jelly thickener 2 answers
Solidifying agent 2 answers
Jelly ingredient 3 answers
Colloidal substance. 4 answers
Jam ingredient 8 answers
Marmalade ingredient 8 answers
DINNER JELLY 10 answers
ANY OF VARIOUS WATER-SOLUBLE COLLOIDAL CARBOHYDRATES THAT OCCUR IN RIPE FRUIT AND VEGETABLES 11 answers
Carbohydrate 19 answers
Jelly 28 answers
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
REATE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with PECTIN (5)

Like as not you'll lose votes for there's nothin' a man hates more than to hear the letter carrier ring his bell and go to the letter box ex pectin' to find a letter he was lookin' for, and find only a lot of printed politics.
Plunkitt of Tammany Hall George Washington Plunkitt 2001
First, there is the proportion of sugar, gum, pectin, etc., to free acid; next, the proportion of soluble to insoluble matters; and thirdly, the aroma, which, indeed, is no inconsiderable element therein.
The Art of Living in Australia Philip E. Muskett (?-1909) 2003
Yet the free acid is not distinctly perceptible, because its taste is covered by a larger proportion of gum, pectin, and other gelatinous substances.
The Art of Living in Australia Philip E. Muskett (?-1909) 2003
There are other fruits again, such as the currant and gooseberry, which are markedly acid, because there is only a small amount of gum and pectin, and a relatively larger amount of free acid.
The Art of Living in Australia Philip E. Muskett (?-1909) 2003
The bacillus which produces the "retting" is known now, however, and it has been shown that the "retting" is a process of decomposition of the pectin cement.
The Story Of Germ Life H. W. Conn 2004

Quotes with PECTIN (1)

Berries have a lot of soluble fiber. That's why they gel up when you're making your Thanksgiving cranberry sauce, with the pectin.
Michael Greger
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Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY, WSJ.

Used 44 times in crossword archives (1954–2019).