Crossword-Solution: CELLULOSE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Cellulose | a. | Consisting of, or containing, cells. |
| Cellulose | n. | The substance which constitutes the essential part of the solid framework of plants, of ordinary wood, linen, paper, etc. It is also found to a slight extent in certain animals, as the tunicates. It is a carbohydrate, (C6H10O5)n, isomeric with starch, and is convertible into starches and sugars by the action of heat and acids. When pure, it is a white amorphous mass. See Starch, Granulose, Lignin. |
We have 15 clues for the answer “CELLULOSE”
| Clue | Answers |
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| About 90% of cotton fiber | 1 answer |
| CELL wall of plant | 1 answer |
| CELL-produced organic substance | 1 answer |
| Chief constituent of all plant tissues | 1 answer |
| Ingredient of paper and explosives | 1 answer |
| ORGANIC substance produced by cell | 1 answer |
| PLANT cell walls, main component of | 1 answer |
| RAYON, component of | 1 answer |
| Vegetable matter used in making paper, rayon, and photographic film | 1 answer |
| sawdust | 2 answers |
| Natural fiber | 3 answers |
| Natural fibre | 3 answers |
| A POLYSACCHARIDE THAT IS THE CHIEF CONSTITUENT OF ALL PLANT TISSUES AND FIBERS | 11 answers |
| Carbohydrate | 19 answers |
| Paint | 78 answers |
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Sentences with CELLULOSE (5)
This method was also used to test the penetration of glue into the wood on each side of joints, so giving a measure of the strength; and for the effect of 'doping' the wings, dope being a film (of cellulose acetate dissolved in acetone with other chemicals) applied to the covering of wings and bodies to render the linen taut and weatherproof, besides giving it a smooth surface for the lessening of 'skin friction' when passing rapidly through the air.
The fact that Payen, in 1844, had demonstrated that the cell walls of all vegetables, high or low, are composed largely of one substance, cellulose, tended to strengthen the position of the cell wall as the really essential structure, of which the protoplasmic contents were only subsidiary products.
Cellulose and animal membrane being now regarded as more by-products, the way was clear for the recognition of the fact that vegetable protoplasm and animal sarcode are marvellously similar in appearance and general properties.
These various organisms, together with some cellulose from any leaves and roots not utterly decayed, might well account for such large quantities of mould being swallowed by worms.
Priority in the invention of the cellulose film, instead of glass, which has revolutionized photography, has been decided by the courts to belong to the Reverend Hannibal Goodwin, but the honor none the less belongs to Eastman, who independently worked out his process and gave photography to the millions.
Quotes with CELLULOSE (3)
It's obviously tricky to convert cellulose to a useful biofuel. I think actually the most efficient way to use cellulose is to burn it in a co-generation power plant. That will yield the most energy and that is something you can do today.
The simplest way to remove carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas, is to grow plants - preferably trees, since they tie up more of the gas in cellulose, meaning it will not return to the air within a season or two. Plants build themselves out of air and water, taking only a tiny fraction of their mass from the soil.
A cow out on grass is just an incredible thing to behold... Cows and other ruminants can do things we just can't do. They have the most highly evolved digestive organ on the planet, called the rumen. And the rumen can digest grass. It takes grass, cellulose in grass, and turns it into protein, very nutritious protein. We can't do that.
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Appears in: NYT, Universal.
Used 3 times in crossword archives (1986–2014).