Crossword-Solution: ORCIN
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Orcin | n. | A colorless crystalline substance, C6H3.CH3.(OH)2, which is obtained from certain lichens (Roccella, Lecanora, etc.), also from extract of aloes, and artificially from certain derivatives of toluene. It changes readily into orcein. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| ORCIN | anagram | CORIN, CORNI, CRINO, INCOR, NORIC |
We have 7 clues for the answer “ORCIN”
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| Compound derived from lichens. | 1 answer |
| orcinol | 1 answer |
| Chemical solid | 2 answers |
| COLOURLESS crystalline substance extracted from lichens | 2 answers |
| CRYSTALLINE substance extracted from lichens | 2 answers |
| LICHEN-extracted substance yielding various dyes by chemical treatment | 2 answers |
| crystalline substance | 11 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included
within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or
a triangle.
Hint 2 anagram
AERA
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CERTAIN BRAIN SIZE
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Sentences with ORCIN (4)
Orchil paste, orchil extract, and cudbear are obtained by exposing the plants (species of lichens) containing the colouring principle, called _Orcin_, itself a colourless substance, to the joint action of ammonia and air, when the oxygen of the air changes that orcin by oxidising it into _Orcèin_, which is the true red colouring matter contained in the preparations named.
Etym: [Iso- + orcin.] (Chem.) Defn: A crystalline hydrocarbon derivative, metameric with orcin, but produced artificially; -- called also cresorcin.
See Lac a resinous substance.] (Chem.) Defn: A dyestuff extracted from certain lichens (Roccella tinctoria, Lecanora tartarea, etc.), as a blue amorphous mass which consists of a compound of the alkaline carbonates with certain coloring matters related to orcin and orcein.
Etym: [Xylene + orcin.] (Chem.) Defn: A derivative of xylene obtained as a white crystalline substance which on exposure in the air becomes red; -- called also betaorcin.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 2 times in crossword archives (1967–1972).