Crossword-Solution: SERICIN
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Sericin | n. | A gelatinous nitrogenous material extracted from crude silk and other similar fiber by boiling water; -- called also silk gelatin. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| SERICIN | anagram | IRENICS, RESINIC, SIRENIC |
We have 3 clues for the answer “SERICIN”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Silk glue. | 1 answer |
| gelatinous protein found on the fibres of raw silk | 1 answer |
| Gelatin | 6 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
AAER
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CERTAIN BRAIN SIZE
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Sentences with SERICIN (5)
The outer envelope of silk-glue or sericin can be dissolved off the inner fibroïn fibre by means of hot water, or warm water with a little soap.
Cold strong acetic acid, so-called glacial acetic acid, removes the yellowish colouring matter from raw silk without dissolving the sericin or silk-gum.
Dilute caustic alkalis, if sufficiently dilute, will dissolve off the sericin and leave the inner fibre of fibroïn; but they are not so good for ungumming silk as soap solutions are, as the fibre after treatment with them is deficient in whiteness and brilliancy.
Refraction of light rays, 108 Safflower, 85, 87 Salt-cake process, 53 Salts, 49 " acid, 70, 71 " basic, 71 " neutral or normal, 71 " stable, 72 " unstable, 72 Santalin, 99 Santalwood, 99 Sealing-wax, coloured, 103 Sécretage of fur, 17 " process, injury to fur in, 17 Sericin, 7 Shellac, 62 " colouring of, 103 " rosin in, detection of, 63 " solvents for, 63 _See also_ Lac.
The soap is often used in conjunction with carbonate of soda to assist the removal of the sericin, but, whilst carbonates are permissible, it is necessary to avoid an excess of caustic soda.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (1944).