Crossword-Solution: SORBIC
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Sorbic | a. | Pertaining to, or obtained from, the rowan tree, or sorb; specifically, designating an acid, C/H/CO/H, of the acetylene series, found in the unripe berries of this tree, and extracted as a white crystalline substance. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| SORBIC | anagram | BORSIC, BRISCO |
We have 12 clues for the answer “SORBIC”
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| Acid derived from mountain ash berries | 1 answer |
| Acid in preservatives | 1 answer |
| Acid used as a preservative | 1 answer |
| Acid used in food preservatives | 1 answer |
| Food preservative acid | 1 answer |
| Fruit-derived acid | 1 answer |
| Kind of fruit acid | 1 answer |
| ___ acid (food preservative) | 1 answer |
| ___ acid (preservative) | 2 answers |
| Of an acid | 3 answers |
| A MORTICIAN WHO TREATS CORPSES WITH PRESERVATIVES | 10 answers |
| ACID CHERRIES USED FOR PIES AND PRESERVES | 10 answers |
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An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
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Sentences with SORBIC (2)
Etym: [Hydro-, 2 + sorbic.] (Chem.) Defn: Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from sorbic acid when this takes up hydrogen; as, hydrosorbic acid.
Artificial syntheses of amino-acids, by the action of ammonia upon glyoxylic acid and sorbic acid, both of which occur in plants and may be obtained by the oxidation of simple sugars, have been accomplished, and it seems probable that similar reactions in the plant protoplasm may give rise to the various amino-acids which unite together to form proteins.
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Appears in: Newsday, NYT, USA TODAY, WSJ.
Used 12 times in crossword archives (1972–2022).