Tannin is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for TANNIN in dictionary:

NOUN:
• any of a group of yellowish or brownish acidic astringent compounds related to gallic acid
• a yellowish or brownish bitter-tasting organic substance present in some galls, barks, and other plant tissues, consisting of derivatives of gallic acid.
• vegetable substance used in tanning
• Same as Tannic acid, under Tannic.
• any of various complex phenolic substances of plant origin; used in tanning and in medicine
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• a chemical compound used in tanning

Words related to TANNIN

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Words that contain TANNIN

tanning8 tannins7 tannings9 suntanning11 suntannings12

How to use TANNIN in a sentence

• Every pound of ordinary tea contains about two ounces of tannin.
• Aftuh dat dey let hit soak till de hair come offn de hide den dey would take de hide oft an hit wuz ready fuh tannin.
• Its bark is so rich in tannin that it forms one of the chief commercial products of the tree.
• The bark contains considerable tannin and the juices from the tree have a medicinal value.
• The root contains in addition fats, tannin, and starch, also myricinic acid.
• Vogel conjectures that the formation of tannin in the living plant is to some extent influenced by light.
• Sunny mountain slopes of a medium height yield, according to wide experience, on an average the pine-barks richest in tannin.
• In woods in level districts the proportion of tannin is greatest in localities exposed to the light, while darkness seems to have an unfavorable effect.
• No chemical analysis of them, or of the nuts, has been made, but they are found to contain tannin freely.
• All these resemble our garden rhubarb more or less in their general characteristics, and in possessing much tannin.
• The plant also contains some tannin, with a resin and a bitter principle.
• The whole plant contains tannin, and a bitter principle, which is butyl-mustard oil, and on which the medicinal properties depend.
• It contains tannin, and a particular bitter principle.
• Seguier, of Paris, of the peculiar vegetable matter, now called tannin.
• The tannin also turned brown on keeping for a week or so.
• From time immemorial, the substance employed to furnish the tannin to the hides of animals, in order to convert them into leather, has been oak bark.
• Tannin obtained from these sources, however, differs materially in some of its characters.
• One pound of the Tanahaka bark is said to yield 63 grains of tannin.
• The hemlock is valuable not only for the tannin of its bark, but as a wood for many purposes is equal to spruce.

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