Stearin is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for STEARIN in dictionary:

NOUN:
• the solid portion of a fat, also STEARINE
• a white crystalline substance which is the main constituent of tallow and suet. It is a glyceryl ester of stearic acid.
• a mixture of fatty acids used in candle-making.
• colourless crystalline ester of glycerol and stearic acid
• One of the constituents of animal fats and also of some vegetable fats, as the butter of cacao. It is especially characterized by its solidity, so that when present in considerable quantity it materially increases the hardness, or raises the melting point, of the fat, as in mutton tallow. Chemically, it is a compound of glyceryl with three molecules of stearic acid, and hence is technically called tristearin, or glyceryl tristearate.
• an ester of glycerol and stearic acid

Words related to STEARIN

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Words that contain STEARIN

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How to use STEARIN in a sentence

• One hundred pounds of oil, tallow, lard, or stearin are to be placed in a clean iron-bound barrel, and melted by the direct application of a current of steam.
• Hippocrates noted that the stearin of eels was difficult of digestion.

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