starch-sugar
51starch — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A laundering agent] Syn. stiffening, sizing, laundry starch, cornstarch, arrowroot starch, spray starch. 2. [A complex carbohydrate] Syn. glycogen, polysaccharide, carbohydrate; see carbohydrate , sugar . 3. [A stiff… …
52sugar — [[t]ʃ ʊgə(r)[/t]] ♦♦♦ sugars, sugaring, sugared 1) N UNCOUNT Sugar is a sweet substance that is used to make food and drinks sweet. It is usually in the form of small white or brown crystals. → See also , confectioners sugar, , granulated sugar,… …
53sugar — One of the sugars, q.v., pharmaceutical forms are compressible s. and confectioner s s.. SEE ALSO: sugars. [G. sakcharon; L. saccharum] amino sugars sugars in which a hydroxyl group has been replaced with an amino group; e.g., d glucosamine.… …
54sugar — Synonyms and related words: ambrosia, angel, artificial sweetener, babe, baby, baby doll, blackstrap, blunt, boodle, brass, bread, bucks, buttercup, cabbage, calcium cyclamate, candy, cane syrup, carbohydrate, cherub, chick, chickabiddy, chips,… …
55starch — 1. noun /stɑrtʃ/ a) A widely diffused vegetable substance found especially in seeds, bulbs, and tubers, and extracted (as from potatoes, corn, rice, etc.) as a white, glistening, granular or powdery substance, without taste or smell, and giving a …
56starch — Synonyms and related words: aggressiveness, albumen, bang, batter, bonnyclabber, butter, carbohydrate, clabber, cornstarch, cream, curd, dash, dough, drive, egg white, enterprise, fire, gaum, gel, gelatin, get up and go, getup, ginger, glair,… …
57starch syrup — n. glucose syrup, colorless to somewhat yellow syrupy mixture (composed of dextrose, malt sugar and dextrins containing about 20% water) …
58grape sugar — Dextrose Dex trose (d[e^]ks tr[=o]s ), n. [See {Dexter}.] (Chem.) A sirupy, or white crystalline, variety of sugar, {C6H12O6} (so called from turning the plane of polarization to the right), occurring in many ripe fruits, and also called… …
59diabetic sugar — Glucose Glu cose , n. [Gr. ? sweet. Cf. {Glycerin}.] [1913 Webster] 1. A variety of sugar occurring in nature very abundantly, as in ripe grapes, and in honey, and produced in great quantities from starch, etc., by the action of heat and acids.… …
60grape sugar — Glucose Glu cose , n. [Gr. ? sweet. Cf. {Glycerin}.] [1913 Webster] 1. A variety of sugar occurring in nature very abundantly, as in ripe grapes, and in honey, and produced in great quantities from starch, etc., by the action of heat and acids.… …
