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7 words match “MARGARIC”

MARGARIC a.
Pertaining to, or resembling, pearl; pearly. Margaric acid. (a) (Physiol. Chem.) A fatty body, crystallizing in pearly scales, and obtained by digesting saponified fats (soaps) with an acid. It was formerly supposed to be an individual fatty acid, but is now known to be simply an intimate mixture of stearic and palmiti…
GLYCERIN; GLYCERINE n.
existing in the natural fats and oils as the base, combined with various acids, as oleic, margaric, stearic, and palmitic. It is a triatomic alcohol, and hence is also called glycerol. See Note under Gelatin.
MARGARATE n.
A compound of the so-called margaric acid with a base.
MARGARIN n.
s and certain vegetable oils, formerly supposed to be a definite compound of glycerin and margaric acid, but now known to be simply a mixture or combination of tristearin and teipalmitin.
MARGARITIC a.
Margaric.
MARGARONE n.
The ketone of margaric acid.
MARGAROUS a.
Margaric; -- formerly designating a supposed acid. [Obs.]