additive (noun)

  • 31MSG — noun white crystalline compound used as a food additive to enhance flavor; often used in Chinese cooking food manufacturers sometimes list MSG simply as artificial flavors in ingredient lists • Syn: ↑monosodium glutamate • Hypernyms: ↑flavorer,… …

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  • 32potassium iodide — noun a crystalline salt in organic synthesis and in making photographic emulsions and in iodized table salt • Hypernyms: ↑iodide * * * noun : a crystalline salt KI that is very soluble in water and is used chiefly in making photographic emulsions …

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  • 33soy flour — noun meal made from soybeans • Syn: ↑soybean meal, ↑soybean flour • Hypernyms: ↑flour • Substance Holonyms: ↑soya milk, ↑soybean milk, ↑soymilk …

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  • 34ethyl alcohol — noun 1. the intoxicating agent in fermented and distilled liquors; used pure or denatured as a solvent or in medicines and colognes and cleaning solutions and rocket fuel; proposed as a renewable clean burning additive to gasoline • Syn: ↑ethanol …

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  • 35sodium tripolyphosphate — noun a sodium salt of triphosphoric acid used as a builder in soaps and detergents (Freq. 2) • Hypernyms: ↑builder, ↑detergent builder * * * noun : a crystalline salt Na5P3O10 used chiefly as a builder in soaps and detergents, as a sequestering… …

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  • 36stannous fluoride — noun a white powder that is used to fluoridate toothpaste • Hypernyms: ↑fluoride * * * noun : a white compound SnF2 of tin and fluorine used in toothpaste to combat tooth decay * * * a white, crystalline powder, SnF2, slightly soluble in water:… …

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  • 37canthaxanthin — noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary cantha (from New Latin Cantharellus cinnabarinus, mushroom species from which it was obtained) + xanth + 1 in Date: circa 1951 a naturally occurring carotenoid C40H52O2 used especially as a… …

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  • 38ethylene dibromide — noun Date: 1866 a colorless toxic liquid compound C2H4Br2 that is used chiefly as a fuel additive in leaded gasolines, that has been found to be strongly carcinogenic in laboratory animals, and that was used formerly in the United States as an… …

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  • 39fish protein concentrate — noun Date: 1961 a protein rich food additive made from ground whole fish …

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  • 40module — noun Etymology: Latin modulus Date: circa 1628 1. a standard or unit of measurement 2. the size of some one part taken as a unit of measure by which the proportions of an architectural composition are regulated 3. a. any in a series of… …

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