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  • 101Candy — /kan dee/, n. a female given name. * * * Sweet sugar or chocolate based confection. The Egyptians made candy from honey (combined with figs, dates, nuts, and spices), sugar being unknown. With the spread of sugarcane cultivation in the 15th… …

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  • 102chyle — chylous, adj. /kuyl/, n. a milky fluid containing emulsified fat and other products of digestion, formed from the chyme in the small intestine and conveyed by the lacteals and the thoracic duct to the veins. [1535 45; < LL chylus < Gk chylós&#8230; …

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  • 103elastomer — elastomeric /i las teuh mer ik/, adj. /i las teuh meuhr/, n. Chem. an elastic substance occurring naturally, as natural rubber, or produced synthetically, as butyl rubber or neoprene. [1935 40; ELAST(IC) + O + Gk méros a part] * * * ▪ chemical&#8230; …

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  • 104emulsify — emulsifiable, emulsible, adj. emulsifiability, emulsibility, n. emulsification, n. emulsifier, n. /i mul seuh fuy /, v.t., v.i., emulsified, emulsifying. to make into or form an emulsion. [1855 60; < L emuls(us) (see EMULSION) + IFY] * * * …

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  • 105fat — fatless, adj. fatlike, adj. /fat/, adj., fatter, fattest, n., v., fatted, fatting. adj. 1. having too much flabby tissue; corpulent; obese: a fat person. 2. plump; well fed: a good, fat chicken. 3. consisting of or containing fat; greasy; oily:&#8230; …

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  • 106margarine — /mahr jeuhr in, jeuh reen , mahrj rin/, n. a butterlike product made of refined vegetable oils, sometimes blended with animal fats, and emulsified, usually with water or milk. Also called oleomargarine. [1870 75; MARGAR(IC) + INE2] * * * Food&#8230; …

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  • 107pylorus — pyloric /puy lawr ik, lor , pi /, adj. /puy lawr euhs, lohr , pi /, n., pl. pylori / lawr uy, lohr uy/. Anat. the opening between the stomach and the duodenum. See diag. under intestine. [1605 15; < LL < Gk pylorós lit., gatekeeper] * * * ▪&#8230; …

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  • 108villus — /vil euhs/, n., pl. villi /vil uy/. 1. Anat., Zool. one of the minute, wormlike processes on certain membranes, esp. on the mucous membrane of the small intestine, where they serve in absorbing nutriment. 2. Bot. one of the long, soft, straight&#8230; …

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  • 109baking — Process of cooking by dry heat, especially in an oven. Baked products include bread, cookies, pies, and pastries. Ingredients used in baking include flour, water, leavening agents (baker s yeast, baking soda, baking powder), shortening (fats,&#8230; …

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  • 110dairy product — Introduction        milk and any of the foods made from milk, including butter, cheese, ice cream, yogurt, and condensed and dried milk.       Milk has been used by humans since the beginning of recorded time to provide both fresh and storable&#8230; …

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