Noun:

கஞ்சிப் பசை, மாவுப் பண்டம், கஞ்சிப்பசை, மாச்சத்து,

starch's Usage Examples:

, and in general with Latin versions and notes (Ptolemy, Porphyrius, Briennius, Archimedes, Eutocius, Aristarchus and Pappus).

A rustle of starched petticoats and the whispering and laughter of girls' voices came from the adjoining room.

The horsetails are remarkable for the large quantity of silica they contain in the cuticle (hence their value in polishing), which often amounts to half the weight of the ash yielded by burning them; the roots contain a quantity of starch.

As the cell grows they may become converted into leucoplasts (starch-formers), chloroplasts (chlorophyllbodies), or chromoplasts (color-bodies).

The underground stems (rhizomes or tubers) are rich in starch; from that of Arum maculatum Portland arrowroot was formerly extensively prepared by pounding with water and then straining; the starch was deposited from the strained liquid.

Bokorny, moreover, it appears that such filaments will yield :starch from formaldehyde when they are supplied with sodium -oxymethyl sulphonate, a salt which readily decomposes into formaldehyde and hydrogen sodium sulphite, an observation which has been taken to mean that formaldehyde is always a stage in the synthesis of starch.

A bitter principle to which the name of quercin has been applied by Gerber, its discoverer, has also been detected in the acorn of the common oak; the nutritive portion seems chiefly a form of starch.

The bark itself is used in tanning; and by the Samoiedes and Kamchatkans it is ground up and eaten on account of the starchy matter it contains.

Its property of absorbing large proportions of water, up to 80%, and yet present the appearance of a hard solid body, makes the material a basis for the hydrated soaps, smooth and marbled, in which water, sulphate of soda, and other alkaline solutions, soluble silicates, fuller's earth, starch, 'c.

Components contributing most to the caries process are fermentable carbohydrates including cooked starches, added or naturally occurring sugars.

If it doesn't thicken to the right consistency, add the cornstarch and whisk until it thickens.

The cortex of the older stem of the root frequently acts as a reserve store-house for food which generally takes the form of starch, and it also assists largel) in providing the stereom of the plant.

Synonyms:

amylum, Otaheite arrowroot, cassava starch, arrowroot, Otaheite arrowroot starch, polyose, manioca, polysaccharide, amyloid, arum, cassava, manioc, cornflour, cornstarch, sago,

Antonyms:

unscrew, slacken, relax, stay, resolution,