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Definitions: INDICAN |
INDICANNoun1. An indigo-forming substance, found in urine, and other animal fluids, and convertible into red and blue indigo (urrhodin and uroglaucin). Chemically, it is indoxyl sulphate of potash, C8H6NSO4K, and is derived from the indol formed in the alimentary canal. Called also uroxanthin. 2. A glucoside obtained from woad (indigo plant) and other plants, as a yellow or light brown sirup. It has a nauseous bitter taste, a decomposes or drying. By the action of acids, ferments, etc., it breaks down into sugar and indigo. It is the source of natural indigo. |
Note: Indican \In"di*can\, noun. [See Indigo.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Health | A substance occurring in the urine of mammals and also in blood plasma as the normal metabolite of tryptophan. An increased urinary excretion of indican is seen in Hartnup disease from the bacterial degradation of unabsorbed tryptophan. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: INDICAN |
| English words defined with "INDICAN": Indifulvin, Indifuscin, Indiglucin, Indigogen, Indihumin, Indiretin ♦ Urinary pigments, Uroglaucin, Uroxanthin, Urrhodin. (references) |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
indican | 4 |
indican test | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "INDICAN"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | Jolle's indikanprøve (Jolles indican test). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | reactie van Jolles op indican (Jolles indican test). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Farsi | ماده سازنده نیل , شیره نیل . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | mise en évidence de l'indican par la méthode de Jolle (Jolles indican test). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Jolles Indikanprobe (Jolles indican test). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | δοκιμασία ινδικάνης του Jolles (Jolles indican test). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | prova di Jolles (Jolles indican test). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | indicanay teste do indican de Jolles (Jolles indican test). (various references) prueba de Jolles (Jolles indican test). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "INDICAN": indicans, indicant, indicants. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "INDICAN" (pronounced 'In"di*can'): AEsthetican, Antelucan, Anti-American, Anti-Gallican, Barracan, Basilican, Cancan, Cassican, Cooncan, Copernican, Dellacruscan, Entomostracan, Epicarican, Etruscan, Flucan, Incan, Jamaican, Majorcan, Malacostracan, Maracan, Mechoacan, Mexican, Molluscan, Moroccan, Oscan, Pan-American, Pan-Anglican, Pecan, Pelican, Publican, Puplican, Rubican, SCAN, Spheniscan, toucan, Tucan, Vatican, Vulcan. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-d-i-i-n-n" | |
-1 letter: niacin. | |
-2 letters: acini, canid, nicad. | |
-3 letters: acid, cadi, caid, cain, inia, nidi. | |
-4 letters: aid, ain, and, ani, cad, can, din, inn, nan. | |
-5 letters: ad, ai, an, id, in, na. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-d-i-i-n-n" | |
+1 letter: conidian, indicans, indicant. | |
+2 letters: cnidarian, cyaniding, indicants, nonacidic. | |
+3 letters: cnidarians, discanting, distancing, incendiary, incidental, indicating, indication, jaundicing, mandarinic. | |
+4 letters: cannabinoid, cantharidin, conditional, declination, handpicking, incarnadine, incidentals, incinerated, indications, infanticide, niacinamide, nondiabetic, nondidactic, nonjudicial, sandwiching, syndicating, syndication, tyrannicide, vindicating, vindication. | |
+5 letters: cannabinoids, cannibalised, cannibalized, cantharidins, coincidental, conditionals, confidential, coordinating, coordination, daunorubicin, declinations, denunciation, denunciative, deracinating, deracination, difunctional, discriminant, disinfectant, handicapping, incandescing, incarnadined, incarnadines, incendiaries, incendiarism, incidentally, incriminated, indeclinable, indicational, indoctrinate, indomethacin, infanticidal, infanticides, interchained, mendicancies, niacinamides, nicotinamide, nidification, nonaddictive, nonadiabatic, nondiabetics, nonidentical, scandalising, scandalizing, syndications, tyrannicides, vindications. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)49 4E 44 49 43 41 4E |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).. -. -.. .. -.-. .- -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001001 01001110 01000100 01001001 01000011 01000001 01001110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)I N D I C A N |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0049 004E 0044 0049 0043 0041 004E |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)43483843373548 |
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