SERICIN

Definition: SERICIN

SERICIN

Noun

1. A gelatinous nitrogenous material extracted from crude silk and other similar fiber by boiling water; -- called also silk gelatin.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Etymology: Sericin \Ser"i*cin\, noun. [Latin expression sericus silken.]. (Websters 1913)

Domain	Definitions
Food & Agriculture	The natural --, --, is normally left on the silk during reeling, throwing and weaving. . . . . the gum is removed by boiling with soap and water. . . Also sericin gum. . Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Crosswords: SERICIN

Specialty definitions using "SERICIN": degumming ♦ piece-dyed ♦ sericin gum, silk glue ♦ ungummed silk. (references)

Expression using "SERICIN": sericin gum. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "SERICIN"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		silkelim (silk gum), sericin (silk gum). (various references)

Dutch		sericine (silk gum), zijdelijm (silk gum). (various references)

French		sericine, séricine (sericin gum), grès (sericin gum). (various references)

German		Sericin (silk gum), Seidenleim (silk gum), Seidenbast (silk gum). (various references)

Greek		σερεκίνη (silk gum), μεταξόκολλα (silk gum). (various references)

Italian		sericina (silk gum). (various references)

Pig Latin		ericinsay

Portuguese		sericina (silk gum), cimento (cement). (various references)

Russian		серицин. (various references)

Spanish		sericina (silk gum), encía (gum). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "SERICIN": sericins. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "SERICIN" (pronounced 'Ser"i*cin'): Arnicin, Bilifuscin, Caoutchoucin, Capsaicin, Capsicin, Clavecin, Datiscin, Fluorescin, Garancin, Leucin, Masticin, Methysticin, Myricin, Noctilucin, Orcin, Phloroglucin, Putrescin, Resorcin, Rubiacin, Rumicin, Salicin, Styracin, Tunicin, Turacin, Uroglaucin, Viscin, Xylorcin. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: irenics.
	Words within the letters "c-e-i-i-n-r-s"
	-1 letter: incise, irenic, ricins.
	-2 letters: cines, cires, cries, icier, nicer, nisei, reins, resin, rices, ricin, rinse, risen, serin, since, siren.
	-3 letters: cine, cire, cris, erns, ices, ires, iris, nice, nisi, recs, rein, reis, rice, rins, rise, sice, sine, sire.
	-4 letters: cis, ens, ern, ers, ice, ins, ire, rec, rei, res, rin, sec, sei, sen, ser.
	Words containing the letters "c-e-i-i-n-r-s"
	+1 letter: cinerins, citrines, crinites, incisure, inciters, inscribe, recision, sciurine, sericins, soricine.
	+2 letters: acridines, carnifies, cretinism, extrinsic, incisures, incliners, indicters, inscribed, inscriber, inscribes, insincere, neuritics, piercings, precisian, precising, precision, recisions, reincites, reindicts, reminisce, ricinuses, sciurines, scrieving, servicing, sincerity.
	+3 letters: acrimonies, anticaries, carnitines, cashiering, cherishing, cinerarias, cousinries, creolising, cretinisms, criminates, crinkliest, crinolines, crispening, crispiness, criterions, describing, dicentrics, directions, discerning, discretion, distincter, exercising, exorcising, financiers, increasing, indiscreet, inflicters, inscribers, insecurity, interdicts, interstice, iridescent, isentropic, luciferins, micronizes, minicourse, nitpickers, pernicious, picnickers, precisians, precisions, preslicing, princeship, principles, radiancies, recipients, rejoicings, relictions, reminisced, reminiscer, reminisces, rescinding, rescission, resilience, resiliency, resplicing, sanctifier, scrutinies, scrutinise, scrutinize, snickering, trickiness, tricotines, trisecting, trisection, vibrancies, vicereines.
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