Albumen

Definitions: Albumen

Albumen

Noun

1. A simple water-soluble protein found in many animal tissues and liquids.

2. The white of an egg; the nutritive and protective gelatinous substance surrounding the yolk consisting mainly of albumin dissolved in water.

Date "albumen" was first used: 1599. (references)

Etymology: Albumen \Al*bu"men\, noun. [Latin expression, from albus white.]. (Websters 1913)

Domain	Definitions
Food & Agriculture	A protein used for fining wines. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Albumen

Synonyms: albumin (n), egg white (n), ovalbumin (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Organization	Protoplasm, cytoplasm, protein; albumen; structure; organization, organism.
Production	Bringing forth; Verb:: parturition, birth, birth-throe, childbirth, delivery, confinement, accouchement, travail, labor, midwifery, obstetrics; geniture; gestation; (maturation); assimilation; evolution, development, growth; entelechy; fertilization, gemination, germination, heterogamy, genesis, generation, epigenesis, procreation, progeneration, propagation; fecundation, impregnation; albumen.
Semiliquidity	Jelly, mucilage, gelatin, gluten; carlock, fish glue; ichthyocol, ichthycolla; isinglass; mucus, phlegm, goo; pituite, lava; glair, starch, gluten, albumen, milk, cream, protein; treacle; gum, size, glue (tenacity); wax, beeswax.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Albumen

English words defined with "albumen": Albumenize, Albuminiferous, Albuminimeter, Albuminose ♦ egg yolk, Exalbuminous ♦ Perisperm ♦ Ruminated ♦ Vegeto-animal ♦ White of a seed. (references)

Specialty definitions using "albumen": organic colloid. (references)

Etymologies containing "albumen": Albuminiferous, Albuminimeter, Albuminiparous, Albuminoid, Albuminuria ♦ Exalbuminous. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Albumen" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Dutch (albumen), French (albumen), Latin (albumen, white of an egg), Romanian (albumen), Spanish (albumen).

Domain	Title
Books	British Masters of the Albumen Print: A Selection of Mid-Nineteenth Century Victorian Photography/Microfiche (reference) The Albumen and Salted Paper Book: The History and Practice of Photographic Printing, 1840-1895 (reference) Albumen and Salted Paper Book (reference) (more book examples)

Music	Albumen (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
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Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	On the main deck of his flagship, USS Malvern, circa 1864, leaning on a slide carriage-mounted heavy 12-pounder Dahlgren smooth-bore howitzer. Photographed by Alexander Gardner. The original is an albumen silver print. This photograph was used as the basis for an engraving published in Harper's Weekly, 21 January 1865.Credit: NAVY.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

"Albumen" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Albumen" is used about 18 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (plural)	100%	18	82,615

Expression using "albumen": albumen test. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "albumen"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		albuminë (albumin, albuminoid). (various references)

Arabic		‏زلال, ‏الآح بياض البيضة. (various references)

Bulgarian		албумин (albumin), белтъчно вещество (protein), белтък от яйце. (various references)

Chinese		蛋白 (egg white, protein), 卵蛋白. (various references)

Czech		bílkovina (albumin, protein), bílek (egg white, white). (various references)

Danish		animalsk albumin, albumin (albumin, protein), albumen (endosperm), planteaeggehvide (endosperm). (various references)

Dutch		kiemwit (endosperm), albumen (endosperm). (various references)

Faeroese		eggjahvíti. (various references)

Farsi		موادذخیره ء اطراف بافت گیاهی , سفیده ء تخم مرغ , البومین (Albumin). (various references)

Finnish		munanvalkuainen (endosperm, white). (various references)

French		albumen, albumine (albumin). (various references)

German		Eiweiß (albumin, egg white, protein, proteins, white, white of egg). (various references)

Greek		λεύκωμα (album, albumin, leucoma), λευκωματίνη (albumin, endosperm), ασπράδι αυγού (egg white, ovalbumin), αλβουμίνη, αλμπυμίνη. (various references)

Hebrew		חלבון (protein, white of egg). (various references)

Hungarian		tojásfehérje (egg white, glair, white of egg). (various references)

Indonesian		protein (protein). (various references)

Italian		albume (endosperm, glair). (various references)

Korean		배� �. (various references)

Manx		tharrey fynnican, giallican (angel, glair), fynnican (white, white of egg). (various references)

Pig Latin		albumenay

Portuguese		albumina (albumin), albúmen (endosperm). (various references)

Romanian		albuminã (albumin), albumen, albuş de ou (glair, white). (various references)

Russian		белок (albumin, protein, white). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		belance (egg white, glair), belančevina (protein). (various references)

Spanish		albumen (endosperm), albúmina (albumin, protein). (various references)

Swedish		äggvita (albumin, egg white, white of egg). (various references)

Turkish		albumín, albümin (albumin), yumurta akı (albumin, egg white, glair, white of egg). (various references)

Ukranian		білоковина, білок (eggwhite, white). (various references)

Vietnamese		nội nhũ, lòng trắng. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	albumen. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "albumen": albumens. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Albumen" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: abhuman, abumen, abumin, albue, albume, albumine, albumn, albuumin, Almudena, Aubonne, Balbuena, lebaume. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "albumen" (pronounced 'Al*bu"men'): Acumen, Agnomen, Alumen, Bitumen, Cerumen, Cognomen, Coronamen, Culmen, Dictamen, Duramen, Energumen, Examen, Falsicrimen, flamen, foramen, Germen, Gravamen, Highmen, Legumen, lumen, Oleamen, Ostmen, Post-abdomen, Praenomen, Prenomen, Putamen, rumen, semen, Seralbumen, stamen, Tegmen, Vimen, Yamen. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-b-e-l-m-n-u"
	-1 letter: nebula, unable.
	-2 letters: album, amble, blame, blume, leman, lumen, ulema, ulnae, umbel.
	-3 letters: able, alme, alum, amen, bale, balm, bane, beam, bean, beau, bema, blae, blam, blue, elan, lamb, lame, lane, lean, lube, luna, lune, mabe, male, mane, maul, maun, meal, mean, menu, mule, nabe, name, nema, neum, numb, ulan, ulna, unbe.
	-4 letters: alb.
	Words containing the letters "a-b-e-l-m-n-u"
	+1 letter: albumens, bluesman, unblamed.
	+2 letters: ambulance, lumberman, mountable, numerable, penumbral, unamiable, unmixable, unmovable, untamable.
	+3 letters: ambulances, antebellum, consumable, enumerable, impugnable, lambrequin, lebensraum, mensurable, numberable, summonable, unamenable, unnameable, unscramble.
	+4 letters: candelabrum, consumables, demountable, denumerable, denumerably, illuminable, innumerable, innumerably, lambrequins, lebensraums, mandibulate, manipulable, subterminal, umbrellaing, unassembled, unclimbable, unmatchable, unmemorable, unmemorably, unremovable, unscrambled, unscrambler, unscrambles.
	+5 letters: beglamouring, candelabrums, communicable, compoundable, documentable, hibernaculum, immensurable, incommutable, incomputable, inconsumable, maneuverable, membranously, somnambulate, surmountable, transmutable, unambivalent, unemployable, unfathomable, unimaginable, unmanageable, unmanageably, unmarketable, unmeasurable, unmistakable, unmodifiable, unredeemable, unremarkable, unremarkably, unscramblers.
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