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Definition: Amylaceous |
AmylaceousAdjective1. Resembling starch. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Amylaceous \Am`y*la"ceous\, adjective. [Latin expression amylum starch. See Amidin.]. (references) |
Synonyms: AmylaceousSynonyms: amyloid (adj), amyloidal (adj), starchlike (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Semiliquidity | Gelatinous, albuminous, mucilaginous, glutinous; glutenous, gelatin, mastic, amylaceous, ropy, clammy, clotted; viscid, viscous; sticky, tacky, gooey; slab, slabby; lentous, pituitous; mucid, muculent, mucous; gummy. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Expression using "amylaceous": amylaceous fecula. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "amylaceous"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Bulgarian | скорбелен (farinaceous), нишестен (farinaceous, starch). (various references) | |
Chinese | 淀粉 (starch). (various references) | |
German | stärkehaltig (starchy). (various references) | |
Greek | αμυλούχος(καρπός) (starchy), αμυλοειδήσ. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | amylaceousay.(various references) | |
Romanian | amilaceu (starchy). (various references) | |
Turkish | nişastaya benzer, nişastalı (farinaceous, starchy), nişasta ile ilgili. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Words rhyming with "amylaceous" (pronounced 'Am`y*la"ceous'): Acanthaceous, Acinaceous, Alliaceous, Alutaceous, Amarantaceous, Amentaceous, Ampullaceous, Amygdalaceous, Anacardiaceous, Anonaceous, Apiaceous, Araceous, Arenaceous, Argillaceous, Arundinaceous, Asclepiadaceous, Atramentaceous, Aurantiaceous, Avenaceous, Bignoniaceous, Boraginaceous, Brassicaceous, Bromeliaceous, Bulbaceous, Butyraceous, Byssaceous, Cactaceous, Calcareo-siliceous, Campanulaceous, Camphoraceous, Capillaceous, Caryophyllaceous, Cepaceous, Ceraceous, Cetaceous, Chartaceous, Chylaceous, Cichoraceous, Cinchonaceous, Cineraceous, Confervaceous, Convolvulaceous, Corallaceous, Coriaceous, Corollaceous, Croceous, Crustaceous, Cucurbitaceous, Cycadaceous, Cylindraceous. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-l-m-o-s-u-y" | |
-2 letters: acaulose, leucomas, mausolea. | |
-3 letters: almuces, amylase, amylose, caeomas, calamus, leucoma, lyceums, maculae, maculas, macules, mucosae, mucosal. | |
-4 letters: alamos, almuce, amoles, asylum, caeoma, calesa, camels, cameos, casual, caules, causal, causey, cayuse, celoms, clause, clumsy, coalas, coleus, comely, cymols, cymose, cymous, locums, lyceum, macles, macula, macule, measly, mescal, mousey, mucosa, mucose, muleys, muscae, muscle, muscly. | |
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