Saponin

Definition: Saponin

Saponin

Noun

1. Any of various plant glucosides that form soapy lathers when mixed and agitated with water; used in detergents and foaming agents and emulsifiers.

Etymology: Saponin \Sap"o*nin\, noun. [Latin expression sapo, -onis soap: compare to the French expression saponine.]. (Websters 1913)

Domain	Definitions
Health	A substance found in soybeans and many other plants. Saponins may help lower cholesterol and may have anticancer effects. (references)
Mining	Complex polyhydroxy carboxylic flotation reagent used as depressant. Itdestroys bubble adhesion to collector-coated minerals. (references)
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Crosswords: Saponin

English words defined with "saponin": China tree, chinaberry ♦ false dogwood ♦ jaboncillo ♦ Parillin, Polygalic ♦ Sapindus drumondii, Sapindus marginatus, Sapindus saponaria, Sapogenin, senega, soapberry, soapberry tree ♦ wild China tree. (references)

Specialty definitions using "saponin": Escin ♦ Holothurin ♦ ISCOMs ♦ organic colloid ♦ Sapogenins, SOAP PLANTS. (references)

"Saponin" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Saponin" is used about 3 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 (singular)	100%	3	202,518

Expression using "saponin": sarsaparilla saponin. Additional references.
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Language		Translations for "saponin"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		皂草苷. (various references)

Danish		saponinresistens (saponin reistance), saponinanaemi (saponin anaemia). (various references)

French		résistance � la saponine (saponin reistance, saponin resistance), anémie provoquée par la saponine (saponin anaemia). (various references)

German		Saponinresistenz (saponin reistance, saponin resistance), Saponinanämie (saponin anaemia). (various references)

Pig Latin		aponinsay.(various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "saponin": saponine, saponines, saponins. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "saponin" (pronounced 'Sap"o*nin'): Albuminin, Anemonin, Antivenin, Apocynin, Bryonin, Carnin, Cornin, Creatinin, Cyanin, Cydonin, Daphnin, Draconin, Eugenin, Glyconin, Guanin, Haemacyanin, Haemocyanin, Kreatinin, lignin, Limonin, Meconin, melanin, nin, Parigenin, Pentacrinin, Peucedanin, Phillygenin, Phyllocyanin, Pyocyanin, Ronin, Saligenin, Santonin, Sapogenin, Syntonin, Tetanin, uranin, Vernonin, Xanthorhamnin, Zoomelanin. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-i-n-n-o-p-s"
	-1 letter: anions, inspan, nasion, pianos, pinnas, pinons, sannop.
	-2 letters: anion, nipas, nonas, opsin, pains, piano, pians, pinas, pinna, pinon, pions, psoai.
	-3 letters: ains, anis, anon, inns, ions, nans, naoi, naos, naps, nipa, nips, nona, pain, pans, pian, pias, pina, pins, pion, piso, pois, pons, sain, snap, snip, soap, span, spin.
	-4 letters: ain, ais, ani, asp, inn, ins, ion, nan, nap, nip, nos, ons, ops, pan, pas, pia, pin, pis, poi, psi, sap, sin, sip, son, sop, spa.
	-5 letters: ai, an, as, in, is, na, no, on, op, os, pa, pi, si, so.
	Words containing the letters "a-i-n-n-o-p-s"
	+1 letter: dipnoans, pintanos, saponine, saponins.
	+2 letters: antiphons, expansion, pangolins, plainsong, sapogenin, saponines, sopranino.
	+3 letters: companions, expansions, nonaspirin, nonpareils, nonpassive, nonplastic, nonspatial, pensionary, phonations, plainsongs, planations, pneumonias, poignances, poincianas, pronations, sapogenins, sopraninos, standpoint, supination.
	+4 letters: anophelines, antileptons, antiphonals, antiphonies, antipodeans, antiprotons, calypsonian, champignons, expansional, inspiration, nalorphines, nonaspirins, noncapitals, nonhospital, nonpartisan, nonphysical, nonplastics, nonspeaking, outspanning, paginations, patinations, patronising, pensionable, personating, personation, plainspoken, plantations, plasminogen, poignancies, postlanding, postweaning, preinvasion, punctations, saponifying, spontaneity, standpoints, subpoenaing, supernation, supinations, syncopating, syncopation, transposing, vanpoolings, windowpanes.
	+5 letters: aminopterins, aminopyrines, antinepotism, appointments, apprehension, calypsonians, caparisoning, compensating, compensation, complainants, conspiration, constipating, constipation, contraptions, dispensation, encompassing, expansionary, expansionism, expansionist, explanations, exponentials, hyphenations, impassioning, inculpations, inspirations, inspissation, isoprenaline, monosynaptic, mountaintops, nonhospitals, nonparasitic, nonpartisans, nonpasserine, nonphysician, nonspherical, nymphomanias, pandemoniums, parkinsonian, parkinsonism, pawnbrokings, pectinations, penetrations, pensionaries, pentazocines, perennations, personations, phoneticians, phycocyanins, plasminogens, plastocyanin, pollinations, prenominates, presentation, profanations, protonations, punctuations, ropedancings, snapshotting, strophanthin, supernations, syncopations, transpontine, transporting, trepanations.
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