Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.
Definition: Stearin |
StearinNoun1. An ester of glycerol and stearic acid. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "stearin" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1870. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Oil | Noun: oil, fat, butter, cream, grease, tallow, suet, lard, dripping exunge, blubber; glycerin, stearin, elaine, oleagine; soap; soft soap, wax, cerement; paraffin, spermaceti, adipocere; petroleum, mineral, mineral rock, mineral crystal, mineral oil; vegetable oil, colza oil, olive oil, salad oil, linseed oil, cottonseed oil, soybean oil, nut oil; animal oil, neat's foot oil, train oil; ointment, unguent, liniment; aceite, amole, Barbados tar; fusel oil, grain oil, rape oil, seneca oil; hydrate |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Stearin |
| Specialty definitions using "stearin": oil winterizer ♦ WINTERIZER. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "stearin": tristearin. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Stearin" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. German (stearin), Serbo-Croatian (stearin), Swedish (candle grease, candle-grease, stearin), Turkish (stearin). |
| Domain | Title |
References | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Egypt | Palm stearin and tallow are used in the production of soap. (references) |
Egypt | Malaysia is the source for all of the stearin, 300,000 MT in 1999, and the United States supplies the tallow. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
Expression using "stearin": tallow stearin. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| 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 |
stearin | 4 |
palm stearin | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "stearin"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | stearinë. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | الإستيارين مادة عديمة اللون (stearine). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | стеарин. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 硬脂酸酯. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | stearín. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | stearin (crude stearic acid), raa stearinsyre (crude stearic acid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | stearine (crude stearic acid), ruw stearinezuur (crude stearic acid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | stéarine (stearine), acide stéarique brut (crude stearic acid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | stearin (crude stearic acid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | στεατίνη (crude stearic acid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | sztearin. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | stearina (crude stearic acid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | earinstay estearina (crude stearic acid). (various references) стеарин. (various references) stearin. (various references) estearina. (various references) stearin (candle grease, candle-grease). (various references) stearin. (various references) стеарин. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "stearin": stearine, stearines, stearins. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "stearin": tristearin. (additional references) | |
Words containing "stearin": tristearins. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "stearin" (pronounced 'Ste"a*rin'): Achroodextrin, Agrin, Alizarin, Antiarin, Aspirin, Aurin, Autopsorin, Bacterin, Brin, Brompicrin, Burin, Butyrin, Castorin, Cerebrin, Cerin, Cetrarin, Chanfrin, Chlorhydrin, Chlorocruorin, Chlorpicrin, Chondrin, Chrysaurin, Convallamarin, Convallarin, Coumarin, Cruorin, Dextrin, Erythrodextrin, fibrin, Fiorin, Gentiopikrin, gorgerin, Homocerebrin, Ligustrin, Lipochrin, mandarin, margarin, Mathurin, Morin, Mudarin, Muscarin, Naphthazarin, Onocerin, Pellagrin, Phillyrin, Pituitrin, Polyperythrin, Purpurin, Pyrethrin, Quadrin. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: anestri, antsier, nastier, ratines, retains, retinas, retsina, stainer. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-i-n-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: airest, antres, arisen, arsine, astern, estrin, inerts, insert, instar, inters, niters, nitres, ratine, retain, retina, santir, satire, sinter, sterna, strain, striae, tenias, terais, tineas, tisane, trains, triens, trines. | |
-2 letters: airns, airts, anise, antes, antis, antre, arise, aster, astir, earns, entia, etnas, inert, inset, inter, irate, nares, naris, nates, nears, neats, neist, nerts. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-i-n-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: angriest, antisera, arenites, arsenite, artiness, astringe, banister, barniest, canister, ceratins, cisterna, creatins, detrains, entrails, entrains, fainters, ganister, gantries, granites, hairnets, inearths, inertias, ingrates, intreats, keratins, latrines, minarets, nitrates, notaries, painters, pantries, pertains, pinaster, pristane, raiments, rainiest, randiest, rangiest, ratanies, ratlines, repaints, resinate, restrain, retinals, retrains, retsinas, ruinates, scantier, seatrain, senorita, stainers, stearine, stearins, strained, strainer, straiten, tacrines, taurines, terrains, tertians, tinwares, trainees, trainers, trenails, uranites, urinates. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Quotations: Non-fiction | 5. Expressions 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Derivations | 9. Rhymes 10. Anagrams 11. Bibliography |
Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.
