Definitions for furfural

furfural fur·fur·al

Spelling: [fur-fyuh-ral, -fuh-]
IPA: /ˈfɜr fyəˌræl, -fə-/

Furfural is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 67 anagrams from letters in furfural (afflrruu).

Definitions for furfural

noun

  1. a colorless, oily liquid, C 5 H 4 O 2 , having an aromatic odor, obtained from bran, sugar, wood, corncobs, or the like, by distillation: used chiefly in the manufacture of plastics and as a solvent in the refining of lubricating oils.

Origin of furfural

1875-80; Latin furfur bran + -al3

Examples for furfural

The residues were found to yield considerable proportions of furfural.

But the most characteristic feature is the high yield of furfural on boiling with condensing acids.

(b) Yield of furfural from cellulose, oxy- and hydro-cellulose.

The distillates were collected in successive fractions, and the furfural and volatile acid determined.

(e) Molisch's reaction for furfural will be shown by those proteins which contain a carbohydrate group.

The proportion of furfural obtained amounts to 3-4 per cent.

Gluconic acid distilled with hydrochloric acid gave traces of furfural; so also with sulphuric acid and manganic oxide.

The cupric reduction falls in greater ratio to the original (unfermented) than the furfural.

The furfural constants of the lignocellulose are unaffected by the acetylation and condensation.

Thus, notably in regard to furfural yielding constituents, the latter yield 1-2 p.ct.

Word Value for furfural
Scrable

14

Words with friends

17

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