Definitions for furfurals

furfurals fur·fur·al

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

Furfurals is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 133 anagrams from letters in furfurals (afflrrsuu).

Definitions for furfurals

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 furfurals

1875-80; Latin furfur bran + -al3

Examples for furfurals

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The residues were found to yield considerable proportions of furfural.

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.

Word Value for furfurals
Scrable

14

Words with friends

17

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