Definitions for palmitins

palmitins pal·mi·tin

Spelling: [pal-mi-tin, pahl-, pah-mi-]
IPA: /ˈpæl mɪ tɪn, ˈpɑl-, ˈpɑ mɪ-/

Palmitins is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 498 anagrams from letters in palmitins (aiilmnpst).

Definitions for palmitins

noun

  1. a white, crystalline, water-insoluble powder, C 51 H 98 O 6 , prepared from glycerol and palmitic acid: used in the manufacture of soap.

Origin of palmitins

From the French word palmitine, dating back to 1855-60. See palm2, -ite1, -in2

Examples for palmitins

palmitin exists in scales, which have a peculiar pearly appearance, and are greasy to the touch.

It contains about 60% of olein and 40% of palmitin and stearin.

The chief distinction between animal and vegetable fats is in the proportion of olein compared with stearin and palmitin.

The protein of the yolk is chiefly in the form of ovovitellin, while the fats occur as palmitin, olein, and stearin.

Butter fat consists principally of olein, palmitin, and stearin.

These are largely mixtures of the ethereal salts known respectively as olein, palmitin, and stearin.

A constituent formerly supposed to exist in solid fats, but now regarded as a mixture of stearin and palmitin.

Stearin and palmitin are hard fats, crystalline in structure, and with a high melting point, while olein is a liquid.

Prepared from palmitin (see next article), by saponification, as stearic acid is prepared from stearin.

Word Value for palmitins
Scrable

12

Words with friends

16

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