Definitions for pentoses

pentoses pen·tose

Spelling: [pen-tohs]
IPA: /ˈpɛn toʊs/

Pentoses is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 234 anagrams from letters in pentoses (eenopsst).

Definitions for pentoses

noun

  1. a monosaccharide containing five atoms of carbon, as xylose, C 5 H 10 O 5 , or produced from pentosans by hydrolysis.

Origin of pentoses

German (1890); see pent(a)-, -ose2

Examples for pentoses

They bear the same relation to the pentose sugars as do the dextrosans to glucose, etc.

From the solution the author isolated crystalline galactose, but failed to isolate a pentose.

The time increase was less pronounced in the presence of the three pentose sugars used.

But most of the natural gums yield a mixture of galactose, some pentose, and some complex organic acid.

It is usual to regard furfural as invariably produced from a pentose residue.

Word Value for pentoses
Scrable

9

Words with friends

11

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