Definitions for zeins

zeins ze·in

Spelling: [zee-in]
IPA: /ˈzi ɪn/

Zeins is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 35 anagrams from letters in zeins (einsz).

Definitions for zeins

noun

  1. Biochemistry. a soft, yellow powder of simple proteins obtained from corn, used chiefly in the manufacture of textile fibers, plastics, and paper coatings.
  2. a synthetic fiber produced from this protein.

Origin of zeins

1815-25; New Latin Ze(a) the maize genus (Latin: emmer Greek zeiá barley, wheat; cognate with Sanskrit yáva grain) + -in2

Examples for zeins

When he beheld her, she pleased him and he turned to zein ul Asnam and said to him.

zein ul Asnam was amazed at this and said to his mother, "How came my father by these things?"

The protein of wheat is called gluten—that of Indian corn is zein—that of beans and peas is legumin.

zein, the principal protein of corn contains no glycine, lysine, or tryptophane.

When he came in to zein ul Asnam, the latter rose to him and received him with the utmost reverence.

The protein of corn, zein, for example, was shown to be incapable of supporting life.

Examples of these proteins may be seen in the gliadin of wheat, zein of corn, and hordein of barley.

Word Value for zeins
Scrable

13

Words with friends

14

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