Word Meanings - GENTIANOSE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A crystallizable, sugarlike substance, with a slightly sweetish taste, obtained from the gentian.

Related words: (words related to GENTIANOSE)

• SWEETISH
  Somewhat sweet. -- Sweet"ish*ness, n.
• OBTAINABLE
  Capable of being obtained.
• CRYSTALLIZABLE
  Capable of being crystallized; that may be formed into crystals.
• GENTIANINE
  A bitter, crystallizable substance obtained from gentian.
• GENTIANACEOUS
  Of or pertaining to a natural order of plants of which the gentian is the type.
• TASTE
  by the touch, to try, to taste, LL. taxitare, fr. L. taxare 1. To try by the touch; to handle; as, to taste a bow. Chapman. Taste it well and stone thou shalt it find. Chaucer. 2. To try by the touch of the tongue; to perceive the relish
• SUBSTANCE
  See 2 (more info) 1. That which underlies all outward manifestations; substratum; the permanent subject or cause of phenomena, whether material or spiritual; that in which properties inhere; that which is real,
• TASTER
  One of a peculiar kind of zooids situated on the polyp-stem of certain Siphonophora. They somewhat resemble the feeding zooids, but are destitute of mouths. See Siphonophora. (more info) 1. One who tastes; especially, one who first tastes food
• GENTIAN
  Any one of a genus of herbaceous plants with opposite leaves and a tubular four- or five-lobed corolla, usually blue, but sometimes white, yellow, or red. See Illust. of Capsule. Note: Many species are found on the highest mountains of Europe,
• TASTELESS
  1. Having no taste; insipid; flat; as, tasteless fruit. 2. Destitute of the sense of taste; or of good taste; as, a tasteless age. Orrery. 3. Not in accordance with good taste; as, a tasteless arrangement of drapery. -- Taste"less*ly,
• GENTIANOSE
  A crystallizable, sugarlike substance, with a slightly sweetish taste, obtained from the gentian.
• OBTAIN
  1. To hold; to keep; to possess. His mother, then, is mortal, but his Sire He who obtains the monarchy of heaven. Milton. 2. To get hold of by effort; to gain possession of; to procure; to acquire, in any way. Some pray for riches; riches they
• SUBSTANCELESS
  Having no substance; unsubstantial. Coleridge.
• OBTAINMENT
  The act or process of obtaining; attainment. Milton.
• SLIGHTLY
  1. In a slight manner. 2. Slightingly; negligently. Shak.
• OBTAINER
  One who obtains.
• GENTIANELLA
  A kind of blue color. Johnson.
• TASTEFUL
  1. Having a high relish; savory. "Tasteful herbs." Pope. 2. Having or exhibiting good taste; in accordance with good taste; tasty; as, a tasteful drapery. -- Taste"ful*ly, adv. -- Taste"ful*ness, n.
• GENTIANIC
  Pertaining to or derived from the gentian; as, gentianic acid.
• REOBTAINABLE
  That may be reobtained.
• REOBTAIN
  To obtain again.
• SCHWANN'S WHITE SUBSTANCE
  The substance of the medullary sheath.
• ATTASTE
  To taste or cause to taste. Chaucer.
• DISTASTEFUL
  1. Unpleasant or disgusting to the taste; nauseous; loathsome. 2. Offensive; displeasing to the feelings; disagreeable; as, a distasteful truth. Distasteful answer, and sometimes unfriendly actions. Milton. 3. Manifesting distaste or
• FORETASTE
  A taste beforehand; enjoyment in advance; anticipation.
• ALETASTER
  See ALECONNER
• CATASTERISM
  A placing among the stars; a catalogue of stars. The catasterisms of Eratosthenes. Whewell.
• AFTERTASTE
  A taste which remains in the mouth after eating or drinking.
• POETASTER
  An inferior rhymer, or writer of verses; a dabbler in poetic art. The talk of forgotten poetasters. Macaulay.
• METASTERNAL
  Of or pertaining to the metasternum.