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Adjective: stearic  stee'a-rik
  1. Of or relating to or composed of fat
    "The so-called stearin, used in the manufacture of stearin candles, is a mixture chiefly of palmitic and stearic acids"

See also: fat, stearin

Encyclopedia: Stearic

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stearate
stearic
stearic acid
stearin
steatite
steatitic
steatocystoma
steatopygia
steatopygous
Steatornis
Steatornis caripensis
Steatornithidae