sacchar- /sak-ər-/, sacchari- /sak-ə-ri-/ or saccharo- /sak-ə-rō-, -rə-/

Denoting sugar

sacchˈarase noun same as invertase (see under invert)

sacchˈarate noun

A salt of saccharic acid

sacchˈarated adjective

Sugared, sweetened

saccharˈic adjective

Of or obtained from saccharin, a saccharine substance or saccharic acid, an acid (COOH(CHOH)₄COOH) obtained by oxidation of sugar (saccharic ester an ester obtained from saccharic acid)

sacchˈaride noun

1. A carbohydrate
2. A compound with sugar

saccharifˈerous adjective

Sugar-yielding

saccharˈification noun

saccharˈify (or /sakˈ/) transitive verb

To convert or break down into sugar or sugars

saccharimˈeter noun

An instrument for testing the concentration of sugar solutions

saccharimˈetry noun

sacchˈarin or sacchˈarine /-in or -ēn/ noun

1. An intensely sweet, white crystalline semi-soluble compound (C₆H₄COSO₂NH) used as an artificial sweetener
2. Sickly sweetness (figurative)

sacchˈarine /-īn, -ēn/ adjective

1. Of sickly sweetness
2. Sugary
3. Of, containing, or of the nature of sugar or saccharine

saccharinity /-inˈi-ti/ noun

saccharizaˈtion or saccharisaˈtion noun

sacchˈarize or sacchˈarise transitive verb

To saccharify

sacchˈaroid or saccharoidˈal adjective (geology)

Like loaf sugar in texture, usu applied to marbles and quartzites of fine to medium grain with closely interlocking crystals

saccharomˈeter noun

A hydrometer or other instrument for measuring concentration of sugar solutions

Saccharomyces /-ō-mīˈsēz/ noun

(Gr mykēs fungus) the yeast genus of ascomycete fungi

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