SAPONINES

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Saponin

A poisonous glucoside found in many plants, as in the root of soapwort (Saponaria), in the bark of soap bark (Quillaia), etc. It is extracted as a white amorphous powder, which occasions a soapy lather in solution, and produces a local anaesthesia. Formerly called also struthiin, quillaiin, senegin, polygalic acid, etc. By extension, any one of a group of related bodies of which saponin proper is the type.

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SAPONINES is valid in Scrabble and most word games!
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Total possible words using these letters:

2 Letter Words
  • AE - 2 points
  • AI - 2 points
  • AN - 2 points
  • AS - 2 points
  • EN - 2 points
  • ...and 16 more
4 Letter Words
  • AEON - 4 points
  • AINS - 4 points
  • ANES - 4 points
  • ANIS - 4 points
  • ANON - 4 points
  • ...and 74 more
5 Letter Words
  • AEONS - 5 points
  • ANION - 5 points
  • ANISE - 5 points
  • APSES - 7 points
  • APSIS - 7 points
  • ...and 69 more
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