| alizarin | (noun) an orange-red crystalline compound used in making red pigments and in dyeing | Synonyms: alizarine |
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| heparin | (noun) a polysaccharide produced in basophils (especially in the lung and liver) and that inhibits the activity of thrombin in coagulation of the blood; it (trade names Lipo-Hepin and Liquaemin) is used as an anticoagulant in the treatment of thrombosis and in heart surgery | Synonyms: Lipo-Hepin, Liquaemin |
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| mandarin | (noun) a somewhat flat reddish-orange loose skinned citrus of China | Synonyms: mandarin orange |
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| (noun) a high public official of imperial China | - |
| (noun) any high government official or bureaucrat | - |
| (noun) a member of an elite intellectual or cultural group | - |
| (noun) shrub or small tree having flattened globose fruit with very sweet aromatic pulp and thin yellow-orange to flame-orange rind that is loose and easily removed; native to southeastern Asia | Synonyms: Citrus reticulata, mandarin orange, mandarin orange tree |
| margarin | (noun) a spread made chiefly from vegetable oils and used as a substitute for butter | Synonyms: margarine, marge, oleo, oleomargarine |
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| (noun) a glyceryl ester of margaric acid | Synonyms: glycerol trimargarate |
| saccharin | (noun) a crystalline substance 500 times sweeter than sugar; used as a calorie-free sweetener | - |
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| sarin | (noun) a highly toxic chemical nerve agent that inhibits the activity of cholinesterase | Synonyms: GB |
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| savarin | (noun) a sponge cake baked in a ring mold | - |
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| stearin | (noun) an ester of glycerol and stearic acid | - |
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| tamarin | (noun) small South American marmoset with silky fur and long nonprehensile tail | Synonyms: leoncita, lion marmoset, lion monkey |
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| tristearin | (noun) a triglyceride of stearic acid | Synonyms: glycerol tristearate |
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| warfarin | (noun) an anticoagulant (trade name Coumadin) use to prevent and treat a thrombus or embolus | Synonyms: Coumadin |
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