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The moisture ensures their exteriors are tacky so the granules adhere—a trick that all but guarantees none of them stick to one another.

Food particles extracted from crusty deposits on the teeth of ancient hunter-gatherers contained starch granules and cell structures typical of regional wild cereal species.

Each starch granule ranges from 40 to 50 microns in diameter, which Takhistov says is about the thickness of human hair.

Residue from the inner surface of one tube, near its tapered tip, contains barley starch granules, cereal particles from a wild or domesticated plant and a pollen grain from a lime tree, the scientists report in the February Antiquity.

Once the discarded sheets of asphalt are cleaned of construction debris, they’re cut into 4-inch squares and two carpet beater-like machines remove any grippy granules that may degrade the quality of the mix.

It is lobate in form and is divided by lines into areas in each of which a deeply-stained granule is situated.

This is an extremely small granule, on the very limit of visibility, the chemical composition of which is not known very well.

This granule is the water bottle drained to the last drop, is the nurse's breast emptied of all its contents.

With intense dry heat, as in toasting, the granule expands and opens, and the contents change to dextrin.

The ovum destined to become a new creature, is originally only a cell with a contained granule.

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On this page you'll find 31 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to granule, such as: cereal, corn, atom, bit, crumb, and drop.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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