Usually means: Saturated fatty acid, solid, lubricant.
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  1. stearic acid: Merriam-Webster
  2. stearic acid: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. stearic acid: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. stearic acid: Collins English Dictionary
  5. stearic acid: Vocabulary.com
  6. stearic acid: Wordnik
  7. stearic acid: Wiktionary
  8. stearic acid: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. stearic acid: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. stearic acid: Dictionary.com
  11. Stearic Acid, Stearic acid: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. stearic acid: Rhymezone
  13. stearic acid: FreeDictionary.org
  14. stearic acid: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. stearic acid: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. stearic acid: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. stearic acid: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
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  4. stearic acid: Medical dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Stearic Acid (sterine): Dictionary of Candlemaking Terms
  2. Glossary for the Modern Soap Maker (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (stearic acid)

noun:  (organic chemistry) octadecanoic acid; the most common saturated fatty acid; it is found in all animal and most vegetable oils and fats; it is used in the manufacture of soap etc.

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