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getting back to words, --i was thinking last night about this thread,and different sugars--
how many do we know?--and while we're at it, how about other compounds that have 'key word' endings? (ose is common ending for sugars)
frucose--(fruit sugar)
dextrose (cane sugar)
maltose (malt sugar--or barley sugar)
to start..
and the ide(s) (mineral salts)
floride --most commonly stanis floride (tin/florene salt used to prevent tooth decay)
and um(s) --certain minerals
calcium
aluminum
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(Just having fun here, of troy):
comatose (when eating too much sugar--bit of an exaggeration here)
acetose
overdose (overdosing on things sugary can at least cause one to faint)
ketopentose
sucralose
polyose
and, fittingly, otiose
We could *ose on onelook and come up with hundreds of terms, not all necessarily sugar terms.
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And the everpopular 'ols ethen, methen and did you 'ave a good time on yer. Hey I just found out that alcohol is from the Arabic al-koh'l meaning "something subtle". 
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koh'l (kohl) came into english too (with out the al!) as kind of eye make up (made from fermented plant matter, it was originally a plant dye applied to skin, -around the eyes, similar to the henna dyes that are still used on hands and feet, (and popular in NY--i had one once!)but it had an almost black color.
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Oooooooooo, this is reminding me of the old, old story about the 3 kinds of gin...Huh? Sure, oxy-, hydro-, nitro-.
The reply is quite rude, but most of you have heard it, I'm sure: mustard, custard, and you...you big $#!^
Sorry, I've just returned from a 5 day reunion, and all the old folks came up with all the old jokes.
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No idea how the name came to be. I do know tht my son ate it every April Fool's Day when I made it using Ivory soap!
Well, you know... cleanliness is next to godliness.
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