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| glucose |
a syrup consisting of dextrose, maltose, dextrine, and water, used in making candy, fermenting alcohol, treating tobacco, and tanning leather; starch syrup. [1/2 definitions] |
| gumdrop |
a small chewy candy made of flavored gum arabic or gelatin and usu. coated with granulated sugar. |
| horehound |
a hard candy flavored with the juice of horehound. [1/3 definitions] |
| humbug |
a hard, usually mint-flavored, candy. [1/8 definitions] |
| jawbreaker |
a usu. spherical piece of very hard candy for sucking. [1/2 definitions] |
| jellybean |
a small, egg-shaped, colored candy that has a hardened sugar coating and a gelatinous center. |
| Jordan almond |
a large variety of Spanish almond, often used in candy and other confections. |
| jujube |
a fruit-flavored candy lozenge, usu. soft and chewy. [1/2 definitions] |
| kiss |
a small piece of candy, often chocolate. [1/8 definitions] |
| lemon drop |
a type of small, hard, lemon-flavored candy that is often coated with sugar. |
| licorice |
a chewy candy flavored with licorice. [1/3 definitions] |
| lollipop |
a piece of hard candy attached to the end of a small stick. |
| lozenge |
a small piece of medicated hard candy, sucked to ease a sore throat or cough. |
| mint1 |
a candy that is flavored with mint. [1/2 definitions] |
| nonpareil |
a pellet of colored sugar, or a small, flat chocolate candy covered with such pellets. [1/3 definitions] |
| nougat |
a chewy or brittle candy that contains nuts and sometimes chunks of fruit. |
| pastille |
a hard, flavored piece of candy, or a lozenge. |
| patty |
a similarly shaped piece of candy. [1/2 definitions] |
| penuche |
a candy, cooked much like fudge, that is made of brown sugar, butter, milk, and nuts. |
| peppermint |
a candy flavored with this oil or an imitation of it. [1/3 definitions] |
| red-hot |
a small, hard, red candy with a strong cinnamon flavor. [1/5 definitions] |
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