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Answer for the clue "Converted (a fat) into soap ", 10 letters:
saponified

Word definitions for saponified in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
v. become converted into soap by being hydrolized into an acid and alcohol as a result of being treated with an alkali; "the oil saponified" convert into soap by hydrolizing an ester into an acid and alcohol as a result of treating it with an alkali; "saponify ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
Treated by saponification v (en-past of: saponify )

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Saponify \Sa*pon"i*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Saponified ; p. pr. & vb. n. Saponifying .] [L. sapo, -onis, soap + -fy: cf. F. saponifier.] To convert into soap, as tallow or any fat; hence (Chem.), to subject to any similar process, as that which ethereal ...

Usage examples of saponified.

In the transparent liquid void they soon spotted the saponified remains of Doc Miller.