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Army worm
unknown · 78% connection
The larva of a small two-winged fly (Sciara), which marches in large companies, in regular order. See Cotton worm, under Cotton.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fine, cotton, cloth, india.
Bafta
noun · 78% connection
A coarse stuff, usually of cotton, originally made in India. Also, an imitation of this fabric made for export.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fine, cotton, cloth, india.
Batiste
noun · 78% connection
Originally, cambric or lawn of fine linen; now applied also to cloth of similar texture made of cotton.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fine, cotton, cloth, india.
Batting
noun · 78% connection
Cotton in sheets, prepared for use in making quilts, etc.; as, cotton batting.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fine, cotton, cloth, india.
Bombast
noun · 78% connection
Originally, cotton, or cotton wool.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fine, cotton, cloth, india.
Byssus
noun · 78% connection
A cloth of exceedingly fine texture, used by the ancients. It is disputed whether it was of cotton, linen, or silk.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fine, cotton, cloth, india.
Cambric
noun · 78% connection
A fabric made, in imitation of linen cambric, of fine, hardspun cotton, often with figures of various colors; -- also called cotton ca…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fine, cotton, cloth, india.
Cantoon
noun · 78% connection
A cotton stuff showing a fine cord on one side and a satiny surface on the other.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fine, cotton, cloth, india.
Caoutchouc
noun · 78% connection
A tenacious, elastic, gummy substance obtained from the milky sap of several plants of tropical South America (esp. the euphorbiaceous…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fine, cotton, cloth, india.
Capoc
noun · 78% connection
A sort of cotton so short and fine that it can not be spun, used in the East Indies to line palanquins, to make mattresses, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fine, cotton, cloth, india.
Cashmere
noun · 78% connection
A dress fabric made of fine wool, or of fine wool and cotton, in imitation of the original cashmere.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fine, cotton, cloth, india.
Cassinette
noun · 78% connection
A cloth with a cotton warp, and a woof of very fine wool, or wool and silk.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fine, cotton, cloth, india.
Coarse
superl. · 78% connection
Large in bulk, or composed of large parts or particles; of inferior quality or appearance; not fine in material or close in texture; g…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fine, cotton, cloth, india.
Corporale
adjective · 78% connection
A fine linen cloth, on which the sacred elements are consecrated in the eucharist, or with which they are covered; a communion cloth.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fine, cotton, cloth, india.
Cotton
noun · 78% connection
A soft, downy substance, resembling fine wool, consisting of the unicellular twisted hairs which grow on the seeds of the cotton plant…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fine, cotton, cloth, india.
Cottony
adjective · 78% connection
Of or pertaining to cotton; resembling cotton in appearance or character; soft, like cotton.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fine, cotton, cloth, india.
Delicate
adjective · 78% connection
Fine or slender; minute; not coarse; -- said of a thread, or the like; as, delicate cotton.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fine, cotton, cloth, india.
Drogher
noun · 78% connection
A small craft used in the West India Islands to take off sugars, rum, etc., to the merchantmen; also, a vessel for transporting lumber…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fine, cotton, cloth, india.
