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Adobe

An unburnt brick dried in the sun; also used as an adjective, as, an adobe house, in Texas or New Mexico.

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Brick 76% connected

A block or clay tempered with water, sand, etc., molded into a regular form, usually rectangular, and sun-dried, or burnt in a kiln, or in a heap or…

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Clay 76% connected

A soft earth, which is plastic, or may be molded with the hands, consisting of hydrous silicate of aluminium. It is the result of the wearing down an…

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Ceramic noun · 86% connection

an artifact made of hard brittle material produced from nonmetallic minerals by firing at high temperatures

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Clinker noun · 86% connection

a hard brick used as a paving stone

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Cope noun · 86% connection

brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall

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Coping noun · 86% connection

brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall

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Header noun · 86% connection

brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall

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Polymer noun · 85% connection

a naturally occurring or synthetic compound consisting of large molecules made up of a linked series of repeated simple monomers

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Copolymer noun · 84% connection

a polymer consisting of two or more different monomers

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Deoxyribonucleic acid noun · 84% connection

(biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associ…

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Desoxyribonucleic acid noun · 84% connection

(biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associ…

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DNA noun · 84% connection

(biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associ…

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Lignin noun · 84% connection

a complex polymer; the chief constituent of wood other than carbohydrates; binds to cellulose fibers to harden and strengthen cell wal…

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Polyamide noun · 84% connection

a polymer containing repeated amide groups

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Polymeric amide noun · 84% connection

a polymer containing repeated amide groups

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Polyurethan noun · 84% connection

any of various polymers containing the urethane radical; a wide variety of synthetic forms are made and used as adhesives or plastics…

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Polyurethane noun · 84% connection

any of various polymers containing the urethane radical; a wide variety of synthetic forms are made and used as adhesives or plastics…

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PU noun · 84% connection

any of various polymers containing the urethane radical; a wide variety of synthetic forms are made and used as adhesives or plastics…

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Pur noun · 84% connection

any of various polymers containing the urethane radical; a wide variety of synthetic forms are made and used as adhesives or plastics…

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Ribonucleic acid noun · 84% connection

(biochemistry) a long linear polymer of nucleotides found in the nucleus but mainly in the cytoplasm of a cell where it is associated…

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Adjectival adjective · 78% connection

Of or relating to the relating to the adjective; of the nature of an adjective; adjective.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: unburnt, brick, dried, adjective, house.
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Adjective verb · 78% connection

To make an adjective of; to form or change into an adjective.

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Aggregate noun · 78% connection

A mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars; as, a house is an aggregate of stone, brick, timber, etc.

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Alfalfa noun · 78% connection

The lucern (Medicago sativa); -- so called in California, Texas, etc.

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Algaroba noun · 78% connection

The Honey mesquite (Prosopis juliflora), a small tree found from California to Buenos Ayres; also, its sweet, pulpy pods. A valuable g…

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Annexation verb · 78% connection

The act of annexing; process of attaching, adding, or appending; the act of connecting; union; as, the annexation of Texas to the Unit…

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Armadillo noun · 78% connection

Any edentate animal if the family Dasypidae, peculiar to America. The body and head are incased in an armor composed of small bony pla…

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At preposition · 78% connection

Primarily, this word expresses the relations of presence, nearness in place or time, or direction toward; as, at the ninth hour; at th…

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Attributive noun · 78% connection

A word that denotes an attribute; esp. a modifying word joined to a noun; an adjective or adjective phrase.

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Bluebell noun · 78% connection

one of the most handsome prairie wildflowers having large erect bell-shaped bluish flowers; of moist places in prairies and fields fro…

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Cacomixl noun · 78% connection

A North American carnivore (Bassaris astuta), about the size of a cat, related to the raccoons. It inhabits Mexico, Texas, and Califor…

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Cochineal unknown · 78% connection

A dyestuff consisting of the dried bodies of females of the Coccus cacti, an insect native in Mexico, Central America, etc., and found…

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