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Actinolite
noun · 78% connection
A bright green variety of amphibole occurring usually in fibrous or columnar masses.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fossil, resin, occurring, large, masses.
Amber
noun · 78% connection
A yellowish translucent resin resembling copal, found as a fossil in alluvial soils, with beds of lignite, or on the seashore in many…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fossil, resin, occurring, large, masses.
Asbestos
noun · 78% connection
A variety of amphibole or of pyroxene, occurring in long and delicate fibers, or in fibrous masses or seams, usually of a white, gray,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fossil, resin, occurring, large, masses.
Ascococcus
noun · 78% connection
A form of micrococcus, found in putrid meat infusions, occurring in peculiar masses, each of which is inclosed in a hyaline capsule an…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fossil, resin, occurring, large, masses.
Cannabin
noun · 78% connection
A poisonous resin extracted from hemp (Cannabis sativa, variety Indica). The narcotic effects of hasheesh are due to this resin.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fossil, resin, occurring, large, masses.
Cerolite
noun · 78% connection
A hydrous silicate of magnesium, allied to serpentine, occurring in waxlike masses of a yellow or greenish color.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fossil, resin, occurring, large, masses.
Cinnabar
noun · 78% connection
Red sulphide of mercury, occurring in brilliant red crystals, and also in red or brown amorphous masses. It is used in medicine.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fossil, resin, occurring, large, masses.
Cyathophylloid
adjective · 78% connection
Like, or pertaining to, the family Cyathophyllidae.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fossil, resin, occurring, large, masses.
Dammara
noun · 78% connection
An oleoresin used in making varnishes; dammar gum; dammara resin. It is obtained from certain resin trees indigenous to the East Indie…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fossil, resin, occurring, large, masses.
Diaspore
noun · 78% connection
A hydrate of alumina, often occurring in white lamellar masses with brilliant pearly luster; -- so named on account of its decrepitati…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fossil, resin, occurring, large, masses.
Dopplerite
noun · 78% connection
A brownish black native hydrocarbon occurring in elastic or jellylike masses.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fossil, resin, occurring, large, masses.
Elaterite
noun · 78% connection
A mineral resin, of a blackish brown color, occurring in soft, flexible masses; -- called also mineral caoutchouc, and elastic bitumen.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fossil, resin, occurring, large, masses.
Elemin
noun · 78% connection
A transparent, colorless oil obtained from elemi resin by distillation with water; also, a crystallizable extract from the resin.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fossil, resin, occurring, large, masses.
Euosmitte
noun · 78% connection
A fossil resin, so called from its strong, peculiar, pleasant odor.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fossil, resin, occurring, large, masses.
Fossil
adjective · 78% connection
Dug out of the earth; as, fossil coal; fossil salt.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fossil, resin, occurring, large, masses.
Frankincense
noun · 78% connection
A fragrant, aromatic resin, or gum resin, burned as an incense in religious rites or for medicinal fumigation. The best kinds now come…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fossil, resin, occurring, large, masses.
Gamboge
noun · 78% connection
A concrete juice, or gum resin, produced by several species of trees in Siam, Ceylon, and Malabar. It is brought in masses, or cylindr…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fossil, resin, occurring, large, masses.
Grass tree
unknown · 78% connection
An Australian plant of the genus Xanthorrhoea, having a thick trunk crowned with a dense tuft of pendulous, grasslike leaves, from the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: fossil, resin, occurring, large, masses.
