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Brick

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 stack called a clamp.

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Adobe 76% connected

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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Clinker 76% connected

A mass composed of several bricks run together by the action of the fire in the kiln.

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Cope 76% connected

A covering for the head.

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Coping 76% connected

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Header 76% connected

One who, or that which, heads nails, rivets, etc., esp. a machine for heading.

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Ceramic 76% connected

Of or pertaining to pottery; relating to the art of making earthenware; as, ceramic products; ceramic ornaments for ceilings.

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Clay 70% 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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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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RNA 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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Silicone noun · 84% connection

any of a large class of siloxanes that are unusually stable over a wide range of temperatures; used in lubricants and adhesives and co…

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Silicone polymer noun · 84% connection

any of a large class of siloxanes that are unusually stable over a wide range of temperatures; used in lubricants and adhesives and co…

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Synthetic resin noun · 84% connection

a resin having a polymeric structure; especially a resin in the raw state; used chiefly in plastics

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Trimer noun · 84% connection

a polymer (or a molecule of a polymer) consisting of three identical monomers

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Arenaceous adjective · 78% connection

Sandy or consisting largely of sand; of the nature of sand; easily disintegrating into sand; friable; as, arenaceous limestone.

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Argil noun · 78% connection

Clay, or potter's earth; sometimes pure clay, or alumina. See Clay.

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Brickkiln noun · 78% connection

A kiln, or furnace, in which bricks are baked or burnt; or a pile of green bricks, laid loose, with arches underneath to receive the w…

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Clayey adjective · 78% connection

Consisting of clay; abounding with clay; partaking of clay; like clay.

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Cumulate verb · 78% connection

To gather or throw into a heap; to heap together; to accumulate.

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Drift noun · 78% connection

A mass of matter which has been driven or forced onward together in a body, or thrown together in a heap, etc., esp. by wind or water;…

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Earthen adjective · 78% connection

Made of earth; made of burnt or baked clay, or other like substances; as, an earthen vessel or pipe.

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Fictile adjective · 78% connection

Molded, or capable of being molded, into form by art; relating to pottery or to molding in any soft material.

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Figulated adjective · 78% connection

Made of potter's clay; molded; shaped.

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Heap verb · 78% connection

To throw or lay in a heap; to make a heap of; to pile; as, to heap stones; -- often with up; as, to heap up earth; or with on; as, to…

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Kaoline noun · 78% connection

A very pure white clay, ordinarily in the form of an impalpable powder, and used to form the paste of porcelain; China clay; porcelain…

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Kiln noun · 78% connection

A large stove or oven; a furnace of brick or stone, or a heated chamber, for the purpose of hardening, burning, or drying anything; as…

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