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Carbuncle

A beautiful gem of a deep red color (with a mixture of scarlet) called by the Greeks anthrax; found in the East Indies. When held up to the sun, it loses its deep tinge, and becomes of the color of burning coal. The name belongs for the most part to ruby sapphire, though it has been also given to red spinel and garnet.

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Garnet 76% connected

A mineral having many varieties differing in color and in their constituents, but with the same crystallization (isometric), and conforming to the sa…

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Carbuncular 74% connected

Belonging to a carbuncle; resembling a carbuncle; red; inflamed.

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Belonging to a carbuncle; resembling a carbuncle; red; inflamed.

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a 3-dimensional geometric arrangement of the atoms or molecules or ions composing a crystal

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a compound described in terms of the central atom to which other atoms are bound or coordinated

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Ailantus noun · 78% connection

A genus of beautiful trees, natives of the East Indies. The tree imperfectly di/cious, and the staminate or male plant is very offensi…

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Anthracic adjective · 78% connection

Of or relating to anthrax; as, anthracic blood.

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Anthracoid adjective · 78% connection

Resembling anthrax in action; of the nature of anthrax; as, an anthracoid microbe.

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Arrack noun · 78% connection

A name in the East Indies and the Indian islands for all ardent spirits. Arrack is often distilled from a fermented mixture of rice, m…

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Base adjective · 78% connection

Not held by honorable service; as, a base estate, one held by services not honorable; held by villenage. Such a tenure is called base,…

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Cassowary noun · 78% connection

A large bird, of the genus Casuarius, found in the east Indies. It is smaller and stouter than the ostrich. Its head is armed with a k…

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Cherub noun · 78% connection

A beautiful child; -- so called because artists have represented cherubs as beautiful children.

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Classical noun · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to the ancient Greeks and Romans, esp. to Greek or Roman authors of the highest rank, or of the period when their bes…

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Compare verb · 78% connection

To inflect according to the degrees of comparison; to state positive, comparative, and superlative forms of; as, most adjectives of on…

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Confine verb · 78% connection

to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement; "This holds the local until the express passengers change trai…

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Constrain verb · 78% connection

to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement; "This holds the local until the express passengers change trai…

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Coolie noun · 78% connection

An East Indian porter or carrier; a laborer transported from the East Indies, China, or Japan, for service in some other country.

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Coquelicot noun · 78% connection

The color of the wild poppy; a color nearly red, like orange mixed with scarlet.

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Daughter cell noun · 78% connection

a cell formed by the division or budding of another cell; "anthrax grows by dividing into two daughter cells that are generally identi…

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Deep superl. · 78% connection

Extending far back from the front or outer part; of great horizontal dimension (measured backward from the front or nearer part, mouth…

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Deep-sea adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to the deeper parts of the sea; as, a deep-sea line (i. e., a line to take soundings at a great depth); deep-sea lead…

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Depth noun · 78% connection

That which is deep; a deep, or the deepest, part or place; the deep; the middle part; as, the depth of night, or of winter.

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Drachma noun · 78% connection

Among the ancient Greeks, a weight of about 66.5 grains; among the modern Greeks, a weight equal to a gram.

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