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Charcoal

Impure carbon prepared from vegetable or animal substances; esp., coal made by charring wood in a kiln, retort, etc., from which air is excluded. It is used for fuel and in various mechanical, artistic, and chemical processes.

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Achromatic 84% connected

Free from color; transmitting light without decomposing it into its primary colors.

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Achromatic 84% connected

Free from color; transmitting light without decomposing it into its primary colors.

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Neutral 84% connected

Not engaged on either side; not taking part with or assisting either of two or more contending parties; neuter; indifferent.

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Neutral 84% connected

Not engaged on either side; not taking part with or assisting either of two or more contending parties; neuter; indifferent.

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C 76% connected

The keynote of the normal or "natural" scale, which has neither flats nor sharps in its signature; also, the third note of the relative minor scale o…

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Carbon 76% connected

An elementary substance, not metallic in its nature, which is present in all organic compounds. Atomic weight 11.97. Symbol C. it is combustible, and…

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Draw 76% connected

To cause to move continuously by force applied in advance of the thing moved; to pull along; to haul; to drag; to cause to follow.

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Drawing 76% connected

of Draw

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Fuel 76% connected

Any matter used to produce heat by burning; that which feeds fire; combustible matter used for fires, as wood, coal, peat, etc.

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Gray 76% connected

White mixed with black, as the color of pepper and salt, or of ashes, or of hair whitened by age; sometimes, a dark mixed color; as, the soft gray ey…

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Grayness 76% connected

The quality of being gray.

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Grey 76% connected

See Gray (the correct orthography).

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Delineate 72% connected

Delineated; portrayed.

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Describe 72% connected

To represent by drawing; to draw a plan of; to delineate; to trace or mark out; as, to describe a circle by the compasses; a torch waved about the he…

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Draw 72% connected

To cause to move continuously by force applied in advance of the thing moved; to pull along; to haul; to drag; to cause to follow.

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Line 72% connected

Flax; linen.

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Trace 72% connected

One of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whiffletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be draw…

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Fusain 92% connected

Fine charcoal of willow wood, used as a drawing implement.

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