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Clinker

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

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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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Change 76% connected

To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

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Fragment 76% connected

A part broken off; a small, detached portion; an imperfect part; as, a fragment of an ancient writing.

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Cinder 92% connected

Partly burned or vitrified coal, or other combustible, in which fire is extinct.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Adobe noun · 86% connection

sun-dried brick; used in hot dry climates

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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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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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Bond noun · 78% connection

The union or tie of the several stones or bricks forming a wall. The bricks may be arranged for this purpose in several different ways…

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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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Bricklaying noun · 78% connection

The art of building with bricks, or of uniting them by cement or mortar into various forms; the act or occupation of laying bricks.

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Bricky adjective · 78% connection

Full of bricks; formed of bricks; resembling bricks or brick dust.

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Burn verb · 78% connection

To perfect or improve by fire or heat; to submit to the action of fire or heat for some economic purpose; to destroy or change some pr…

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Burning noun · 78% connection

The act of consuming by fire or heat, or of subjecting to the effect of fire or heat; the state of being on fire or excessively heated.

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Burnt p. p. & a. · 78% connection

Consumed with, or as with, fire; scorched or dried, as with fire or heat; baked or hardened in the fire or the sun.

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Charcoal verb · 78% connection

Impure carbon prepared from vegetable or animal substances; esp., coal made by charring wood in a kiln, retort, etc., from which air i…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mass, composed, several, bricks, together.
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Clamp noun · 78% connection

A mass of bricks heaped up to be burned; or of ore for roasting, or of coal for coking.

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Cockle noun · 78% connection

A hop-drying kiln; an oast.

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Coke noun · 78% connection

Mineral coal charred, or depriver of its bitumen, sulphur, or other volatile matter by roasting in a kiln or oven, or by distillation,…

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Collapse verb · 78% connection

To fall together suddenly, as the sides of a hollow vessel; to close by falling or shrinking together; to have the sides or parts of (…

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