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Clot

A concretion or coagulation; esp. a soft, slimy, coagulated mass, as of blood; a coagulum.

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Alter 76% connected

To make otherwise; to change in some respect, either partially or wholly; to vary; to modify.

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Ball 76% connected

Any round or roundish body or mass; a sphere or globe; as, a ball of twine; a ball of snow.

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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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Chunk 76% connected

A short, thick piece of anything.

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Clod 76% connected

A lump or mass, especially of earth, turf, or clay.

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Clump 76% connected

An unshaped piece or mass of wood or other substance.

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Coalesce 76% connected

To grow together; to unite by growth into one body; as, the parts separated by a wound coalesce.

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Lump 76% connected

A small mass of matter of irregular shape; an irregular or shapeless mass; as, a lump of coal; a lump of iron ore.

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Modify 76% connected

To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as, to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms o…

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Turn 76% connected

To cause to move upon a center, or as if upon a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wh…

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Manner of action 1

Curdle 76% connected

To change into curd; to coagulate; as, rennet causes milk to curdle.

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Embolus 76% connected

Something inserted, as a wedge; the piston or sucker of a pump or syringe.

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Thrombus 76% connected

A clot of blood formed of a passage of a vessel and remaining at the site of coagulation.

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Coagulation 74% connected

The change from a liquid to a thickened, curdlike, insoluble state, not by evaporation, but by some kind of chemical reaction; as, the spontaneous co…

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Coagulation 74% connected

The change from a liquid to a thickened, curdlike, insoluble state, not by evaporation, but by some kind of chemical reaction; as, the spontaneous co…

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Synonym 5

Clabber 92% connected

Milk curdled so as to become thick.

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Clog 92% connected

That which hinders or impedes motion; hence, an encumbrance, restraint, or impediment, of any kind.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Coagulate 92% connected

Coagulated.

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Coagulum 92% connected

The thick, curdy precipitate formed by the coagulation of albuminous matter; any mass of coagulated matter, as a clot of blood.

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Curdle 92% connected

To change into curd; to coagulate; as, rennet causes milk to curdle.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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