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Concretion

The process of concreting; the process of uniting or of becoming united, as particles of matter into a mass; solidification.

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Action 76% connected

A process or condition of acting or moving, as opposed to rest; the doing of something; exertion of power or force, as when one body acts on another;…

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Activity 76% connected

The state or quality of being active; nimbleness; agility; vigorous action or operation; energy; active force; as, an increasing variety of human act…

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Concentration 76% connected

The act or process of concentrating; the process of becoming concentrated, or the state of being concentrated; concentration.

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Conjugation 76% connected

the act of uniting or combining; union; assemblage.

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Jointure 76% connected

A joining; a joint.

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Rock 76% connected

See Roc.

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Stone 76% connected

Concreted earthy or mineral matter; also, any particular mass of such matter; as, a house built of stone; the boy threw a stone; pebbles are rounded…

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Unification 76% connected

The act of unifying, or the state of being unified.

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Union 76% connected

The act of uniting or joining two or more things into one, or the state of being united or joined; junction; coalition; combination.

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Uniting 76% connected

of Unite

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Narrower term 4

Bilestone 76% connected

A gallstone, or biliary calculus. See Biliary.

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Cystolith 76% connected

A concretion of mineral matter within a leaf or other part of a plant.

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Enterolith 76% connected

An intestinal concretion.

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Gallstone 76% connected

A concretion, or calculus, formed in the gall bladder or biliary passages. See Calculus, n., 1.

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Concrete 74% connected

United in growth; hence, formed by coalition of separate particles into one mass; united in a solid form.

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Concrete 74% connected

United in growth; hence, formed by coalition of separate particles into one mass; united in a solid form.

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Synonym 6

Calculus 92% connected

Any solid concretion, formed in any part of the body, but most frequent in the organs that act as reservoirs, and in the passages connected with them…

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Coalescence 92% connected

The act or state of growing together, as similar parts; the act of uniting by natural affinity or attraction; the state of being united; union; concr…

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Coalition 92% connected

The act of coalescing; union into a body or mass, as of separate bodies or parts; as, a coalition of atoms.

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Compaction 92% connected

The act of making compact, or the state of being compact.

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Compression 92% connected

The act of compressing, or state of being compressed.

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Conglutination 92% connected

A gluing together; a joining by means of some tenacious substance; junction; union.

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