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Crust

The hard external coat or covering of anything; the hard exterior surface or outer shell; an incrustation; as, a crust of snow.

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Narrower term 4

Calculus 76% 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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Plate 76% connected

A flat, or nearly flat, piece of metal, the thickness of which is small in comparison with the other dimensions; a thick sheet of metal; as, a steel…

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Tartar 76% connected

A reddish crust or sediment in wine casks, consisting essentially of crude cream of tartar, and used in marking pure cream of tartar, tartaric acid,…

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Tophus 76% connected

One of the mineral concretions about the joints, and in other situations, occurring chiefly in gouty persons. They consist usually of urate of sodium…

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Cover 76% connected

To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another; as, to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth.

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Covering 76% connected

of Cover

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Discourtesy 76% connected

Rudeness of behavior or language; ill manners; manifestation of disrespect; incivility.

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Layer 76% connected

One who, or that which, lays.

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Cheeky 74% connected

a Brazen-faced; impudent; bold.

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Cheeky 74% connected

a Brazen-faced; impudent; bold.

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Crusty 74% connected

Having the nature of crust; pertaining to a hard covering; as, a crusty coat; a crusty surface or substance.

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Crusty 74% connected

Having the nature of crust; pertaining to a hard covering; as, a crusty coat; a crusty surface or substance.

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Dry 72% connected

Free from moisture; having little humidity or none; arid; not wet or moist; deficient in the natural or normal supply of moisture, as rain or fluid o…

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Substance part 1

Sima 70% connected

A cyma.

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Freshness 92% connected

The state of being fresh.

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Gall 92% connected

The bitter, alkaline, viscid fluid found in the gall bladder, beneath the liver. It consists of the secretion of the liver, or bile, mixed with that…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Impertinence 92% connected

The condition or quality of being impertnent; absence of pertinence, or of adaptedness; irrelevance; unfitness.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Impudence 92% connected

The quality of being impudent; assurance, accompanied with a disregard of the presence or opinions of others; shamelessness; forwardness; want of mod…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Incrustation 92% connected

The act of incrusting, or the state of being incrusted.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Insolence 92% connected

The quality of being unusual or novel.

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