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Curdle

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

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Clot 76% connected

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

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Coagulate 76% connected

Coagulated.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Spoil 76% connected

To plunder; to strip by violence; to pillage; to rob; -- with of before the name of the thing taken; as, to spoil one of his goods or possession.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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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…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Clabber 74% connected

Milk curdled so as to become thick.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Clabber 74% connected

Milk curdled so as to become thick.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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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…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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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…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Clabber 92% connected

Milk curdled so as to become thick.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Clot 92% connected

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

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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