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Albino
noun · 78% connection
A person, whether negro, Indian, or white, in whom by some defect of organization the substance which gives color to the skin, hair, a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: skin, leather, adjectively.
Borachte
noun · 78% connection
A large leather bottle for liquors, etc., made of the skin of a goat or other animal. Hence: A drunkard.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: skin, leather, adjectively.
Buff
noun · 78% connection
A sort of leather, prepared from the skin of the buffalo, dressed with oil, like chamois; also, the skins of oxen, elks, and other ani…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: skin, leather, adjectively.
Calf
noun · 78% connection
Leather made of the skin of the calf; especially, a fine, light-colored leather used in bookbinding; as, to bind books in calf.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: skin, leather, adjectively.
Calfskin
noun · 78% connection
The hide or skin of a calf; or leather made of the skin.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: skin, leather, adjectively.
Chamois
noun · 78% connection
A soft leather made from the skin of the chamois, or from sheepskin, etc.; -- called also chamois leather, and chammy or shammy leathe…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: skin, leather, adjectively.
Chest
noun · 78% connection
A large box of wood, or other material, having, like a trunk, a lid, but no covering of skin, leather, or cloth.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: skin, leather, adjectively.
Cheveril
verb · 78% connection
Soft leather made of kid skin. Fig.: Used as a symbol of flexibility.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: skin, leather, adjectively.
Chronic eczema
noun · 78% connection
eczema characterized by thickening of the skin with accentuated skin lines
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: skin, leather, adjectively.
Contact dermatitis
noun · 78% connection
a delayed type of allergic reaction of the skin resulting from skin contact with a specific allergen (such as poison ivy)
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: skin, leather, adjectively.
Cordwain
noun · 78% connection
A term used in the Middle Ages for Spanish leather (goatskin tanned and dressed), and hence, any leather handsomely finished, colored,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: skin, leather, adjectively.
Cutaneous
adjective · 78% connection
Of pertaining to the skin; existing on, or affecting, the skin; as, a cutaneous disease; cutaneous absorption; cutaneous respiration.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: skin, leather, adjectively.
Deerskin
noun · 78% connection
The skin of a deer, or the leather which is made from it.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: skin, leather, adjectively.
Dermatitis
noun · 78% connection
inflammation of the skin; skin becomes itchy and may develop blisters
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: skin, leather, adjectively.
Dermis
noun · 78% connection
The deep sensitive layer of the skin beneath the scarfskin or epidermis; -- called also true skin, derm, derma, corium, cutis, and end…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: skin, leather, adjectively.
Eczema
noun · 78% connection
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the disc…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: skin, leather, adjectively.
Eczema hypertrophicum
noun · 78% connection
eczema characterized by thickening of the skin with accentuated skin lines
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: skin, leather, adjectively.
Efflower
verb · 78% connection
To remove the epidermis of (a skin) with a concave knife, blunt in its middle part, -- as in making chamois leather.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: skin, leather, adjectively.