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Basanite
noun · 78% connection
Lydian stone, or black jasper, a variety of siliceous or flinty slate, of a grayish or bluish black color. It is employed to test the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hard, black, variety, vulcanite, polished.
Blubber
noun · 78% connection
an insulating layer of fat under the skin of whales and other large marine mammals; used as a source of oil
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hard, black, variety, vulcanite, polished.
Button
noun · 78% connection
To fasten with a button or buttons; to inclose or make secure with buttons; -- often followed by up.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hard, black, variety, vulcanite, polished.
Cable
noun · 78% connection
A rope of steel wire, or copper wire, usually covered with some protecting or insulating substance; as, the cable of a suspension brid…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hard, black, variety, vulcanite, polished.
Cannel coal
unknown · 78% connection
A kind of mineral coal of a black color, sufficiently hard and solid to be cut and polished. It burns readily, with a clear, yellow fl…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hard, black, variety, vulcanite, polished.
Celluloid
noun · 78% connection
A substance composed essentially of gun cotton and camphor, and when pure resembling ivory in texture and color, but variously colored…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hard, black, variety, vulcanite, polished.
Chatoyant
noun · 78% connection
A hard stone, as the cat's-eye, which presents on a polished surface, and in the interior, an undulating or wary light.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hard, black, variety, vulcanite, polished.
Comber
noun · 78% connection
One who combs; one whose occupation it is to comb wool, flax, etc. Also, a machine for combing wool, flax, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hard, black, variety, vulcanite, polished.
Combing
noun · 78% connection
The act or process of using a comb or a number of combs; as, the combing of one's hair; the combing of wool.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hard, black, variety, vulcanite, polished.
Ctenophora
n. pl. · 78% connection
A class of Coelenterata, commonly ellipsoidal in shape, swimming by means of eight longitudinal rows of paddles. The separate paddles…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hard, black, variety, vulcanite, polished.
Etui
noun · 78% connection
A case for one or several small articles; esp., a box in which scissors, tweezers, and other articles of toilet or of daily use are ca…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hard, black, variety, vulcanite, polished.
Flint
noun · 78% connection
A massive, somewhat impure variety of quartz, in color usually of a gray to brown or nearly black, breaking with a conchoidal fracture…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hard, black, variety, vulcanite, polished.
Gill
noun · 78% connection
One of the combs of closely ranged steel pins which divide the ribbons of flax fiber or wool into fewer parallel filaments.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hard, black, variety, vulcanite, polished.
Glass
verb · 78% connection
A hard, brittle, translucent, and commonly transparent substance, white or colored, having a conchoidal fracture, and made by fusing t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hard, black, variety, vulcanite, polished.
Hard
superl. · 78% connection
Difficult to bear or endure; not easy to put up with or consent to; hence, severe; rigorous; oppressive; distressing; unjust; grasping…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hard, black, variety, vulcanite, polished.
Hardpan
noun · 78% connection
The hard substratum. Same as Hard pan, under Hard, a.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hard, black, variety, vulcanite, polished.
Headdress
noun · 78% connection
A manner of dressing the hair or of adorning it, whether with or without a veil, ribbons, combs, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hard, black, variety, vulcanite, polished.
Insulation
noun · 78% connection
The act of insulating, or the state of being insulated; detachment from other objects; isolation.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hard, black, variety, vulcanite, polished.
