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Firestone

Iron pyrites, formerly used for striking fire; also, a flint.

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Flint 76% connected

A massive, somewhat impure variety of quartz, in color usually of a gray to brown or nearly black, breaking with a conchoidal fracture and sharp edge…

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Sandstone 76% connected

A rock made of sand more or less firmly united. Common or siliceous sandstone consists mainly of quartz sand.

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Climatology noun · 78% connection

The science which treats of climates and investigates their phenomena and causes.

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Adaptation noun · 78% connection

The act or process of adapting, or fitting; or the state of being adapted or fitted; fitness.

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Atomic number 6 noun · 78% connection

an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in…

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Carbon dioxide noun · 78% connection

a heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances; absorbed from the air by plan…

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a heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances; absorbed from the air by plan…

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Change verb · 78% connection

To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thi…

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Climate change noun · 78% connection

a change in the world's climate

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CO2 noun · 78% connection

a heavy odorless colorless gas formed during respiration and by the decomposition of organic substances; absorbed from the air by plan…

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Cyberspace noun · 78% connection

a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data tra…

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Emission noun · 78% connection

The act of sending or throwing out; the act of sending forth or putting into circulation; issue; as, the emission of light from the su…

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Get up verb · 78% connection

rise to one's feet; "The audience got up and applauded"

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Global adjective · 78% connection

involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope; "global war"; "global monetary policy"; "neither national nor continen…

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Global warming noun · 78% connection

an increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere (especially a sustained increase that causes climatic changes)

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Greenhouse noun · 78% connection

A house in which tender plants are cultivated and sheltered from the weather.

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Greenhouse effect noun · 78% connection

warming that results when solar radiation is trapped by the atmosphere; caused by atmospheric gases that allow sunshine to pass throug…

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Greenhouse emission noun · 78% connection

a gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect by absorbing infrared radiation

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A gas that traps heat in the atmosphere.

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Alum shale unknown · 78% connection

A variety of shale or clay slate, containing iron pyrites, the decomposition of which leads to the formation of alum, which often effl…

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Arsenopyrite noun · 78% connection

A mineral of a tin-white color and metallic luster, containing arsenic, sulphur, and iron; -- also called arsenical pyrites and mispic…

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Bisulphide noun · 78% connection

A sulphide having two atoms of sulphur in the molecule; a disulphide, as in iron pyrites, FeS2; -- less frequently called bisulphuret.

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Brass noun · 78% connection

An alloy (usually yellow) of copper and zinc, in variable proportion, but often containing two parts of copper to one part of zinc. It…

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Burn verb · 78% connection

To consume with fire; to reduce to ashes by the action of heat or fire; -- frequently intensified by up: as, to burn up wood.

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Burning p. pr. & vb. n. · 78% connection

of Burn

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Burnt unknown · 78% connection

of Burn

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Calyon noun · 78% connection

Flint or pebble stone, used in building walls, etc.

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Chalcopyrite noun · 78% connection

Copper pyrites, or yellow copper ore; a common ore of copper, containing copper, iron, and sulphur. It occurs massive and in tetragona…

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Collision noun · 78% connection

The act of striking together; a striking together, as of two hard bodies; a violent meeting, as of railroad trains; a clashing.

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Copperas noun · 78% connection

Green vitriol, or sulphate of iron; a green crystalline substance, of an astringent taste, used in making ink, in dyeing black, as a t…

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Crystal noun · 78% connection

The regular form which a substance tends to assume in solidifying, through the inherent power of cohesive attraction. It is bounded by…

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