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Grain

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Narrower term 18

Amaranth 76% connected

An imaginary flower supposed never to fade.

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Barley 76% connected

A valuable grain, of the family of grasses, genus Hordeum, used for food, and for making malt, from which are prepared beer, ale, and whisky.

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Barleycorn 76% connected

A grain or "corn" of barley.

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Buckwheat 76% connected

A plant (Fagopyrum esculentum) of the Polygonum family, the seed of which is used for food.

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Corn 76% connected

A thickening of the epidermis at some point, esp. on the toes, by friction or pressure. It is usually painful and troublesome.

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Granule 76% connected

A little grain a small particle; a pellet.

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Grist 76% connected

Ground corn; that which is ground at one time; as much grain as is carried to the mill at one time, or the meal it produces.

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Groats 76% connected

Dried grain, as oats or wheat, hulled and broken or crushed; in high milling, cracked fragments of wheat larger than grits.

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Kernel 76% connected

The essential part of a seed; all that is within the seed walls; the edible substance contained in the shell of a nut; hence, anything included in a…

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Malt 76% connected

Barley or other grain, steeped in water and dried in a kiln, thus forcing germination until the saccharine principle has been evolved. It is used in…

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Millet 76% connected

The name of several cereal and forage grasses which bear an abundance of small roundish grains. The common millets of Germany and Southern Europe are…

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Oat 76% connected

A well-known cereal grass (Avena sativa), and its edible grain; -- commonly used in the plural and in a collective sense.

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Quinoa 76% connected

The seeds of a kind of goosewort (Chenopodium Quinoa), used in Chili and Peru for making porridge or cakes; also, food thus made.

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Rice 76% connected

A well-known cereal grass (Oryza sativa) and its seed. This plant is extensively cultivated in warm climates, and the grain forms a large portion of…

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Rye 76% connected

A grain yielded by a hardy cereal grass (Secale cereale), closely allied to wheat; also, the plant itself. Rye constitutes a large portion of the bre…

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Sandiness 76% connected

The quality or state of being sandy, or of being of a sandy color.

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Wheat 76% connected

A cereal grass (Triticum vulgare) and its grain, which furnishes a white flour for bread, and, next to rice, is the grain most largely used by the hu…

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Woodiness 76% connected

The quality or state of being woody.

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Broader term 20

Atom 76% connected

An ultimate indivisible particle of matter.

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Cereal 76% connected

Of or pertaining to the grasses which are cultivated for their edible seeds (as wheat, maize, rice, etc.), or to their seeds or grain.

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Composition 76% connected

The act or art of composing, or forming a whole or integral, by placing together and uniting different things, parts, or ingredients.

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Constitution 76% connected

The act or process of constituting; the action of enacting, establishing, or appointing; enactment; establishment; formation.

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Corpuscle 76% connected

A minute particle; an atom; a molecule.

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Deform 76% connected

To spoil the form of; to mar in form; to misshape; to disfigure.

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form 76% connected

A suffix used to denote in the form / shape of, resembling, etc.; as, valiform; oviform.

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Leather 76% connected

The skin of an animal, or some part of such skin, tanned, tawed, or otherwise dressed for use; also, dressed hides, collectively.

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Littleness 76% connected

The state or quality of being little; as, littleness of size, thought, duration, power, etc.

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Make-up 76% connected

The way in which the parts of anything are put together; often, the way in which an actor is dressed, painted, etc., in personating a character.

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Molecule 76% connected

One of the very small invisible particles of which all matter is supposed to consist.

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Mote 76% connected

of Mot

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Paint 76% connected

To cover with coloring matter; to apply paint to; as, to paint a house, a signboard, etc.

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Particle 76% connected

A minute part or portion of matter; a morsel; a little bit; an atom; a jot; as, a particle of sand, of wood, of dust.

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Penetrate 76% connected

To enter into; to make way into the interior of; to effect an entrance into; to pierce; as, light penetrates darkness.

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Perforate 76% connected

To bore through; to pierce through with a pointed instrument; to make a hole or holes through by boring or piercing; to pierce or penetrate the surfa…

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Seed 76% connected

of Seed

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Smallness 76% connected

The quality or state of being small.

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Speck 76% connected

The blubber of whales or other marine mammals; also, the fat of the hippopotamus.

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Texture 76% connected

The act or art of weaving.

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Derivationally related 10

Cereal 74% connected

Of or pertaining to the grasses which are cultivated for their edible seeds (as wheat, maize, rice, etc.), or to their seeds or grain.

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Cereal 74% connected

Of or pertaining to the grasses which are cultivated for their edible seeds (as wheat, maize, rice, etc.), or to their seeds or grain.

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Grainy 74% connected

Resembling grains; granular.

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Grainy 74% connected

Resembling grains; granular.

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Granular 74% connected

Consisting of, or resembling, grains; as, a granular substance.

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Granular 74% connected

Consisting of, or resembling, grains; as, a granular substance.

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Granulate 74% connected

To form into grains or small masses; as, to granulate powder, sugar, or metal.

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Granulate 74% connected

To form into grains or small masses; as, to granulate powder, sugar, or metal.

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Granulation 74% connected

The act or process of forming or crystallizing into grains; as, the granulation of powder and sugar.

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Granulation 74% connected

The act or process of forming or crystallizing into grains; as, the granulation of powder and sugar.

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Causes 1

Granulate 72% connected

To form into grains or small masses; as, to granulate powder, sugar, or metal.

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Containing whole 4

Decigram 70% connected

Alt. of Decigramme

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Dram 70% connected

A weight; in Apothecaries' weight, one eighth part of an ounce, or sixty grains; in Avoirdupois weight, one sixteenth part of an ounce, or 27.34375 g…

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Pennyweight 70% connected

A troy weight containing twenty-four grains, or the twentieth part of an ounce; as, a pennyweight of gold or of arsenic. It was anciently the weight…

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Scruple 70% connected

A weight of twenty grains; the third part of a dram.

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Component part 1

Milligram 70% connected

Alt. of Milligramme

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Synonym 5

Caryopsis 92% connected

A one-celled, dry, indehiscent fruit, with a thin membranous pericarp, adhering closely to the seed, so that fruit and seed are incorporated in one b…

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Cereal 92% connected

Of or pertaining to the grasses which are cultivated for their edible seeds (as wheat, maize, rice, etc.), or to their seeds or grain.

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Granulate 92% connected

To form into grains or small masses; as, to granulate powder, sugar, or metal.

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Ingrain 92% connected

Dyed with grain, or kermes.

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Texture 92% connected

The act or art of weaving.

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