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Graphite

Native carbon in hexagonal crystals, also foliated or granular massive, of black color and metallic luster, and so soft as to leave a trace on paper. It is used for pencils (improperly called lead pencils), for crucibles, and as a lubricator, etc. Often called plumbago or black lead.

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C 76% connected

The keynote of the normal or "natural" scale, which has neither flats nor sharps in its signature; also, the third note of the relative minor scale o…

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Carbon 76% connected

An elementary substance, not metallic in its nature, which is present in all organic compounds. Atomic weight 11.97. Symbol C. it is combustible, and…

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Lead 76% connected

One of the elements, a heavy, pliable, inelastic metal, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished. It is both malleable and ductile, though…

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Pencil 76% connected

A small, fine brush of hair or bristles used by painters for laying on colors.

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Black lead 92% connected

Plumbago; graphite. It leaves a blackish mark somewhat like lead. See Graphite.

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Plumbago 92% connected

Same as Graphite.

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Adamant noun · 86% connection

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Atomic number 6 noun · 86% connection

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

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Bottled gas noun · 86% connection

hydrocarbon gases, usually propane or butane, kept under pressure

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Calx noun · 86% connection

Quicklime.

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Carbonado noun · 86% connection

Flesh, fowl, etc., cut across, seasoned, and broiled on coals; a chop.

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Char noun · 86% connection

Alt. of Charr

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Charcoal verb · 86% connection

Impure carbon prepared from vegetable or animal substances; esp., coal made by charring wood in a kiln, retort, etc., from which air i…

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Crock noun · 86% connection

The loose black particles collected from combustion, as on pots and kettles, or in a chimney; soot; smut; also, coloring matter which…

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Diamond noun · 86% connection

A precious stone or gem excelling in brilliancy and beautiful play of prismatic colors, and remarkable for extreme hardness.

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Dioxide noun · 86% connection

An oxide containing two atoms of oxygen in each molecule; binoxide.

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Formaldehyde noun · 86% connection

A colorless, volatile liquid, H2CO, resembling acetic or ethyl aldehyde, and chemically intermediate between methyl alcohol and formic…

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Lampblack noun · 86% connection

The fine impalpable soot obtained from the smoke of carbonaceous substances which have been only partly burnt, as in the flame of a sm…

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Lime noun · 86% connection

A thong by which a dog is led; a leash.

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Liquefied petroleum gas noun · 86% connection

hydrocarbon gases, usually propane or butane, kept under pressure

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Methanal noun · 86% connection

a colorless poisonous gas; made by the oxidation of methanol

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Minium noun · 86% connection

A heavy, brilliant red pigment, consisting of an oxide of lead, Pb3O4, obtained by exposing lead or massicot to a gentle and continued…

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Monoxide noun · 86% connection

An oxide containing one atom of oxygen in each molecule; as, barium monoxide.

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Oxide noun · 86% connection

A binary compound of oxygen with an atom or radical, or a compound which is regarded as binary; as, iron oxide, ethyl oxide, nitrogen…

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Amphibole noun · 78% connection

A common mineral embracing many varieties varying in color and in composition. It occurs in monoclinic crystals; also massive, general…

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Asphaltum noun · 78% connection

Mineral pitch, Jews' pitch, or compact native bitumen. It is brittle, of a black or brown color and high luster on a surface of fractu…

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Barite noun · 78% connection

Native sulphate of barium, a mineral occurring in transparent, colorless, white to yellow crystals (generally tabular), also in granul…

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Blende noun · 78% connection

A mineral, called also sphalerite, and by miners mock lead, false galena, and black-jack. It is a zinc sulphide, but often contains so…

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Bournonite noun · 78% connection

A mineral of a steel-gray to black color and metallic luster, occurring crystallized, often in twin crystals shaped like cogwheels (wh…

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Calaverite noun · 78% connection

A bronze-yellow massive mineral with metallic luster; a telluride of gold; -- first found in Calaveras County California.

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Cancrinite noun · 78% connection

A mineral occurring in hexagonal crystals, also massive, generally of a yellow color, containing silica, alumina, lime, soda, and carb…

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Cassiterite noun · 78% connection

Native tin dioxide; tin stone; a mineral occurring in tetragonal crystals of reddish brown color, and brilliant adamantine luster; als…

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Cerium noun · 78% connection

A rare metallic element, occurring in the minerals cerite, allanite, monazite, etc. Symbol Ce. Atomic weight 141.5. It resembles iron…

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Cerussite noun · 78% connection

Native lead carbonate; a mineral occurring in colorless, white, or yellowish transparent crystals, with an adamantine, also massive an…

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Chalcocite noun · 78% connection

Native copper sulphide, called also copper glance, and vitreous copper; a mineral of a black color and metallic luster.

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Chondritic adjective · 78% connection

Granular; pertaining to, or having the granular structure characteristic of, the class of meteorites called chondrites.

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