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Gum

The dense tissues which invest the teeth, and cover the adjacent parts of the jaws.

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Agar-agar 76% connected

A fucus or seaweed much used in the East for soups and jellies; Ceylon moss (Gracilaria lichenoides).

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Ammoniac 76% connected

Alt. of Ammoniacal

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Eucalyptus 76% connected

A myrtaceous genus of trees, mostly Australian. Many of them grow to an immense height, one or two species exceeding the height even of the Californi…

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Euphorbium 76% connected

An inodorous exudation, usually in the form of yellow tears, produced chiefly by the African Euphorbia resinifrea. It was formerly employed medicinal…

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Frankincense 76% connected

A fragrant, aromatic resin, or gum resin, burned as an incense in religious rites or for medicinal fumigation. The best kinds now come from East Indi…

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Galbanum 76% connected

A gum resin exuding from the stems of certain Asiatic umbelliferous plants, mostly species of Ferula. The Bubon Galbanum of South Africa furnishes an…

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Gum ammoniac 76% connected

The concrete juice (gum resin) of an umbelliferous plant, the Dorema ammoniacum. It is brought chiefly from Persia in the form of yellowish tears, wh…

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Gutta-percha 76% connected

A concrete juice produced by various trees found in the Malayan archipelago, especially by the Isonandra, / Dichopsis, Gutta. It becomes soft, and un…

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Kino 76% connected

The dark red dried juice of certain plants, used variously in tanning, in dyeing, and as an astringent in medicine.

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Lacquer 76% connected

A varnish, consisting of a solution of shell-lac in alcohol, often colored with gamboge, saffron, or the like; -- used for varnishing metals, papier-…

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Liquidambar 76% connected

A genus consisting of two species of tall trees having star-shaped leaves, and woody burlike fruit. Liquidambar styraciflua is the North American swe…

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Mucilage 76% connected

A gummy or gelatinous substance produced in certain plants by the action of water on the cell wall, as in the seeds of quinces, of flax, etc.

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Olibanum 76% connected

The fragrant gum resin of various species of Boswellia; Oriental frankincense.

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Opopanax 76% connected

The inspissated juice of an umbelliferous plant (the Opoponax Chironum), brought from Turkey and the East Indies in loose granules, or sometimes in l…

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Thus 76% connected

The commoner kind of frankincense, or that obtained from the Norway spruce, the long-leaved pine, and other conifers.

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Tragacanth 76% connected

A kind of gum procured from a spiny leguminous shrub (Astragalus gummifer) of Western Asia, and other species of Astragalus. It comes in hard whitish…

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Tupelo 76% connected

A North American tree (Nyssa multiflora) of the Dogwood family, having brilliant, glossy foliage and acid red berries. The wood is crossgrained and v…

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Apply 76% connected

To lay or place; to put or adjust (one thing to another); -- with to; as, to apply the hand to the breast; to apply medicaments to a diseased part of…

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Cement 76% connected

Any substance used for making bodies adhere to each other, as mortar, glue, etc.

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Change 76% connected

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

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Chew 76% connected

To bite and grind with the teeth; to masticate.

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Confection 76% connected

A composition of different materials.

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Exudate 76% connected

To exude.

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Exudation 76% connected

The act of exuding; sweating; a discharge of humors, moisture, juice, or gum, as through pores or incisions; also, the substance exuded.

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Exude 76% connected

To discharge through pores or incisions, as moisture or other liquid matter; to give out.

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Jaw 76% connected

One of the bones, usually bearing teeth, which form the framework of the mouth.

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Manducate 76% connected

To masticate; to chew; to eat.

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Masticate 76% connected

To grind or crush with, or as with, the teeth and prepare for swallowing and digestion; to chew; as, to masticate food.

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Ooze 76% connected

Soft mud or slime; earth so wet as to flow gently, or easily yield to pressure.

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Sweet 76% connected

Having an agreeable taste or flavor such as that of sugar; saccharine; -- opposed to sour and bitter; as, a sweet beverage; sweet fruits; sweet orang…

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Transude 76% connected

To pass, as perspirable matter does, through the pores or interstices of textures; as, liquor may transude through leather or wood.

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Tree 76% connected

Any perennial woody plant of considerable size (usually over twenty feet high) and growing with a single trunk.

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Wood 76% connected

Mad; insane; possessed; rabid; furious; frantic.

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Derivationally related 6

Gummy 74% connected

Consisting of gum; viscous; adhesive; producing or containing gum; covered with gum or a substance resembling gum.

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Gummy 74% connected

Consisting of gum; viscous; adhesive; producing or containing gum; covered with gum or a substance resembling gum.

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Mumble 74% connected

To speak with the lips partly closed, so as to render the sounds inarticulate and imperfect; to utter words in a grumbling indistinct manner, indicat…

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Mumble 74% connected

To speak with the lips partly closed, so as to render the sounds inarticulate and imperfect; to utter words in a grumbling indistinct manner, indicat…

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Containing whole 1

Mouth 70% connected

The opening through which an animal receives food; the aperture between the jaws or between the lips; also, the cavity, containing the tongue and tee…

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Glue 92% connected

A hard brittle brownish gelatin, obtained by boiling to a jelly the skins, hoofs, etc., of animals. When gently heated with water, it becomes viscid…

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Mucilage 92% connected

A gummy or gelatinous substance produced in certain plants by the action of water on the cell wall, as in the seeds of quinces, of flax, etc.

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Mumble 92% connected

To speak with the lips partly closed, so as to render the sounds inarticulate and imperfect; to utter words in a grumbling indistinct manner, indicat…

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