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Amadou
noun · 78% connection
A spongy, combustible substance, prepared from fungus (Boletus and Polyporus) which grows on old trees; German tinder; punk. It has be…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: explosive, mixture, consisting, sawdust, charcoal.
Badigeon
noun · 78% connection
A cement or paste (as of plaster and freestone, or of sawdust and glue or lime) used by sculptors, builders, and workers in wood or st…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: explosive, mixture, consisting, sawdust, charcoal.
Blast
verb · 78% connection
To rend open by any explosive agent, as gunpowder, dynamite, etc.; to shatter; as, to blast rocks.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: explosive, mixture, consisting, sawdust, charcoal.
Bois durci
unknown · 78% connection
A hard, highly polishable composition, made of fine sawdust from hard wood (as rosewood) mixed with blood, and pressed.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: explosive, mixture, consisting, sawdust, charcoal.
Carnallite
noun · 78% connection
a white or reddish mineral consisting of hydrous chlorides of potassium and magnesium; used as a fertilizer and as a source of potassi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: explosive, mixture, consisting, sawdust, charcoal.
Coal
noun · 78% connection
A black, or brownish black, solid, combustible substance, dug from beds or veins in the earth to be used for fuel, and consisting, lik…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: explosive, mixture, consisting, sawdust, charcoal.
Deflagrable
adjective · 78% connection
Burning with a sudden and sparkling combustion, as niter; hence, slightly explosive; liable to snap and crackle when heated, as salt.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: explosive, mixture, consisting, sawdust, charcoal.
Deflagrate
verb · 78% connection
To burn with a sudden and sparkling combustion, as niter; also, to snap and crackle with slight explosions when heated, as salt.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: explosive, mixture, consisting, sawdust, charcoal.
Deputy
noun · 78% connection
One appointed as the substitute of another, and empowered to act for him, in his name or his behalf; a substitute in office; a lieuten…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: explosive, mixture, consisting, sawdust, charcoal.
Detonate
verb · 78% connection
To explode with a sudden report; as, niter detonates with sulphur.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: explosive, mixture, consisting, sawdust, charcoal.
Dualin
noun · 78% connection
An explosive substance consisting essentially of sawdust or wood pulp, saturated with nitroglycerin and other similar nitro compounds.…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: explosive, mixture, consisting, sawdust, charcoal.
Dynamite
noun · 78% connection
An explosive substance consisting of nitroglycerin absorbed by some inert, porous solid, as infusorial earth, sawdust, etc. It is safe…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: explosive, mixture, consisting, sawdust, charcoal.
Explosive
noun · 78% connection
An explosive agent; a compound or mixture susceptible of a rapid chemical reaction, as gunpowder, or nitro-glycerine.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: explosive, mixture, consisting, sawdust, charcoal.
Ferricyanide
noun · 78% connection
salt of ferricyanic acid obtained by oxidation of a ferrocyanide
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: explosive, mixture, consisting, sawdust, charcoal.
Ferro-
unknown · 78% connection
A prefix, or combining form, indicating ferrous iron as an ingredient; as, ferrocyanide.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: explosive, mixture, consisting, sawdust, charcoal.
Ferrocyanate
noun · 78% connection
A salt of ferrocyanic acid; a ferrocyanide.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: explosive, mixture, consisting, sawdust, charcoal.
Ferrocyanic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, a ferrocyanide.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: explosive, mixture, consisting, sawdust, charcoal.
Firearm
noun · 78% connection
A gun, pistol, or any weapon from a shot is discharged by the force of an explosive substance, as gunpowder.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: explosive, mixture, consisting, sawdust, charcoal.
