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Ivory

The hard, white, opaque, fine-grained substance constituting the tusks of the elephant. It is a variety of dentine, characterized by the minuteness and close arrangement of the tubes, as also by their double flexure. It is used in manufacturing articles of ornament or utility.

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Dentine 76% connected

The dense calcified substance of which teeth are largely composed. It contains less animal matter than bone, and in the teeth of man is situated bene…

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White 76% connected

Reflecting to the eye all the rays of the spectrum combined; not tinted with any of the proper colors or their mixtures; having the color of pure sno…

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Whiteness 76% connected

The quality or state of being white; white color, or freedom from darkness or obscurity on the surface.

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Tusk 70% connected

Same as Torsk.

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Bone 92% connected

The hard, calcified tissue of the skeleton of vertebrate animals, consisting very largely of calcic carbonate, calcic phosphate, and gelatine; as, bl…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Pearl 92% connected

A fringe or border.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Tusk 92% connected

Same as Torsk.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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