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Armor
noun · 78% connection
Defensive arms for the body; any clothing or covering worn to protect one's person in battle.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tough, horny, animal, substance, entering.
Bone
noun · 78% connection
The hard, calcified tissue of the skeleton of vertebrate animals, consisting very largely of calcic carbonate, calcic phosphate, and g…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tough, horny, animal, substance, entering.
Cassowary
noun · 78% connection
A large bird, of the genus Casuarius, found in the east Indies. It is smaller and stouter than the ostrich. Its head is armed with a k…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tough, horny, animal, substance, entering.
Ceratospongiae
n. pl. · 78% connection
An order of sponges in which the skeleton consists of horny fibers. It includes all the commercial sponges.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tough, horny, animal, substance, entering.
Chitin
noun · 78% connection
A white amorphous horny substance forming the harder part of the outer integument of insects, crustacea, and various other invertebrat…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tough, horny, animal, substance, entering.
Compositive
adjective · 78% connection
Having the quality of entering into composition; compounded.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tough, horny, animal, substance, entering.
Contra
unknown · 78% connection
A Latin adverb and preposition, signifying against, contrary, in opposition, etc., entering as a prefix into the composition of many E…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tough, horny, animal, substance, entering.
Corallum
noun · 78% connection
The coral or skeleton of a zoophyte, whether calcareous of horny, simple or compound. See Coral.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tough, horny, animal, substance, entering.
Enamel
verb · 78% connection
A variety of glass, used in ornament, to cover a surface, as of metal or pottery, and admitting of after decoration in color, or used…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tough, horny, animal, substance, entering.
Euplectella
noun · 78% connection
A genus of elegant, glassy sponges, consisting of interwoven siliceous fibers, and growing in the form of a cornucopia; -- called also…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tough, horny, animal, substance, entering.
Exoskeleton
noun · 78% connection
The hardened parts of the external integument of an animal, including hair, feathers, nails, horns, scales, etc.,as well as the armor…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tough, horny, animal, substance, entering.
Fibrospongiae
n. pl. · 78% connection
An order of sponges having a fibrous skeleton, including the commercial sponges.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tough, horny, animal, substance, entering.
Gliadin
noun · 78% connection
Vegetable glue or gelatin; glutin. It is one of the constituents of wheat gluten, and is a tough, amorphous substance, which resembles…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tough, horny, animal, substance, entering.
Gorgonian
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or resembling, a Gorgon; terrifying into stone; terrific.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tough, horny, animal, substance, entering.
Hair
noun · 78% connection
The collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of an animal, and forming a covering for a part of the head or for any part…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tough, horny, animal, substance, entering.
Halichondriae
n. pl. · 78% connection
An order of sponges, having simple siliceous spicules and keratose fibers; -- called also Keratosilicoidea.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tough, horny, animal, substance, entering.
Hermaphrodite
noun · 78% connection
An individual which has the attributes of both male and female, or which unites in itself the two sexes; an animal or plant having the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tough, horny, animal, substance, entering.
Hoof
noun · 78% connection
The horny substance or case that covers or terminates the feet of certain animals, as horses, oxen, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: tough, horny, animal, substance, entering.
