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Lumpy

Full of lumps, or small compact masses.

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Uneven 84% connected

Not even; not level; not uniform; rough; as, an uneven road or way; uneven ground.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Uneven 84% connected

Not even; not level; not uniform; rough; as, an uneven road or way; uneven ground.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Chunk 74% connected

A short, thick piece of anything.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Chunk 74% connected

A short, thick piece of anything.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Lump 74% connected

A small mass of matter of irregular shape; an irregular or shapeless mass; as, a lump of coal; a lump of iron ore.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Lump 74% connected

A small mass of matter of irregular shape; an irregular or shapeless mass; as, a lump of coal; a lump of iron ore.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Chunky 92% connected

Short and thick.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Agglutinating activity noun · 78% connection

the coalescing of small particles that are suspended in solution; these larger masses are then (usually) precipitated

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Agglutination noun · 78% connection

the coalescing of small particles that are suspended in solution; these larger masses are then (usually) precipitated

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Boulangerite noun · 78% connection

A mineral of a bluish gray color and metallic luster, usually in plumose masses, also compact. It is a sulphide of antimony and lead.

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Brass noun · 78% connection

Lumps of pyrites or sulphuret of iron, the color of which is near to that of brass.

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Briar noun · 78% connection

a very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves a…

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Brier noun · 78% connection

a very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves a…

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Bullbrier noun · 78% connection

a very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves a…

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Choke-full adjective · 78% connection

Full to the brim; quite full; chock-full.

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Claviceps purpurea noun · 78% connection

a fungus that infects various cereal plants forming compact black masses of branching filaments that replace many grains of the plant;…

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Clotter verb · 78% connection

To concrete into lumps; to clot.

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Clotting noun · 78% connection

the process of forming semisolid lumps in a liquid

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Coagulation noun · 78% connection

the process of forming semisolid lumps in a liquid

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Compaction noun · 78% connection

The act of making compact, or the state of being compact.

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Culm noun · 78% connection

Mineral coal that is not bituminous; anthracite, especially when found in small masses.

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Curdling noun · 78% connection

the process of forming semisolid lumps in a liquid

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Delaware noun · 78% connection

An American grape, with compact bunches of small, amber-colored berries, sweet and of a good flavor.

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Dense adjective · 78% connection

Having the constituent parts massed or crowded together; close; compact; thick; containing much matter in a small space; heavy; opaque…

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Ergot noun · 78% connection

a fungus that infects various cereal plants forming compact black masses of branching filaments that replace many grains of the plant;…

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