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Adamantine
adjective · 78% connection
Like the diamond in hardness or luster.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: destitute, luster, dull.
Anthracite
noun · 78% connection
A hard, compact variety of mineral coal, of high luster, differing from bituminous coal in containing little or no bitumen, in consequ…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: destitute, luster, dull.
Apophyllite
noun · 78% connection
A mineral relating to the zeolites, usually occurring in square prisms or octahedrons with pearly luster on the cleavage surface. It i…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: destitute, luster, dull.
Argentine
noun · 78% connection
A siliceous variety of calcite, or carbonate of lime, having a silvery-white, pearly luster, and a waving or curved lamellar structure.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: destitute, luster, dull.
Argentite
noun · 78% connection
Sulphide of silver; -- also called vitreous silver, or silver glance. It has a metallic luster, a lead-gray color, and is sectile like…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: destitute, luster, dull.
Arsenic
noun · 78% connection
One of the elements, a solid substance resembling a metal in its physical properties, but in its chemical relations ranking with the n…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: destitute, luster, dull.
Arsenopyrite
noun · 78% connection
A mineral of a tin-white color and metallic luster, containing arsenic, sulphur, and iron; -- also called arsenical pyrites and mispic…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: destitute, luster, dull.
Asphaltum
noun · 78% connection
Mineral pitch, Jews' pitch, or compact native bitumen. It is brittle, of a black or brown color and high luster on a surface of fractu…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: destitute, luster, dull.
Blacking
noun · 78% connection
Any preparation for making things black; esp. one for giving a black luster to boots and shoes, or to stoves.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: destitute, luster, dull.
Blanch
adjective · 78% connection
To give a white luster to (silver, before stamping, in the process of coining.).
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: destitute, luster, dull.
Blank
adjective · 78% connection
Lacking characteristics which give variety; as, a blank desert; a blank wall; destitute of interests, affections, hopes, etc.; as, to…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: destitute, luster, dull.
Blende
noun · 78% connection
A mineral, called also sphalerite, and by miners mock lead, false galena, and black-jack. It is a zinc sulphide, but often contains so…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: destitute, luster, dull.
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.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: destitute, luster, dull.
Bournonite
noun · 78% connection
A mineral of a steel-gray to black color and metallic luster, occurring crystallized, often in twin crystals shaped like cogwheels (wh…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: destitute, luster, dull.
Brewsterite
noun · 78% connection
A rare zeolitic mineral occurring in white monoclinic crystals with pearly luster. It is a hydrous silicate of aluminia, baryta, and s…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: destitute, luster, dull.
Brighten
adjective · 78% connection
To make bright or brighter; to make to shine; to increase the luster of; to give a brighter hue to.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: destitute, luster, dull.
Brightly
adverb · 78% connection
Brilliantly; splendidly; with luster; as, brightly shining armor.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: destitute, luster, dull.
Brightness
noun · 78% connection
The quality or state of being bright; splendor; luster; brilliancy; clearness.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: destitute, luster, dull.
