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Acierage
noun · 78% connection
The process of coating the surface of a metal plate (as a stereotype plate) with steellike iron by means of voltaic electricity; steel…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: like, plate, consisting, plates.
Bivalve
noun · 78% connection
A mollusk having a shell consisting of two lateral plates or valves joined together by an elastic ligament at the hinge, which is usua…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: like, plate, consisting, plates.
Brigandine
noun · 78% connection
A coast of armor for the body, consisting of scales or plates, sometimes overlapping each other, generally of metal, and sewed to line…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: like, plate, consisting, plates.
Calk
verb · 78% connection
To make an indentation in the edge of a metal plate, as along a seam in a steam boiler or an iron ship, to force the edge of the upper…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: like, plate, consisting, plates.
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: like, plate, consisting, plates.
Cataphracted
adjective · 78% connection
Covered with a cataphract, or armor of plates, scales, etc.; or with that which corresponds to this, as horny or bony plates, hard, ca…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: like, plate, consisting, plates.
Condenser
noun · 78% connection
An instrument for concentrating electricity by the effect of induction between conducting plates separated by a nonconducting plate.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: like, plate, consisting, plates.
Credence
noun · 78% connection
A cupboard, sideboard, or cabinet, particularly one intended for the display of rich vessels or plate, and consisting chiefly of open…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: like, plate, consisting, plates.
Daguerreotype
noun · 78% connection
An early variety of photograph, produced on a silver plate, or copper plate covered with silver, and rendered sensitive by the action…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: like, plate, consisting, plates.
Die
noun · 78% connection
A perforated block, commonly of hardened steel used in connection with a punch, for punching holes, as through plates, or blanks from…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: like, plate, consisting, plates.
Electro-tint
noun · 78% connection
A style of engraving in relief by means of voltaic electricity. A picture is drawn on a metallic plate with some material which resist…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: like, plate, consisting, plates.
Electrotype
noun · 78% connection
A facsimile plate made by electrotypy for use in printing; also, an impression or print from such plate. Also used adjectively.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: like, plate, consisting, plates.
Glyphograph
noun · 78% connection
A plate made by glyphography, or an impression taken from such a plate.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: like, plate, consisting, plates.
Horseshoe
noun · 78% connection
A shoe for horses, consisting of a narrow plate of iron in form somewhat like the letter U, nailed to a horse's hoof.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: like, plate, consisting, plates.
King
noun · 78% connection
A Chinese musical instrument, consisting of resonant stones or metal plates, arranged according to their tones in a frame of wood, and…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: like, plate, consisting, plates.
Lamella
noun · 78% connection
a thin plate or scale of anything, as a thin scale growing from the petals of certain flowers; or one of the thin plates or scales of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: like, plate, consisting, plates.
Lamina
noun · 78% connection
A thin plate or scale; a layer or coat lying over another; -- said of thin plates or platelike substances, as of bone or minerals.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: like, plate, consisting, plates.
Laminable
adjective · 78% connection
Capable of being split into laminae or thin plates, as mica; capable of being extended under pressure into a thin plate or strip.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: like, plate, consisting, plates.
