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Against
preposition · 78% connection
From an opposite direction so as to strike or come in contact with; in contact with; upon; as, hail beats against the roof.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, hard, elastic, plate, ivory.
Billiards
noun · 78% connection
A game played with ivory balls o a cloth-covered, rectangular table, bounded by elastic cushions. The player seeks to impel his ball w…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, hard, elastic, plate, ivory.
Blanket
adjective · 78% connection
A piece of rubber, felt, or woolen cloth, used in the tympan to make it soft and elastic.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, hard, elastic, plate, ivory.
Blow
noun · 78% connection
The act of forcing air from the mouth, or through or from some instrument; as, to give a hard blow on a whistle or horn; to give the f…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, hard, elastic, plate, ivory.
Bodkin
noun · 78% connection
An implement of steel, bone, ivory, etc., with a sharp point, for making holes by piercing; a /tiletto; an eyeleteer.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, hard, elastic, plate, ivory.
Brush
noun · 78% connection
An instrument composed of bristles, or other like material, set in a suitable back or handle, as of wood, bone, or ivory, and used for…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, hard, elastic, plate, ivory.
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: small, hard, elastic, plate, ivory.
Caoutchouc
noun · 78% connection
A tenacious, elastic, gummy substance obtained from the milky sap of several plants of tropical South America (esp. the euphorbiaceous…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, hard, elastic, plate, ivory.
Castanets
n. pl. · 78% connection
Two small, concave shells of ivory or hard wood, shaped like spoons, fastened to the thumb, and beaten together with the middle finger…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, hard, elastic, plate, ivory.
Corosso
noun · 78% connection
The name in Central America for the seed of a true palm; also, a commercial name for the true ivory nut. See Ivory nut.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, hard, elastic, plate, ivory.
Counter
verb · 78% connection
A piece of metal, ivory, wood, or bone, used in reckoning, in keeping account of games, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, hard, elastic, plate, ivory.
Domino
noun · 78% connection
A game played by two or more persons, with twenty-eight pieces of wood, bone, or ivory, of a flat, oblong shape, plain at the back, bu…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, hard, elastic, plate, ivory.
Eburin
noun · 78% connection
A composition of dust of ivory or of bone with a cement; -- used for imitations of valuable stones and in making moldings, seals, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, hard, elastic, plate, ivory.
Elastic
adjective · 78% connection
Springing back; having a power or inherent property of returning to the form from which a substance is bent, drawn, pressed, or twiste…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, hard, elastic, plate, ivory.
Elastically
adverb · 78% connection
In an elastic manner; by an elastic power; with a spring.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, hard, elastic, plate, ivory.
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: small, hard, elastic, plate, ivory.
Gas
noun · 78% connection
An aeriform fluid; -- a term used at first by chemists as synonymous with air, but since restricted to fluids supposed to be permanent…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, hard, elastic, plate, ivory.
Hard
superl. · 78% connection
Difficult to bear or endure; not easy to put up with or consent to; hence, severe; rigorous; oppressive; distressing; unjust; grasping…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, hard, elastic, plate, ivory.
