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Pudding

A species of food of a soft or moderately hard consistence, variously made, but often a compound of flour or meal, with milk and eggs, etc.

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Dessert 76% connected

A service of pastry, fruits, or sweetmeats, at the close of a feast or entertainment; pastry, fruits, etc., forming the last course at dinner.

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Dish 76% connected

A vessel, as a platter, a plate, a bowl, used for serving up food at the table.

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Sweet 76% connected

Having an agreeable taste or flavor such as that of sugar; saccharine; -- opposed to sour and bitter; as, a sweet beverage; sweet fruits; sweet orang…

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Duff 76% connected

Dough or paste.

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Flummery 76% connected

A light kind of food, formerly made of flour or meal; a sort of pap.

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Roly-poly 76% connected

Rolly-poly.

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Trifle 76% connected

A thing of very little value or importance; a paltry, or trivial, affair.

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Pud 92% connected

Same as Pood.

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Bionomics noun · 78% connection

the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment

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Ecology noun · 78% connection

the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment

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El Nino noun · 78% connection

(oceanography) a warm ocean current that flows along the equator from the date line and south off the coast of Ecuador at Christmas ti…

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Environmental science noun · 78% connection

the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment

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Oceanography noun · 78% connection

the branch of science dealing with physical and biological aspects of the oceans

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Oceanology noun · 78% connection

the branch of science dealing with physical and biological aspects of the oceans

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Aboriginal noun · 78% connection

an indigenous person who was born in a particular place; "the art of the natives of the northwest coast"; "the Canadian government scr…

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Aborigine noun · 78% connection

an indigenous person who was born in a particular place; "the art of the natives of the northwest coast"; "the Canadian government scr…

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Biodiversity noun · 78% connection

the diversity of plant and animal life in a particular habitat (or in the world as a whole); "a high level of biodiversity is desirabl…

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Bionomic adjective · 78% connection

of or relating to the science of ecology; "ecological research"

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Bionomical adjective · 78% connection

of or relating to the science of ecology; "ecological research"

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Biotic community noun · 78% connection

(ecology) a group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other

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Community noun · 78% connection

(ecology) a group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other

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Ecologic adjective · 78% connection

of or relating to the science of ecology; "ecological research"

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Ecological adjective · 78% connection

of or relating to the science of ecology; "ecological research"

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Ecological niche noun · 78% connection

(ecology) the status of an organism within its environment and community (affecting its survival as a species)

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ecosystem noun · 78% connection

a system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their physical environment

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Fertility noun · 78% connection

the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; "he praised the richness of the soil"; "weeds lovel…

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Batter verb · 78% connection

A semi-liquid mixture of several ingredients, as, flour, eggs, milk, etc., beaten together and used in cookery.

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Bergmeal noun · 78% connection

An earthy substance, resembling fine flour. It is composed of the shells of infusoria, and in Lapland and Sweden is sometimes eaten, m…

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Bolt noun · 78% connection

A sieve, esp. a long fine sieve used in milling for bolting flour and meal; a bolter.

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Bolter noun · 78% connection

One who sifts flour or meal.

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Bolting noun · 78% connection

A sifting, as of flour or meal.

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Bonnyclabber noun · 78% connection

Coagulated sour milk; loppered milk; curdled milk; -- sometimes called simply clabber.

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Bran noun · 78% connection

The broken coat of the seed of wheat, rye, or other cereal grain, separated from the flour or meal by sifting or bolting; the coarse,…

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Bread noun · 78% connection

An article of food made from flour or meal by moistening, kneading, and baking.

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Breadstuff noun · 78% connection

food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked

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Cake noun · 78% connection

food made from or based on a mixture of flour, sugar, eggs, and fat, typically cooked in an oven

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Cream noun · 78% connection

The rich, oily, and yellowish part of milk, which, when the milk stands unagitated, rises, and collects on the surface. It is the part…

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Cribble noun · 78% connection

Coarse flour or meal.

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