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Quicklime

Calcium oxide; unslacked lime; -- so called because when wet it develops great heat. See 4th Lime, 2.

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Oxide 76% connected

A binary compound of oxygen with an atom or radical, or a compound which is regarded as binary; as, iron oxide, ethyl oxide, nitrogen oxide, etc.

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Calcium 70% connected

An elementary substance; a metal which combined with oxygen forms lime. It is of a pale yellow color, tenacious, and malleable. It is a member of the…

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Calx 92% connected

Quicklime.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Lime 92% connected

A thong by which a dog is led; a leash.

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Adamant noun · 86% connection

very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem

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Arsenic noun · 86% connection

a white powdered poisonous trioxide of arsenic; used in manufacturing glass and as a pesticide (rat poison) and weed killer

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Black lead noun · 86% connection

used as a lubricant and as a moderator in nuclear reactors

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Bottled gas noun · 86% connection

hydrocarbon gases, usually propane or butane, kept under pressure

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Carbon noun · 86% connection

an abundant nonmetallic tetravalent element occurring in three allotropic forms: amorphous carbon and graphite and diamond; occurs in…

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Char noun · 86% connection

a charred substance

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Charcoal noun · 86% connection

a carbonaceous material obtained by heating wood or other organic matter in the absence of air

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Crock noun · 86% connection

a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink

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Diamond noun · 86% connection

very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem

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Dioxide noun · 86% connection

an oxide containing two atoms of oxygen in the molecule

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Formaldehyde noun · 86% connection

a colorless poisonous gas; made by the oxidation of methanol

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Graphite noun · 86% connection

used as a lubricant and as a moderator in nuclear reactors

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Lampblack noun · 86% connection

a black colloidal substance consisting wholly or principally of amorphous carbon and used to make pigments and ink

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Liquefied petroleum gas noun · 86% connection

hydrocarbon gases, usually propane or butane, kept under pressure

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Methanal noun · 86% connection

a colorless poisonous gas; made by the oxidation of methanol

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Minium noun · 86% connection

a reddish oxide of lead (Pb3O4) used as a pigment in paints and in glass and ceramics

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Monoxide noun · 86% connection

an oxide containing just one atom of oxygen in the molecule

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Pentoxide noun · 86% connection

an oxide containing five atoms of oxygen in the molecule

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Apatite noun · 78% connection

a common complex mineral consisting of calcium fluoride phosphate or calcium chloride phosphate; a source of phosphorus

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Asphaltum noun · 78% connection

A composition of bitumen, pitch, lime, and gravel, used for forming pavements, and as a water-proof cement for bridges, roofs, etc.; a…

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Burn verb · 78% connection

To perfect or improve by fire or heat; to submit to the action of fire or heat for some economic purpose; to destroy or change some pr…

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Calcareous adjective · 78% connection

Partaking of the nature of calcite or calcium carbonate; consisting of, or containing, calcium carbonate or carbonate of lime.

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Calcic adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, calcium or lime.

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Calcification noun · 78% connection

a process that impregnates something with calcium (or calcium salts)

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Calcination noun · 78% connection

The act or process of disintegrating a substance, or rendering it friable by the action of heat, esp. by the expulsion of some volatil…

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Calcite noun · 78% connection

Calcium carbonate, or carbonate of lime. It is rhombohedral in its crystallization, and thus distinguished from aragonite. It includes…

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Clay noun · 78% connection

A soft earth, which is plastic, or may be molded with the hands, consisting of hydrous silicate of aluminium. It is the result of the…

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Crocus noun · 78% connection

A deep yellow powder; the oxide of some metal calcined to a red or deep yellow color; esp., the oxide of iron (Crocus of Mars or colco…

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Develop verb · 78% connection

To go through a process of natural evolution or growth, by successive changes from a less perfect to a more perfect or more highly org…

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Differentiation noun · 78% connection

The gradual formation or production of organs or parts by a process of evolution or development, as when the seed develops the root an…

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