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Astringency
noun · 78% connection
The quality of being astringent; the power of contracting the parts of the body; that quality in medicines or other substances which c…
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Astringent
adjective · 78% connection
Drawing together the tissues; binding; contracting; -- opposed to laxative; as, astringent medicines; a butter and astringent taste; a…
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Bablah
noun · 78% connection
The ring of the fruit of several East Indian species of acacia; neb-neb. It contains gallic acid and tannin, and is used for dyeing dr…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: preparing, certain, kinds, leather, consists.
Bond
noun · 78% connection
That which binds, ties, fastens, or confines, or by which anything is fastened or bound, as a cord, chain, etc.; a band; a ligament; a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: preparing, certain, kinds, leather, consists.
Caffetannic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or derived from, the tannin of coffee.
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Calf
noun · 78% connection
The young of the cow, or of the Bovine family of quadrupeds. Also, the young of some other mammals, as of the elephant, rhinoceros, hi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: preparing, certain, kinds, leather, consists.
Calfskin
noun · 78% connection
The hide or skin of a calf; or leather made of the skin.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: preparing, certain, kinds, leather, consists.
Capillature
noun · 78% connection
A bush of hair; frizzing of the hair.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: preparing, certain, kinds, leather, consists.
Catechu
noun · 78% connection
A dry, brown, astringent extract, obtained by decoction and evaporation from the Acacia catechu, and several other plants growing in I…
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Chamois
noun · 78% connection
A small species of antelope (Rupicapra tragus), living on the loftiest mountain ridges of Europe, as the Alps, Pyrenees, etc. It posse…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: preparing, certain, kinds, leather, consists.
Cordwain
noun · 78% connection
A term used in the Middle Ages for Spanish leather (goatskin tanned and dressed), and hence, any leather handsomely finished, colored,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: preparing, certain, kinds, leather, consists.
Cutch
noun · 78% connection
See Catechu.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: preparing, certain, kinds, leather, consists.
Dermis
noun · 78% connection
The deep sensitive layer of the skin beneath the scarfskin or epidermis; -- called also true skin, derm, derma, corium, cutis, and end…
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Divi-divi
noun · 78% connection
A small tree of tropical America (Caesalpinia coriaria), whose legumes contain a large proportion of tannic and gallic acid, and are u…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: preparing, certain, kinds, leather, consists.
Dogskin
noun · 78% connection
The skin of a dog, or leather made of the skin. Also used adjectively.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: preparing, certain, kinds, leather, consists.
Gallotannic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to the tannin or nutgalls.
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Hennotannic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or designating, a brown resinous substance resembling tannin, and extracted from the henna plant; as, hennotannic acid.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: preparing, certain, kinds, leather, consists.
Jack
noun · 78% connection
A large tree, the Artocarpus integrifolia, common in the East Indies, closely allied to the breadfruit, from which it differs in havin…
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