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Smelt

of Smell

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Capelan 76% connected

See Capelin.

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Capelin 76% connected

A small marine fish (Mallotus villosus) of the family Salmonidae, very abundant on the coasts of Greenland, Iceland, Newfoundland, and Alaska. It is…

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Caplin 76% connected

See Capelin.

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Sparling 76% connected

The European smelt (Osmerus eperlanus).

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Create 76% connected

Created; composed; begotten.

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Fish 76% connected

A counter, used in various games.

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Make 76% connected

A companion; a mate; often, a husband or a wife.

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Malacopterygian 76% connected

One of the Malacopterygii.

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Produce 76% connected

To bring forward; to lead forth; to offer to view or notice; to exhibit; to show; as, to produce a witness or evidence in court.

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Smelter 74% connected

One who, or that which, smelts.

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Smelter 74% connected

One who, or that which, smelts.

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Heat 72% connected

A force in nature which is recognized in various effects, but especially in the phenomena of fusion and evaporation, and which, as manifested in fire…

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Vitellus noun · 86% connection

nutritive material of an ovum stored for the nutrition of an embryo (especially the yellow mass of a bird or reptile egg)

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Yolk noun · 86% connection

nutritive material of an ovum stored for the nutrition of an embryo (especially the yellow mass of a bird or reptile egg)

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El Nino noun · 85% 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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Oceanography noun · 85% connection

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

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Oceanology noun · 85% connection

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

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Biodiversity noun · 85% 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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Ecological niche noun · 85% connection

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

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ecosystem noun · 85% connection

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

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Food noun · 85% connection

any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue

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Food cycle noun · 85% connection

(ecology) a community of organisms where there are several interrelated food chains

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Food web noun · 85% connection

(ecology) a community of organisms where there are several interrelated food chains

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Habitat noun · 85% connection

the type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs; "a marine habitat"; "he felt safe on his home grounds"

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Home ground noun · 85% connection

the type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs; "a marine habitat"; "he felt safe on his home grounds"

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Niche noun · 85% connection

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

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Nutrient noun · 85% connection

any substance that can be metabolized by an animal to give energy and build tissue

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Restoration noun · 85% connection

a model that represents the landscape of a former geological age or that represents and extinct animal etc.

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Trophic adjective · 85% connection

of or relating to nutrition; "a trophic level on the food chain"

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Desertification noun · 85% connection

the gradual transformation of habitable land into desert; is usually caused by climate change or by destructive use of the land; "the…

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Abietine noun · 78% connection

A resinous obtained from Strasburg turpentine or Canada balsam. It is without taste or smell, is insoluble in water, but soluble in al…

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Agallochum noun · 78% connection

A soft, resinous wood (Aquilaria Agallocha) of highly aromatic smell, burnt by the orientals as a perfume. It is called also agalwood…

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Alliaceous adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to the genus Allium, or garlic, onions, leeks, etc.; having the smell or taste of garlic or onions.

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Ambrosia noun · 78% connection

A perfumed unguent, salve, or draught; something very pleasing to the taste or smell.

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Ambrosial adjective · 78% connection

Consisting of, or partaking of the nature of, ambrosia; delighting the taste or smell; delicious.

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Ammonia noun · 78% connection

A gaseous compound of hydrogen and nitrogen, NH3, with a pungent smell and taste: -- often called volatile alkali, and spirits of hart…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: smell.
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Anosmia noun · 78% connection

Loss of the sense of smell.

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Anthraconite noun · 78% connection

A coal-black marble, usually emitting a fetid smell when rubbed; -- called also stinkstone and swinestone.

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Aromatic noun · 78% connection

A plant, drug, or medicine, characterized by a fragrant smell, and usually by a warm, pungent taste, as ginger, cinnamon, spices.

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Bear's-foot noun · 78% connection

A species of hellebore (Helleborus foetidus), with digitate leaves. It has an offensive smell and acrid taste, and is a powerful emeti…

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Bilgy adjective · 78% connection

Having the smell of bilge water.

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Bloodhound noun · 78% connection

A breed of large and powerful dogs, with long, smooth, and pendulous ears, and remarkable for acuteness of smell. It is employed to re…

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