demulcent | (noun) a medication (in the form of an oil or salve etc.) that soothes inflamed or injured skin | - |
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dulciana | (noun) the organ stop having a tone of soft sweet string quality | - |
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dulcimer | (noun) a trapezoidal zither whose metal strings are struck with light hammers | - |
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(noun) a stringed instrument used in American folk music; an elliptical body and a fretted fingerboard and three strings | - |
dulcinea | (noun) a woman who is a man's sweetheart | Synonyms: ladylove |
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fulcrum | (noun) the pivot about which a lever turns | - |
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gulch | (noun) a narrow gorge with a stream running through it | Synonyms: flume |
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inculcation | (noun) teaching or impressing upon the mind by frequent instruction or repetition | Synonyms: ingraining, instilling |
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mulch | (noun) a protective covering of rotting vegetable matter spread to reduce evaporation and soil erosion | - |
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mulct | (noun) money extracted as a penalty | Synonyms: amercement, fine |
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pulchritude | (noun) physical beauty (especially of a woman) | - |
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sepulcher | (noun) a chamber that is used as a grave | Synonyms: burial chamber, sepulchre, sepulture |
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sepulchre | (noun) a chamber that is used as a grave | Synonyms: burial chamber, sepulcher, sepulture |
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simulcast | (noun) a broadcast that is carried simultaneously by radio and television (or by FM and AM radio) | - |
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sulcus | (noun) (anatomy) any of the narrow grooves in an organ or tissue especially those that mark the convolutions on the surface of the brain | - |
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ulcer | (noun) a circumscribed inflammatory and often suppurating lesion on the skin or an internal mucous surface resulting in necrosis of tissue | Synonyms: ulceration |
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ulceration | (noun) the process of ulcer formation; the process of becoming ulcerated | - |
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(noun) a circumscribed inflammatory and often suppurating lesion on the skin or an internal mucous surface resulting in necrosis of tissue | Synonyms: ulcer |
vulcanisation | (noun) process of treating rubber or rubberlike materials with sulphur at great heat to improve elasticity and strength or to harden them | Synonyms: vulcanization |
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vulcaniser | (noun) a device used for the vulcanization of rubber. | Synonyms: vulcanizer |
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(noun) someone who vulcanizes rubber to improve its strength and resiliency | Synonyms: vulcanizer |
vulcanite | (noun) a hard nonresilient rubber formed by vulcanizing natural rubber | Synonyms: ebonite, hard rubber |
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vulcanization | (noun) process of treating rubber or rubberlike materials with sulphur at great heat to improve elasticity and strength or to harden them | Synonyms: vulcanisation |
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vulcanizer | (noun) a device used for the vulcanization of rubber. | Synonyms: vulcaniser |
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(noun) someone who vulcanizes rubber to improve its strength and resiliency | Synonyms: vulcaniser |
vulcanology | (noun) the branch of geology that studies volcanoes | Synonyms: volcanology |
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