bedlamite | (noun) an archaic term for a lunatic | - |
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catamite | (noun) a boy who submits to a sexual relationship with a man | - |
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chromite | (noun) a brownish-black mineral; the major source of chromium | - |
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diatomite | (noun) a light soil consisting of siliceous diatom remains and often used as a filtering material | Synonyms: diatomaceous earth, kieselguhr |
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dolomite | (noun) a kind of sedimentary rock resembling marble or limestone but rich in magnesium carbonate | - |
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(noun) a light colored mineral consisting of calcium magnesium carbonate; a source of magnesium; used as a ceramic and as fertilizer | Synonyms: bitter spar |
dynamite | (noun) an explosive containing nitrate sensitized with nitroglycerin absorbed on wood pulp | - |
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(verb) blow up with dynamite | - |
eremite | (noun) a Christian recluse | - |
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fomite | (noun) any inanimate object (as a towel or money or clothing or dishes or books or toys etc.) that can transmit infectious agents from one person to another | Synonyms: vehicle |
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gummite | (noun) a gummy orange mixture of uranium oxides and silicates occurring naturally in the hydration and oxidation of pitchblende | - |
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marmite | (noun) a large pot especially one with legs used e.g. for cooking soup | - |
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(noun) soup cooked in a large pot | - |
mite | (noun) any of numerous very small to minute arachnids often infesting animals or plants or stored foods | - |
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(noun) a slight but appreciable amount | Synonyms: hint, jot, pinch, soupcon, speck, tinge, touch |
samite | (noun) a heavy silk fabric (often woven with silver or gold threads); used to make clothing in the Middle Ages | - |
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smite | (verb) cause physical pain or suffering in | Synonyms: afflict |
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(verb) inflict a heavy blow on, with the hand, a tool, or a weapon | - |
(verb) affect suddenly with deep feeling | - |
sodomite | (noun) someone who engages in anal copulation (especially a male who engages in anal copulation with another male) | Synonyms: bugger, sod, sodomist |
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somite | (noun) one of a series of similar body segments into which some animals are divided longitudinally | Synonyms: metamere |
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stalagmite | (noun) a cylinder of calcium carbonate projecting upward from the floor of a limestone cave | - |
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termite | (noun) whitish soft-bodied ant-like social insect that feeds on wood | Synonyms: white ant |
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tridymite | (noun) a mineral form of silica | - |
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wolframite | (noun) a mineral consisting of iron and manganese tungstate in crystalline form; the principal ore of tungsten; found in quartz veins associated with granitic rocks | Synonyms: iron manganese tungsten |
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