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  • 51Wood — /wood/, n. 1. Grant, 1892 1942, U.S. painter. 2. Leonard, 1860 1927, U.S. military doctor and political administrator. * * * I Hard, fibrous material formed by the accumulation of secondary xylem produced by the vascular cambium. It is the… …

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  • 52Brunswick black — ▪ varnish       quick drying black varnish used for metal, particularly iron, stoves, fenders, and surfaces of indoor equipment. Because of its bitumen content, the coating is highly protective and the finish is attractive and reasonably durable …

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  • 53Colophon — • A titular see of Asia Minor Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Colophon     Colophon     † …

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  • 54Colophonian — 1. adjective /kɒləˈfəʊnɪən/ Of or pertaining to the Lydian city of Colophon.<ref name= OED /> We know that the Colophonian poet Xenophanes narrated the history of his native land, and that in a poem of two thousand lines he also set forth… …

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  • 55rosin — 1. noun a) A solid form of resin, obtained from liquid resin by vaporizing its volatile components. b) Resin Syn: colophony, Greek pitch 2. verb To apply rosin to something …

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  • 56Colophon (city) — Colophon is located center right. Colophon (Greek Κολοφών) was a city in the region of Lydia in antiquity dating from about the turn of the first millennium BC. It was likely one the oldest of the twelve Ionian League cities, between Lebedos (120 …

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  • 57gum — Synonyms and related words: Lastex, acaroid resins, agglutinate, alveolar ridge, amber, baleen, battledore, bind, bite, bollix, braze, bridgework, bubble gum, cement, champ, chaw, chew, chew the cud, chew up, chewing gum, chicle, chicle gum,… …

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  • 58plastic — Synonyms and related words: Bakelite, Buna, Celluloid, Formica, Lucite, Mylar, PVC, Perspex, Plexiglas, Styrofoam, Teflon, able to adapt, acaroid resins, accessible, accordant, acetate, acetate nitrate, acquiescent, acrylic, adaptable, adaptive,… …

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  • 59resin — Synonyms and related words: Canada balsam, Sonora lac, acacia, agar, amber, ambergris, ammoniac, amyrin, anime, balsam, bassorin, benjamin, benzoin, camphor, carob gum, carrageenin, chewing gum, chicle, colophony, copaiba, copal, copaline, dammar …

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  • 60Kolofonium — Andre navne: Harpikssyrer (eng. colophony, rosin, resin) Kolofonium er en blanding af tre harpikssyrer (diterpener med en carboxylsyregruppe) der udvindes fra fyrretræsarter (bl.a. Pinus palustris), kolofonium er den faste rest der er tilbage… …

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