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71Painterwork — accomplishes two things, namely the preservation and the coloration of the material painted. The compounds used for painting, taking the word as meaning a thin protective or decorative coat, are very numerous, including oil paint of many kinds,… …
72Enindhilyagwa language — Infobox Language name=Enindhilyagwa region=Groote Eylandt in the Gulf of Carpentaria, Northern Territory, Australia speakers=>1,000 familycolor=Australian family=Language isolate iso2=aus iso3=aoiEnindhilyagwa (several other names; see below) is… …
73Gotland (sheep) — The Gotland, sometimes called the Gute, is a breed of domestic sheep originating on the the Swedish island of Gotland. They were thought to be the crossbreeding by the Vikings with Karakul sheep and Romanov sheep that were brought back from… …
74abalone — /ab euh loh nee/, n. a large mollusk of the genus Haliotis, having a bowllike shell bearing a row of respiratory holes, the flesh of which is used for food and the shell for ornament and as a source of mother of pearl. [1840 50, Amer.; taken as… …
75bismuth — bismuthal, adj. /biz meuhth/, n. Chem. a brittle, grayish white, red tinged, metallic element used in the manufacture of fusible alloys and in medicine. Symbol: Bi; at. wt.: 208.980; at. no.: 83. [1660 70; earlier bismutum < NL bisemutum,… …
76boron — boronic /boh ron ik, baw , beuh /, adj. /bawr on, bohr /, n. Chem. a nonmetallic element occurring naturally only in combination, as in borax or boric acid, and obtained in either an amorphous or a crystalline form when reduced from its compounds …
77chromium — /kroh mee euhm/, n. 1. a lustrous, hard, brittle, metallic element used in alloy steels for hardness and corrosion resistance, as in stainless steel, and for plating other metals: chromium salts are used as pigments and mordants. Symbol: Cr; at.… …
78cleavage — /klee vij/, n. 1. the act of cleaving or splitting. 2. the state of being cleft. 3. the area between a woman s breasts, esp. when revealed by a low cut neckline. 4. a critical division in opinion, beliefs, interests, etc., as leading to… …
79copal — /koh peuhl, pal/, n. a hard, lustrous resin obtained from various tropical trees and used chiefly in making varnishes. [1570 80; < MexSp < Nahuatl copalli] * * * ▪ resin any of various varnish resins, consisting of the exudates obtained… …
80ebony — /eb euh nee/, n., pl. ebonies, adj. n. 1. a hard, heavy, durable wood, most highly prized when black, from various tropical trees of the genus Diospyros, as D. ebenum of southern India and Sri Lanka, used for cabinetwork, ornamental objects, etc …
