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  • 91Petrolatum — Pet ro*la tum, n. (Chem. & Pharm.) A semisolid unctuous substance, neutral, and without taste or odor, derived from petroleum by distilling off the lighter portions and purifying the residue. It is a yellowish, fatlike mass, transparent in thin… …

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  • 92Plasma — Plas ma, n. [See {Plasm}.] 1. (Min.) A variety of quartz, of a color between grass green and leek green, which is found associated with common chalcedony. It was much esteemed by the ancients for making engraved ornaments. [1913 Webster] 2. (Biol …

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  • 93Urine — U rine, n. [F. urine, L. urina; akin to urinari to plunge under water, to dive, Gr. ? urine; cf. Skr. v[=a]r water, Icel. ?r drizzling rain, AS. w[ae]r the sea.] (Physiol.) In mammals, a fluid excretion from the kidneys; in birds and reptiles, a… …

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  • 94western omelet — omelet om e*let, omelette om e*lette, n. [F. omelette, OF. amelette, alumete, alumelle, perh. fr. L. lamella. Cf. {Lamella}.] (Cookery) A dish consisting of eggs beaten up with a little flour, etc., and cooked in a frying pan until just set into… …

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  • 95coconut oil — noun Date: 1831 a fatty oil or semisolid fat extracted from fresh coconuts and used especially in making soaps and food products …

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  • 96cologne — noun Etymology: Cologne, Germany Date: 1814 1. a perfumed liquid composed of alcohol and fragrant oils 2. a cream or paste of cologne sometimes formed into a semisolid stick • cologned adjective …

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  • 97dasher — noun Date: 1790 1. a dashing person 2. one that dashes 3. a device having blades for agitating a liquid or semisolid …

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  • 98paraffin — noun Etymology: German, from Latin parum too little (akin to Greek pauros little, paid , pais child) + affinis bordering on more at few, affinity Date: 1838 1. a. a waxy crystalline flammable substance obtained especially from distillates of wood …

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  • 99urine — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Latin urina, from urinari to dive; akin to Sanskrit vār water and perhaps to Sanskrit varṣati it rains, Greek ourein to urinate Date: 14th century waste material that is secreted by the… …

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  • 100yogurt — also yoghurt noun Etymology: Turkish yoğurt Date: 1625 a fermented slightly acid often flavored semisolid food made of milk and milk solids to which cultures of two bacteria (Lactobacillus bulgaricus and Streptococcus thermophilus) have been… …

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