silica pigment
111ochre — 1. noun /ˈəʊkə,ˈoʊkɚ/ a) An earth pigment containing silica, aluminum and ferric oxide b) A somewhat yellowish orange colour 2. adjective /ˈəʊkə,ˈoʊkɚ/ …
112sand — The fine granular particles of quartz and other crystalline rocks, or a gritty material resembling s.. [A.S.] brain s. SYN: corpora arenacea, under corpus. hydatid s. the scoleces, daughter cysts, hooks, and calcareous corpuscles of Echinococcus… …
113Mississippian culture pottery — is the ceramic tradition of the Mississippian culture (800 to 1600 CE) found as artifacts in archaeological sites in the American Midwest and Southeast. It is often characterized by the adoption and use of riverine (or more rarely marine) shell… …
114umber — um·ber (umґbər) a natural earth containing chiefly manganese, iron oxide, and silica; used as a pigment …
115smalt — /smɔlt/ (say smawlt) noun 1. a deep blue pigment prepared by powdering a glass coloured with cobalt. 2. a glass made by fusing cobalt oxide and silica. {French, from Italian smalto, from German Schmalte; related to smelt1} …
116painting — Unlike the Greeks, who painted elaborate and often exquisite designs and pictures on their pottery, the ancient Mesopotami ans rarely painted their ceramics. However, Mesopotamian artists did paint figurines and carved reliefs, as evidenced by …
117yellow-green algae — [yel′ōgrēn′] pl.n. any of a class (Xanthophyceae) of photosynthetic thallophytes that contain a yellowish or brownish pigment that obscures the chlorophyll and whose motile cells have two unequal flagella: the cell walls may contain silica …
118yellow ocher — noun pigment consisting of a limonite mixed with clay and silica • Syn: ↑yellow ochre • Hypernyms: ↑ocher, ↑ochre …
119yellow ochre — noun pigment consisting of a limonite mixed with clay and silica (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑yellow ocher • Hypernyms: ↑ocher, ↑ochre …
