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Silky :: Silky (superl.) Of or pertaining to silk; made of, or resembling, silk; silken; silklike; as, a silky luster..

Oxaluric :: Oxaluric (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a complex nitrogenous acid related to the ureids, and obtained from parabanic acid as a white silky crystalline substance..

Amianthus :: Amianthus (n.) Earth flax, or mountain flax; a soft silky variety of asbestus..

Sericeous :: Sericeous (a.) Of or pertaining to silk; consisting of silk; silky.

Silky :: Silky (superl.) Hence, soft and smooth; as, silky wine..

Hair-salt :: Hair-salt (n.) A variety of native Epsom salt occurring in silky fibers.

Milkweed :: Milkweed (n.) Any plant of the genera Asclepias and Acerates, abounding in a milky juice, and having its seed attached to a long silky down; silkweed. The name is also applied to several other plants with a milky juice, as to several kinds of spurge..

Serricated :: Serricated (a.) Covered with fine silky down.

Methysticin :: Methysticin (n.) A white, silky, crystalline substance extracted from the thick rootstock of a species of pepper (Piper methysticum) of the South Sea Islands; -- called also kanakin..

Velutinous :: Velutinous (a.) Having the surface covered with a fine and dense silky pubescence; velvety; as, a velutinous leaf..

Silky :: Silky (superl.) Covered with soft hairs pressed close to the surface, as a leaf; sericeous..

Mushroom :: Mushroom (n.) An edible fungus (Agaricus campestris), having a white stalk which bears a convex or oven flattish expanded portion called the pileus. This is whitish and silky or somewhat scaly above, and bears on the under side radiating gills which are at first flesh-colored, but gradually become brown. The plant grows in rich pastures and is proverbial for rapidity of growth and shortness of duration. It has a pleasant smell, and is largely used as food. It is also cultivated from spawn..

Myricin :: Myricin (n.) A silky, crystalline, waxy substance, forming the less soluble part of beeswax, and regarded as a palmitate of a higher alcohol of the paraffin series; -- called also myricyl alcohol..

Spitzenburgh :: Spitz dog () A breed of dogs having erect ears and long silky hair, usually white; -- called also Pomeranian dog, and louploup..

Byssine :: Byssine (a.) Made of silk; having a silky or flaxlike appearance.

Marikina :: Marikina (n.) A small marmoset (Midas rosalia); the silky tamarin.

Sericite :: Sericite (n.) A kind of muscovite occuring in silky scales having a fibrous structure. It is characteristic of sericite schist.

Silkweed :: Silkweed (n.) Any plant of the genera Asclepias and Acerates whose seed vessels contain a long, silky down; milkweed..

Cudweed :: Cudweed (n.) A small composite plant with cottony or silky stem and leaves, primarily a species of Gnaphalium, but the name is now given to many plants of different genera, as Filago, Antennaria, etc.; cottonweed..

Pharmacolite :: Pharmacolite (n.) A hydrous arsenate of lime, usually occurring in silky fibers of a white or grayish color..

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