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Osteomalacia :: Osteomalacia (n.) A disease of the bones, in which they lose their earthy material, and become soft, flexible, and distorted. Also called malacia..

Earthy :: Earthy (a.) Gross; low; unrefined.

Greenockite :: Greenockite (n.) Native cadmium sulphide, a mineral occurring in yellow hexagonal crystals, also as an earthy incrustation..

Horse :: Horse (n.) A mass of earthy matter, or rock of the same character as the wall rock, occurring in the course of a vein, as of coal or ore; hence, to take horse -- said of a vein -- is to divide into branches for a distance..

Melaconite :: Melaconite (n.) An earthy black oxide of copper, arising from the decomposition of other ores..

Loam :: Loam (n.) A kind of soil; an earthy mixture of clay and sand, with organic matter to which its fertility is chiefly due..

Tripoli :: Tripoli (n.) An earthy substance originally brought from Tripoli, used in polishing stones and metals. It consists almost wholly of the siliceous shells of diatoms..

Geic :: Geic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, earthy or vegetable mold..

Guhr :: Guhr (n.) A loose, earthy deposit from water, found in the cavities or clefts of rocks, mostly white, but sometimes red or yellow, from a mixture of clay or ocher..

Bergmeal :: Bergmeal (n.) An earthy substance, resembling fine flour. It is composed of the shells of infusoria, and in Lapland and Sweden is sometimes eaten, mixed with flour or ground birch bark, in times of scarcity. This name is also given to a white powdery variety of calcite..

Ochre :: Ochre (n.) A metallic oxide occurring in earthy form; as, tungstic ocher or tungstite..

Gangue :: Gangue (n.) The mineral or earthy substance associated with metallic ore.

Wormy :: Wormy (superl.) Like or pertaining to a worm; earthy; groveling.

Limonite :: Limonite (n.) Hydrous sesquioxide of iron, an important ore of iron, occurring in stalactitic, mammillary, or earthy forms, of a dark brown color, and yellowish brown powder. It includes bog iron. Also called brown hematite..

Hisingerite :: Hisingerite (n.) A soft black, iron ore, nearly earthy, a hydrous silicate of iron..

Thoria :: Thoria (n.) A rare white earthy substance, consisting of the oxide of thorium; -- formerly called also thorina..

Zaffer :: Zaffer (n.) A pigment obtained, usually by roasting cobalt glance with sand or quartz, as a dark earthy powder. It consists of crude cobalt oxide, or of an impure cobalt arseniate. It is used in porcelain painting, and in enameling pottery, to produce a blue color, and is often confounded with smalt, from which, however, it is distinct, as it contains no potash. The name is often loosely applied to mixtures of zaffer proper with silica, or oxides of iron, manganese, etc..

Cologne Earth :: Cologne earth () An earth of a deep brown color, containing more vegetable than mineral matter; an earthy variety of lignite, or brown coal..

Bismuthyl :: Bismuthyl (n.) Hydrous carbonate of bismuth, an earthy mineral of a dull white or yellowish color..

Scorification :: Scorification (n.) The act, process, or result of scorifying, or reducing to a slag; hence, the separation from earthy matter by means of a slag; as, the scorification of ores..

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