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diamond — diamondlike, adj. /duy meuhnd, duy euh /, n. 1. a pure or nearly pure, extremely hard form of carbon, naturally crystallized in the isometric system. 2. a piece of this stone. 3. a transparent, flawless or almost flawless piece of this stone, esp … Universalium
adamantane — /ad euh man tayn/, n. Chem. a white crystalline alicyclic hydrocarbon, C10H16, consisting of four fused cyclohexane rings, with the carbon atoms arranged as in the diamond lattice. Cf. amantadine. [ < F; see ADAMANT, ANE; so called from the… … Universalium
Borazon — /bawr euh zon , bohr /, Chem. Trademark. a brand name for a cubic, diamondlike, extremely hard form of boron nitride, obtained at high temperatures and pressures: used as an abrasive and grinding agent. * * * … Universalium
boxwork — ▪ geology in geology, honeycomb pattern of limonite (a mixture of hydrous iron and manganese oxide minerals) that remains in the cavity after a sulfide mineral grain has dissolved. The boxwork may be spongelike, triangular, pyramidal,… … Universalium
Ichthyosis — Dry, rectangular scales on the skin. Like fish scales. From the Greek ichthys meaning fish. Ichthyosis is not one but rather a group of skin disorders characterized by noninflammatory scaling of the skin. Many different metaphors have been used… … Medical dictionary
erysipeloid — A specific, usually self limiting, cellulitis of the hand caused by Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae; appears as a dusky erythema with diamondlike configuration of the skin at the site of a wound sustained in handling fish or meat and may become… … Medical dictionary
Time Out of Mind — This article is about the Bob Dylan album. For other uses, see Time Out of Mind (disambiguation). Time Out of Mind Studio album by Bob Dylan … Wikipedia
Madhyamākalaṃkāra — Madhyamakalamkara (Sanskrit) Madhyamākalaṃkāra (IAST) (8th century CE) is a Buddhist text held to have been originally composed in Sanskrit by Śāntarakṣita (725–788)[1] but extant in Tibetan. The Tibetan text was translated from the Sanskrit by… … Wikipedia
bony — Synonyms and related words: angular, bone, cement, cemental, concrete, corneous, dense, diamondlike, dure, flat, flat chested, fleshless, flintlike, flinty, gangling, gangly, gaunt, gawky, granitelike, granitic, hard, hard as nails, hardhearted,… … Moby Thesaurus
cement — Synonyms and related words: Tarmac, Tarvia, accouple, accumulate, adamant, adhere, adherent, adhesive, adobe, affix, agglutinate, amass, anchor, annex, articulate, ashlar, asphalt, assemble, associate, attach, band, barnacle, belay, bind, biscuit … Moby Thesaurus
