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—PUGHS[v. PUGGED, PUGGING°, PUGS] [Wiktionary - Sense 22] To fill or stop up (a space) with pug (noun etymology 5 sense 1), clay, sawdust, or other material by tamping; (specifically) to fill in (the space between joists of a floor, a partition, etc.) with some material to deaden sound, make fireproof, etc.
OBOLES[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 2] Any of several varieties of friable earthy clay, usually coloured red by iron oxide, and composed essentially of hydrous silicates of alumina, or more rarely of magnesia.
—CHUMPS[v. CHUMMED, CHUMMING, CHUMS] [Wiktionary - Sense 9] A coarse mould for holding the clay while being worked on a whirler, lathe or manually.
—CLAYS[v. -ED, -ING, -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 6] A clay pipe for smoking tobacco.
—CLODS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A lump of something, especially earth or clay.
—DAUBESY[v. -ED, -ING, -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Excrement or clay used as a bonding material in construction.
AGLEYS[n. GLEYS] · a clay soil layer - GLEYED [a.] / ----- { aglee agley agly gley § aglee agley agly gley }
—GROGS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 5] A type of pre-fired clay that has been ground and screened to a specific particle size.
GLOAMSY[v. -ED, -ING, -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A type of soil; an earthy mixture of sand, silt and clay, with organic matter to which its fertility is chiefly due.
EFGLUTEADS[v. LUTED, LUTING°, LUTES] [Wiktionary - Sense 3] Thick sticky clay or cement used to close up a hole or gap, especially to make something air-tight.
—MARLSY[v. -ED, -ING°, -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A mixed earthy substance, consisting of carbonate of lime, clay, and possibly sand, in very variable proportions, and accordingly designated as calcareous, clayey, or sandy.
SPICALS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A disorder characterized by appetite and craving for non-edible substances, such as chalk, clay, dirt, ice, or sand.
—PUGS—[v. PUGGED, PUGGING°, PUGS] [Wiktionary - Sense 22] To fill or stop up (a space) with pug (noun etymology 5 sense 1), clay, sawdust, or other material by tamping; (specifically) to fill in (the space between joists of a floor, a partition, etc.) with some material to deaden sound, make fireproof, etc.
—SLIPEST[v. SLIPPED or SLIPT, SLIPPING, SLIPS] [Wiktionary - Sense 52] A thin, slippery mix of clay and water.
STAMPS[v. -ED, -ING°, -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] To plug up with clay, earth, dry sand, sod, or other material, as a hole bored in a rock.
SUTILEDRS[v. TILED, TILING°, TILES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A regularly-shaped slab of clay or other material, affixed to cover or decorate a surface, as in a roof-tile, glazed tile, stove tile, carpet tile, etc.
STILLS[v. -ED, -ING, -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 16] glacial drift consisting of a mixture of clay, sand, pebbles and boulders
—ARGILS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] potter's clay.
—BOLAR—[a.] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Of, relating to, or similar to, bole or clay; clayey.
OBOLES—[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 2] Any of several varieties of friable earthy clay, usually coloured red by iron oxide, and composed essentially of hydrous silicates of alumina, or more rarely of magnesia.
—BRICKSY[v. -ED, -ING, -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A hardened rectangular block of mud, clay etc., used for building.
—CLAYS—[v. -ED, -ING, -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] plural of clay
—COMAL—[a.] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A flat, pan-like clay or metal griddle used to cook tortillas or other foods.
—GAULTS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A type of stiff, blue clay, sometimes used for making bricks.
—GLEYS—[n. GLEYS] · a clay soil layer - GLEYED [a.]
—GOLEMS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A humanoid creature made from clay, animated by magic.
—MARLS—[v. -ED, -ING°, -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A mixed earthy substance, consisting of carbonate of lime, clay, and possibly sand, in very variable proportions, and accordingly designated as calcareous, clayey, or sandy.
—MITIS—[n. -TISES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A process for producing malleable iron castings by melting wrought iron, to which from 0.05 to 0.1 per cent of aluminum is added to lower the melting point, usually in a petroleum furnace, keeping the molten metal at the bubbling point until it becomes quiet, and then pouring the molten metal into a mold lined with a special mixture consisting essentially of molasses and ground burnt fire clay.
—OCHREADS[v. OCHRED, OCHRING, OCHRES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A clay earth pigment containing silica, aluminum and ferric oxide.
—RABATOS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A polishing material made of potter's clay that has failed in baking.
—SKEETS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A form of trapshooting using clay targets to simulate birds in flight.
—SLIMEDS[v. SLIMED, SLIMING, SLIMES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Soft, moist earth or clay, having an adhesive quality; viscous mud; any substance of a dirty nature, that is moist, soft, and adhesive; bitumen; mud containing metallic ore, obtained in the preparatory dressing.
—STYLEDRST[v. STYLED, STYLING°, STYLES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A sharp stick used for writing on clay tablets or other surfaces; a stylus; (by extension, obsolete) an instrument used to write with ink; a pen.
—TABUNS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 2] A clay oven, shaped like a truncated cone, with an opening at the bottom for stoking the fire.
—TILED—[v. TILED, TILING°, TILES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A regularly-shaped slab of clay or other material, affixed to cover or decorate a surface, as in a roof-tile, glazed tile, stove tile, carpet tile, etc.
—TILERS[n. -S] · one that tiles «to cover with tiles «thin slabs of baked clay»»
SUTILES—[v. TILED, TILING°, TILES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A regularly-shaped slab of clay or other material, affixed to cover or decorate a surface, as in a roof-tile, glazed tile, stove tile, carpet tile, etc.
CDLNUMBERS[v. -ED, -ING, -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A brown clay, somewhat darker than ochre, which contains iron and manganese oxides.
—WACKEDRS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A soft, earthy, dark-coloured rock or clay derived from the alteration of basalt.
—ARGILS—[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] potter's clay.
—BLUNGEDRS[v. BLUNGED, BLUNGING, BLUNGES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] To mix clay and water.
—BRICKS—[v. -ED, -ING, -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A hardened rectangular block of mud, clay etc., used for building.
—CEMENTAS[v. -ED, -ING, -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A powdered substance produced by firing (calcining) calcium carbonate (limestone) and clay that develops strong cohesive properties when mixed with water. The main ingredient of concrete.
—CLAYED—[v. -ED, -ING, -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Containing clay.
—CLAYEY—[a. CLAYIER, CLAYIEST] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Composed of clay or containing (much) clay; clayish.
—DUDEENS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A short-stemmed Irish pipe made out of clay.
—ECTYPES[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] An impression (in wax, clay, &c.) of a seal or medal.
—FIRINGS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The process of applying heat or fire, especially to clay, etc., to produce pottery.
—GAULTS—[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A type of stiff, blue clay, sometimes used for making bricks.
—GLEYED—[n. GLEYS] · a clay soil layer - GLEYED [a.]
—HANIWA—[n.] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A terracotta clay figure made for ritual use and buried with the dead in ancient Japan.
—HYDRIAE[n. -DRIAE] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A three-handled clay or metal vessel used in Greek culture to hold and pour water.
TILLITES[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A micaceous phyllosilicate clay mineral with aggregates of grey or white monoclinic crystals.
—KAOLINES[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A fine clay, rich in kaolinite, used in ceramics, papermaking, etc.
EFLUTINGS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 2] lute (a kind of sticky clay or cement)
—MARLED—[v. -ED, -ING°, -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A mixed earthy substance, consisting of carbonate of lime, clay, and possibly sand, in very variable proportions, and accordingly designated as calcareous, clayey, or sandy.
—MULLERS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 3] A machine that mixes clay and sand under a roller for use in preparing a mould for metal casting.
—PLAQUES[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Any flat, thin piece of clay, ivory, metal, etc., used for ornament, or for painting pictures upon, as a dish, plate, slab, etc., hung upon a wall; also, a smaller decoration worn by a person, such as a brooch.
—POTBOYS[n. -BOYS] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A boy employed in a plant nursery to tap clay pots with a stick for their ringing sound, indicating whether the plant required watering.
—PUGGED—[v. PUGGED, PUGGING°, PUGS] [Wiktionary - Sense 22] To fill or stop up (a space) with pug (noun etymology 5 sense 1), clay, sawdust, or other material by tamping; (specifically) to fill in (the space between joists of a floor, a partition, etc.) with some material to deaden sound, make fireproof, etc.
—SAGGARDS[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to bake in a saggar «a protective clay casing» / ----- { saggar saggard sagger seggar § saggards saggars saggers seggars § saggar saggared saggaring saggars sagger saggered saggering saggers }
—SIENNAS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A form of clay containing iron and manganese.
—SKEETS—[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A form of trapshooting using clay targets to simulate birds in flight.
—STYLUS—[n. -LI or -LUSES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] An ancient writing implement consisting of a small rod with a pointed end for scratching letters on clay, wax-covered tablets or other surfaces, and a blunt end for obliterating them.
—TABLETS[v. -LETED or -LETTED, -LETING or -LETTING, -LETS] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A slab of clay, stone or wood used for inscription.
—TILERS—[n. -S] · one that tiles «to cover with tiles «thin slabs of baked clay»»
—AMPHORAELS[n. -RAE or -RAS] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A large, two-handled vessel, especially a thin-necked clay vat used in ancient Greece and Rome for storing and transporting wine and oil.
—BAUXITES[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The principal ore of aluminium; a clay-like mineral, being a mixture of hydrated oxides and hydroxides.
—BLUNGED—[v. BLUNGED, BLUNGING, BLUNGES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] To mix clay and water.
—BLUNGERS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The apparatus used for blunging (mixing clay with water to make pottery).
—BLUNGES—[v. BLUNGED, BLUNGING, BLUNGES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] To mix clay and water.
—BRICKED—[v. -ED, -ING, -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A hardened rectangular block of mud, clay etc., used for building.
—CALUMETS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A clay tobacco pipe used by Native Americans, especially as a symbol of truce or peace.
—CERAMICS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 2] A hard, brittle, inorganic, nonmetallic material, usually made from a material, such as clay, then firing it at a high temperature.
—CHILLUMS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A conical pipe used for smoking marijuana, usually made of fired clay, porcelain, soapstone, glass or, more rarely, wood.
—CLAYIER—[a. CLAYIER, CLAYIEST] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Composed of clay or containing (much) clay; clayish.
—CLAYING—[v. -ED, -ING, -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] present participle and gerund of clay
—CLAYISH—[a.] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Resembling clay.
—CLAYPANS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A compact stratum of partially permeable material rich in clay.
—FIREPOTS[n. -S] · a clay pot filled with burning items
—KAOLINES[n. -S] · kaolin «a fine white clay» / ----- { kaolin kaoline § kaolines kaolins § kaolinic }
—KAOLINS—[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A fine clay, rich in kaolinite, used in ceramics, papermaking, etc.
—KERAMICS[n. -S] · ceramic «an item made of baked clay» / ----- { ceramic keramic § ceramics keramics § ceramic keramic }
—MODELERS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] a person who makes models, especially from a plastic medium such as clay
—MUDPACKS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A paste of earth or clay, applied to the face for therapeutic or cosmetic purposes.
—POTTERY—[n. -TERIES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed.
—PUGGINGS[n. -S] · the act of preparing clay for making bricks or pottery (=puggings)
—SAGGARS—[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to bake in a saggar «a protective clay casing» / ----- { saggar saggard sagger seggar § saggards saggars saggers seggars § saggar saggared saggaring saggars sagger saggered saggering saggers }
—SAGGERS—[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to saggar «to bake in a saggar «a protective clay casing»» / ----- { saggar saggard sagger seggar § saggards saggars saggers seggars § saggar saggared saggaring saggars sagger saggered saggering saggers }
—TANDOORIS[n. -DOORS or -DOORI°] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A cylindrical clay oven used in the cuisine of the Caucasus, Middle East, and Indian subcontinent to make flat bread or to cook meat.
—TILLITES[n. -S] · rock made up of consolidated clay, sand, gravel, and boulders
—ULTISOLS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A soil that has a weathered clay horizon as a result of argilluviation.
—ALLUVIUMS[n. -VIA or -VIUMS] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] soil, clay, silt or gravel deposited by flowing water, as it slows, in a river bed, delta, estuary or flood plain
—BLUNGERS—[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The apparatus used for blunging (mixing clay with water to make pottery).
—BLUNGING—[v. BLUNGED, BLUNGING, BLUNGES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] To mix clay and water.
—BRICKING—[v. -ED, -ING, -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A hardened rectangular block of mud, clay etc., used for building.
—CERAMICS—[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 2] A hard, brittle, inorganic, nonmetallic material, usually made from a material, such as clay, then firing it at a high temperature.
—CLAYBANKS[n. -S] · a yellow-brown color
—CLAYIEST—[a. CLAYIER, CLAYIEST] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Composed of clay or containing (much) clay; clayish.
—CLAYLIKE—[a.] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Resembling clay.
—CLAYWARES[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Articles made from clay.
—CROCKERY—[n. -ERIES] · pottery «ware molded from clay and hardened by heat»
—FIREPOTS—[n. -S] · a clay pot filled with burning items
—GEOPHAGY—[n. -GIES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The practice of eating earthy substances such as clay and chalk, often during famines or thought to augment a mineral-deficient diet.
—GUMBOTILS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A heavy dark clay resulting from Pleistocene glaciation.
—KAOLINES—[n. -S] · kaolin «a fine white clay» / ----- { kaolin kaoline § kaolines kaolins § kaolinic }
—KAOLINIC—[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A fine clay, rich in kaolinite, used in ceramics, papermaking, etc.
—KERAMICS—[n. -S] · ceramic «an item made of baked clay» / ----- { ceramic keramic § ceramics keramics § ceramic keramic }
—LIMONITES[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Any of several natural hydrous iron oxides; often a mixture of goethite and hematite with clays and manganese oxide.
—MELINITES[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A yellow clay mineral from Bavaria.
—MODELINGS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 2] The art of sculpting models from clay etc. to create a representation of something.
—MUDSTONES[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A fine-grained sedimentary rock whose original constituents were clays or muds.
—PHYLLITES[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A type of metamorphic rock formed from clay-rich sediments called pelites.
—PIPECLAYS[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to whiten leather with fine white clay
—PLANOSOLS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A soil with a light-coloured, coarse-textured surface horizon that shows signs of periodic water stagnation and abruptly overlies a dense, slowly permeable subsoil with significantly more clay than the surface horizon.
—PUGGINGS—[n. -S] · the act of preparing clay for making bricks or pottery (=puggings)
—SAGGARED—[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to bake in a saggar «a protective clay casing» / ----- { saggar saggard sagger seggar § saggards saggars saggers seggars § saggar saggared saggaring saggars sagger saggered saggering saggers }
—SAGGERED—[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to saggar «to bake in a saggar «a protective clay casing»» / ----- { saggar saggard sagger seggar § saggards saggars saggers seggars § saggar saggared saggaring saggars sagger saggered saggering saggers }
—SMECTITES[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Any of many clay phyllosilicate minerals that have a relatively open structure.
—SOLONETZ—[n. -ES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A type of soil with a so-called "natric horizon" within the upper metre of the soil profile and a subsoil with higher clay content than the upper horizon, the latter having more than 15% exchangeable sodium.
—TANDOORS—[n. -DOORS or -DOORI°] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A cylindrical clay oven used in the cuisine of the Caucasus, Middle East, and Indian subcontinent to make flat bread or to cook meat.
—TILLITES—[n. -S] · rock made up of consolidated clay, sand, gravel, and boulders
—VERTISOLS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A clay soil, containing a high content of montmorillonite, that forms deep cracks in drier conditions.
—AGATEWARES[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Pottery decorated with a combination of contrastingly coloured clays, designed to resemble the layers of colour in an agate stone.
—ALLOPHANES[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] An amorphous hydrous aluminium silicate clay mineral
—ARGILLITES[n. -S] · © argillaceous schist or slate; clay slate. Its colors is bluish or blackish gray, sometimes greenish gray, brownish red, etc~.
—BENTONITES[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Any of several impure clay minerals consisting mostly of montmorillonite.
—CATLINITES[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A brownish-red red clay found in Northern USA and Canada, used by the American Indians to make pipes.
—CLAYSTONES[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Sedimentary rock composed of fine clay particles.
—CLAYWARES—[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Articles made from clay.
—COFFERDAMS[n. -S] · © a water-tight inclosure, as of piles packed with clay, from which the water is pumped to expose the bottom «of a river, etc~.» and permit the laying of foundations, building of piers, etc~.
—CRAYONISTS[n. -S] · Derivative of crayon «a small stick or pencil of charcoal, wax, clay, or chalk mixed with coloured pigment»
—ENCAUSTICS[n. -S] · decorated by any process involving burning in colours, esp~ by inlaying coloured clays and baking or by fusing wax colours to the surface
—FIREBRICKS[n. -S] · a refractory brick made of fire clay, used for lining furnaces, flues, etc~.
—GANNISTERS[n. -S] · © a refractory material consisting of crushed or ground siliceous stone, mixed with fire clay; -- used for lining Bessemer~ converters; also used for macadamizing roads / ----- { ganister gannister § ganisters gannisters }
—GEOPHAGIAS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Consumption of clay, chalk or dirt.
—GREYWACKES[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A hard dark sandstone with poorly sorted angular grains of quartz, feldspar, and small rock fragments in a compact, clay-fine matrix.
—GUMBOTILS—[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A heavy dark clay resulting from Pleistocene glaciation.
—IRONSTONES[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Any ore of iron which is impure through the admixture of silica or clay.
—KAOLINITES[n. -S] · a white or grey clay mineral consisting of hydrated aluminium silicate in triclinic crystalline form, the main constituent of kaolin. Formula: Al2Si2O5(OH)4
—LOAMINESS—[n. -ES] · Derivative of loam «rich soil consisting of a mixture of sand, clay, and decaying organic material»
—PHYLLITIC—[a.] · Derivative of phyllite «a compact lustrous metamorphic rock, rich in mica, derived from a shale or other clay-rich rock»
—PIPECLAYS—[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to whiten leather with fine white clay
—PIPESTONES[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A hard, red clay used by Native Americans for making tobacco pipes.
—PLAYDOUGHS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Modeling clay for children.
—POTTERIES—[n. -TERIES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Fired ceramic wares that contain clay when formed.
—SAGGARING—[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to bake in a saggar «a protective clay casing» / ----- { saggar saggard sagger seggar § saggards saggars saggers seggars § saggar saggared saggaring saggars sagger saggered saggering saggers }
—SAGGERING—[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to saggar «to bake in a saggar «a protective clay casing»» / ----- { saggar saggard sagger seggar § saggards saggars saggers seggars § saggar saggared saggaring saggars sagger saggered saggering saggers }
—SANDSTONES[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A sedimentary rock produced by the consolidation and compaction of sand, cemented with clay etc.
—SAPROLITES[n. -S] · a deposit of earth, clay, silt, etc~, formed by decomposition of rocks that has remained in its original site
—SEPIOLITES[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A hydrated magnesium silicate, clay mineral used for carving into decorative articles and smoking pipes.
—SILTATIONS[n. -S] · Derivative of silt «a fine deposit of mud, clay, etc~, esp~ one in a river or lake»
—STATUETTES[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A small statue, usually a figure much less than life size, especially when of marble or bronze, or of plaster or clay as a preparation for the marble or bronze, as distinguished from a figure in terra cotta etc.
—UNDERCLAYS[n. -CLAYS] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A stratum of clay lying beneath a coal bed.
—ARGILLITES—[n. -S] · © argillaceous schist or slate; clay slate. Its colors is bluish or blackish gray, sometimes greenish gray, brownish red, etc~.
—BENTONITES—[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Any of several impure clay minerals consisting mostly of montmorillonite.
—CATLINITES—[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A brownish-red red clay found in Northern USA and Canada, used by the American Indians to make pipes.
—CERAMICISTS[n. -S] · Derivative of ceramics «(functioning as singular) the art and techniques of producing articles of clay, porcelain, etc~»
—CLAYSTONES—[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Sedimentary rock composed of fine clay particles.
—COFFERDAMS—[n. -S] · © a water-tight inclosure, as of piles packed with clay, from which the water is pumped to expose the bottom «of a river, etc~.» and permit the laying of foundations, building of piers, etc~.
—CRAYONISTS—[n. -S] · Derivative of crayon «a small stick or pencil of charcoal, wax, clay, or chalk mixed with coloured pigment»
—CROCKERIES—[n. -ERIES] · pottery «ware molded from clay and hardened by heat»
—ENCAUSTICS—[n. -S] · decorated by any process involving burning in colours, esp~ by inlaying coloured clays and baking or by fusing wax colours to the surface
—FIREBRICKS—[n. -S] · a refractory brick made of fire clay, used for lining furnaces, flues, etc~.
—GANNISTERS—[n. -S] · © a refractory material consisting of crushed or ground siliceous stone, mixed with fire clay; -- used for lining Bessemer~ converters; also used for macadamizing roads / ----- { ganister gannister § ganisters gannisters }
—GEOPHAGIAS—[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Consumption of clay, chalk or dirt.
—KAOLINITES—[n. -S] · a white or grey clay mineral consisting of hydrated aluminium silicate in triclinic crystalline form, the main constituent of kaolin. Formula: Al2Si2O5(OH)4
—PIPECLAYED—[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to whiten leather with fine white clay
—PIPESTONES—[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A hard, red clay used by Native Americans for making tobacco pipes.
—PLASTICINES[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Modeling clay.
—SAPROLITES—[n. -S] · a deposit of earth, clay, silt, etc~, formed by decomposition of rocks that has remained in its original site
—SILTATIONS—[n. -S] · Derivative of silt «a fine deposit of mud, clay, etc~, esp~ one in a river or lake»
—STATUETTES—[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A small statue, usually a figure much less than life size, especially when of marble or bronze, or of plaster or clay as a preparation for the marble or bronze, as distinguished from a figure in terra cotta etc.
—TESTACEOUS—[a.] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Pertaining to earthenware or baked clay.
—UNDERCLAYS—[n. -CLAYS] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A stratum of clay lying beneath a coal bed.
—YELLOWWARES[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A type of earthenware made from yellow clay.
—CERAMICISTS—[n. -S] · Derivative of ceramics «(functioning as singular) the art and techniques of producing articles of clay, porcelain, etc~»
—EARTHENWARES[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] An opaque, semi-porous ceramic made from clay and other compounds.
—LOAMINESSES—[n. -ES] · Derivative of loam «rich soil consisting of a mixture of sand, clay, and decaying organic material»
—PIPECLAYING—[v. -ED, -ING, -S] · to whiten leather with fine white clay
—TRAPSHOOTERS[n. -S] · Derivative of trapshooting «the sport of shooting at clay pigeons thrown up by a trap»
—YELLOWWARES—[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A type of earthenware made from yellow clay.
—ARGILLACEOUS—[a.] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Pertaining to clay; made of, containing, or resembling clay; clayey.
—CLODDISHNESS—[n. -ES] · Derivative of clod «a lump of earth or clay»
—EARTHENWARES—[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] An opaque, semi-porous ceramic made from clay and other compounds.
—FLOCCULATIONS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A condition in which clays, polymers or other small charged particles become attached and form a fragile structure, a floc.
—SCRATCHBOARDS[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A technique in which drawings are created using sharp knives and tools for etching into a thin layer of white china clay that is coated with black India ink.
—TRAPSHOOTERS—[n. -S] · Derivative of trapshooting «the sport of shooting at clay pigeons thrown up by a trap»
—TRAPSHOOTINGS[n. -S] · the sport of shooting at clay pigeons thrown up by a trap
—TRAPSHOOTINGS—[n. -S] · the sport of shooting at clay pigeons thrown up by a trap
—CLODDISHNESSES—[n. -ES] · Derivative of clod «a lump of earth or clay»
—MONTMORILLONITE—[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Any of a group of soft, clay-like silicate minerals having many industrial and technical uses.

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