mineral+pitch

  • 51bitumen — noun /ˈbɪtjumɛn/ a) Mineral pitch; a black, tarry substance, burning with a bright flame; Jew’s pitch. It occurs as an abundant natural product in many places, as on the shores of the Dead and Caspian Seas. It is used in cements, in the… …

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  • 52Bitumen — Bi*tu men, n. [L. bitumen: cf. F. bitume. Cf. {B[ e]ton}.] 1. Mineral pitch; a black, tarry substance, burning with a bright flame; Jew s pitch. It occurs as an abundant natural product in many places, as on the shores of the Dead and Caspian… …

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  • 53tar — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. asphalt, pitch, resin, bitumen; goo, sludge. v. besmirch, stain, blacken, defame; tar and feather. See navigation, covering, punishment. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A viscous liquid] Syn. pitch, mineral… …

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  • 54Asphalt — As phalt, Asphaltum As*phal tum, n. [Gr. ?, of eastern origin: cf. F. asphalte.] 1. Mineral pitch, Jews pitch, or compact native bitumen. It is brittle, of a black or brown color and high luster on a surface of fracture; it melts and burns when… …

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  • 55Asphalt rock — Asphalt As phalt, Asphaltum As*phal tum, n. [Gr. ?, of eastern origin: cf. F. asphalte.] 1. Mineral pitch, Jews pitch, or compact native bitumen. It is brittle, of a black or brown color and high luster on a surface of fracture; it melts and… …

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  • 56Asphalt stone — Asphalt As phalt, Asphaltum As*phal tum, n. [Gr. ?, of eastern origin: cf. F. asphalte.] 1. Mineral pitch, Jews pitch, or compact native bitumen. It is brittle, of a black or brown color and high luster on a surface of fracture; it melts and… …

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  • 57Asphaltum — Asphalt As phalt, Asphaltum As*phal tum, n. [Gr. ?, of eastern origin: cf. F. asphalte.] 1. Mineral pitch, Jews pitch, or compact native bitumen. It is brittle, of a black or brown color and high luster on a surface of fracture; it melts and… …

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  • 58Pickford — This interesting name is of Anglo Saxon origin, and is a locational surname deriving from either of the places called Pickforde , in Ticehurst, Sussex, or Pitchford , in Shropshire. The latter is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Piceforde …

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  • 59Pitchford — This interesting name is of Anglo Saxon origin, and is a locational surname deriving from either of the places called Pickforde , in Ticehurst, Sussex, or Pitchford , in Shropshire. The latter is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Piceforde …

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  • 60barbadoes tar — Petroleum, rock oil, Seneca oil, mineral pitch, mineral tar, mineral oil …

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