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Dogger :: Dogger (n.) A sort of stone, found in the mines with the true alum rock, chiefly of silica and iron..

Sesquioxide :: Sesquioxide (n.) An oxide containing three atoms of oxygen with two atoms (or radicals) of some other substance; thus, alumina, Al2O3 is a sesquioxide..

Traducement :: Traducement (n.) The act of traducing; misrepresentation; ill-founded censure; defamation; calumny.

Aluminic :: Aluminic (a.) Of or containing aluminium; as, aluminic phosphate..

Backbiter :: Backbiter (n.) One who backbites; a secret calumniator or detractor.

Alumine :: Alumine (n.) Alumina.

Santalum :: Santalum (n.) A genus of trees with entire opposite leaves and small apetalous flowers. There are less than a dozen species, occurring from India to Australia and the Pacific Islands. See Sandalwood..

Dawsonite :: Dawsonite (n.) A hydrous carbonate of alumina and soda, occuring in white, bladed crustals..

Alumina :: Alumina (n.) One of the earths, consisting of two parts of aluminium and three of oxygen, Al2O3..

Aluminiferous :: Aluminiferous (a.) Containing alum.

Thomsenolite :: Thomsenolite (n.) A fluoride of aluminium, calcium, and sodium occurring with the cryolite of Greenland..

Calumniation :: Calumniation (n.) False accusation of crime or offense, or a malicious and false representation of the words or actions of another, with a view to injure his good name..

Diaspore :: Diaspore (n.) A hydrate of alumina, often occurring in white lamellar masses with brilliant pearly luster; -- so named on account of its decrepitating when heated before the blowpipe..

Traducer :: Traducer (n.) One who traduces; a slanderer; a calumniator.

Turquois :: Turquois (n.) A hydrous phosphate of alumina containing a little copper; calaite. It has a blue, or bluish green, color, and usually occurs in reniform masses with a botryoidal surface..

Lazuli :: Lazuli (n.) A mineral of a fine azure-blue color, usually in small rounded masses. It is essentially a silicate of alumina, lime, and soda, with some sodium sulphide, is often marked by yellow spots or veins of sulphide of iron, and is much valued for ornamental work. Called also lapis lazuli, and Armenian stone..

Slanderous :: Slanderous (a.) Embodying or containing slander; calumnious; as, slanderous words, speeches, or reports..

Slam :: Slam (n.) The refuse of alum works.

Yttrium :: Yttrium (n.) A rare metallic element of the boron-aluminium group, found in gadolinite and other rare minerals, and extracted as a dark gray powder. Symbol Y. Atomic weight, 89..

Sycophancy :: Sycophancy (n.) False accusation; calumniation; talebearing.

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