winning
Webster Dictionary
the portion of a coal field out for working
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lignite
Webster Dictionary
mineral coal retaining the texture of the wood from which it was formed, and burning with an empyreumatic odor. It is of more recent origin than the anthracite and bituminous coal of the proper coal series. Called also brown coal, wood coal
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slack
(slack)
Princeton's WordNet
dust consisting of a mixture of small coal fragments and coal dust and dirt that sifts out when coal is passed over a sieve
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anthracite
Webster Dictionary
a hard, compact variety of mineral coal, of high luster, differing from bituminous coal in containing little or no bitumen, in consequence of which it burns with a nearly non luminous flame. The purer specimens consist almost wholly of carbon. Also called glance coal and blind coal
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aceldama
Webster Dictionary
the potter's field, said to have lain south of Jerusalem, purchased with the bribe which Judas took for betraying his Master, and therefore called the field of blood. Fig.: A field of bloodshed
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basin
Webster Dictionary
an isolated or circumscribed formation, particularly where the strata dip inward, on all sides, toward a center; -- especially applied to the coal formations, called coal basins or coal fields
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cornfield
Webster Dictionary
a field where corn is or has been growing; -- in England, a field of wheat, rye, barley, or oats; in America, a field of Indian corn
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coal tar
(coal tar)
Princeton's WordNet
a tar formed from distillation of bituminous coal; coal tar can be further distilled to give various aromatic compounds
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coal scuttle
(scuttle, coal scuttle)
Princeton's WordNet
container for coal; shaped to permit pouring the coal onto the fire
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scuttle
(scuttle, coal scuttle)
Princeton's WordNet
container for coal; shaped to permit pouring the coal onto the fire
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deep-mined
(deep-mined)
Princeton's WordNet
of coal, as contrasted with coal obtained from a strip mine
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black lung
(ˈblækˌlɪst)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
pneumoconiosis of coal miners caused by coal dust.
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lignite
(ˈlɪg naɪt)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a soft coal, usu. dark brown, often having a distinct woodlike texture, and intermediate in density and carbon content between peat and bituminous coal.
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coaly
Webster Dictionary
pertaining to, or resembling, coal; containing coal; of the nature of coal
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fieldpiece
Webster Dictionary
a cannon mounted on wheels, for the use of a marching army; a piece of field artillery; -- called also field gun
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bend
Webster Dictionary
one of the honorable ordinaries, containing a third or a fifth part of the field. It crosses the field diagonally from the dexter chief to the sinister base
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underclay
Webster Dictionary
a stratum of clay lying beneath a coal bed, often containing the roots of coal plants, especially the Stigmaria
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bondager
Webster Dictionary
a field worker, esp. a woman who works in the field
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collier
Webster Dictionary
one engaged in the business of digging mineral coal or making charcoal, or in transporting or dealing in coal
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fitter
Webster Dictionary
a coal broker who conducts the sales between the owner of a coal pit and the shipper
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xylanthrax
Webster Dictionary
wood coal, or charcoal; -- so called in distinction from mineral coal
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breeze
Webster Dictionary
refuse coal, coal ashes, and cinders, used in the burning of bricks
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colliery
Webster Dictionary
the place where coal is dug; a coal mine, and the buildings, etc., belonging to it
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scuttle
Webster Dictionary
a wide-mouthed vessel for holding coal: a coal hod
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coal works
Webster Dictionary
a place where coal is dug, including the machinery for raising the coal
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phenol
Webster Dictionary
a white or pinkish crystalline substance, C6H5OH, produced by the destructive distillation of many organic bodies, as wood, coal, etc., and obtained from the heavy oil from coal tar
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hod
Webster Dictionary
a utensil for holding coal; a coal scuttle
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slack
Webster Dictionary
small coal; also, coal dust; culm
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paramagnetism
(paramagnetism)
Princeton's WordNet
materials like aluminum or platinum become magnetized in a magnetic field but it disappears when the field is removed
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shock
(shock)
Princeton's WordNet
a pile of sheaves of grain set on end in a field to dry; stalks of Indian corn set up in a field
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