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| lime1 |
a white powder made of calcium oxide. Lime is used in cement, in making steel and paper, and in making some soils better for growing plants. |
| makeup |
lipstick, powder, and other cosmetics put on the face to change the way it looks or to make it look better. [1/3 definitions] |
| mildew |
a fungus that grows on plants and materials made from living things. Mildews often look like powder. |
| mortar1 |
a heavy bowl in which things are ground or pounded into powder with a tool called a pestle. |
| mustard |
a powder or paste with a strong taste made from the ground seeds of the mustard plant. Mustard is used to flavor food or spread on the skin as medicine. [1/3 definitions] |
| nutmeg |
the seed of an evergreen tree of East India. Nutmeg is made into a powder and used as a spice. |
| paprika |
a red powder made from dried sweet red peppers. Paprika is used to add spice to food. |
| pestle |
a tool used for grinding or pounding substances into powder in a bowl called a mortar. |
| pigment |
a powder that is mixed with oil or water to make paint, ink, or another coloring material. [1/2 definitions] |
| pollen |
the fine, yellow powder made by a flowering plant. When pollen is carried by the wind or by an insect to another plant of the same kind, it fertilizes that plant's seeds. |
| powder |
a manufactured substance that looks and feels like a ground or crushed powder but does not start out as a solid material. [4/5 definitions] |
| powdered sugar |
sugar that has been ground very fine so that it has become a white powder. Powdered sugar is often used in icing for decorating cakes and other sweet baked things. |
| soap |
a cleaning substance that is made from fat or oil and comes in the form of a bar, liquid, powder, or flakes. [1/2 definitions] |
| soot |
a fine, black powder made during burning. Soot collects in chimneys or is carried into the air in smoke. |
| talc |
a soft, greasy-feeling mineral used in making body powder and other products. |
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