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(n)
(uncountable) A black or brownish black rock formed from prehistoric plant remains, composed largely of carbon and burned as a fuel.
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A diminutive of the male given name Declan.
A clan, tribe, or family, proceeding from a common progenitor; especially, one of the ancient clans of Ireland.
Misconstruction of cannel coal. [cannel (type of coal)]
A nodule of plant material permeated with minerals found mostly in bituminous and anthracite coal seams
(mineralogy) Any hard, lustrous coal such as anthracite.
Soft coal that breaks off easily into small, irregular cubes with a shining luster.
Alternative form of coal ball. [A nodule of plant material permeated with minerals found mostly in bituminous and anthracite coal seams]
A component of coal or oil shale.
(adj)
Of an intensely black colour, like that of coal.
Emitting sparks of fire when struck with steel; scintillating.
(derogatory) A child who is regarded as mischievous, unruly, spoiled, or selfish.
(also figuratively) A brief or cursory look.
(dated) A kind of coal that easily splits into cubical fragments.
A bituminous or hydrogenous coal yielding a high proportion of volatile material, and therefore available for the manufacture of illuminating gas.
A type of box iron into which heated coals are placed.
A form of carbonized ancient plants; the hardest and cleanest-burning of all the coals.
mineral coal, as opposed to charcoal
(informal, idiomatic) Raw petroleum; crude oil.
Bituminous coal, as distinguished from hard coal (anthracite).
A brownish-red resin found in coal beds.
(historical, British) Coal from a pit: mineral coal mined from a mine, as opposed to charcoal or seacoal.
A low furnace in which rich lead ore is reduced.
bituminous coal
Of a bright red colour.
A mixture of charcoal, clay, etc. used in smelting.
(mining, geology) Anthracite.
Alternative form of coaldust. [The dust of coal.]
(informal, usually with definite article) Electricity; the electricity supply.
Something calcined; also, material left over after burning or roasting.
Slag or ash produced by intense heat in a furnace, kiln or boiler that forms a hard residue upon cooling.
A porous or hollow carbonaceous sphere-like particle formed during pyrolysis or in the course of the combustion of coal.
coal from inside the sea: mineral coal that washes up from the sea onto beaches, from which it can be collected and sold.
Fine black or dull brown particles of amorphous carbon and tar, produced by the incomplete combustion of coal, oil etc.
The white, powdery ash left when bone is burnt; it is high in calcium phosphate and is used as a fertilizer and in making bone china.
Any technology that may mitigate emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gasses that arise from the burning of coal for electrical power.
The technique of firing ceramics at a high temperature
A fine charcoal prepared by calcining bones in a closed vessel; used as a filtering agent in sugar refining, and as an adsorbent and disinfectant.
The solid residual material resulting from the mining of coal.
The upper stratum of coal.
Bituminous coal which is suitable for making into coke, for example for use in steel manufacture.
(nontechnical) coal
Anthracite, as distinguished from bituminous soft coal.
Any of various green gemstones, especially a green transparent form of beryl, highly valued as a precious stone.
A material made from sawdust and the blood of slaughtered animals, used in the late 19th century for doorknobs, buttons, etc.
A Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus).
A gray-white powder, having chemical properties of quicklime, made by heating mollusk shells to a temperature sufficient to calcine the material.
A sort of steel found where a burning coal seam has reduced and carbonized adjacent iron ore.
An alloy, especially one of iron or cerium, that emits sparks when scratched or struck.
(mineralogy) A ferruginous variety of dolomite, in part identical with ankerite.
A surname from German.
A low-grade, brownish-black coal.
(obsolete) lapis infernalis, lunar caustic
(uncountable) Bituminous coal.
(mining) Synonym of fusain.
A long, slender, chiefly terrestrial amphibian of the order Caudata, superficially resembling a lizard.
the type of coal used in coal-fired electrical power plants
A limestone quarry.
lignite
(UK, trademark) a form of coke that is a smokeless fuel, used as an alternative to coal
A piece of flint.
(mining) A composite stone (quartz, schorl, and hornblende) in the walls of tin and copper lodes.
A form of amber occurring in coal seams.
The pyrites in the coal measures.
Coal coming from the ground, as opposed to charcoal produced by recent burning.
A fossil resin, found in bituminous coal, that becomes soft and sticky when heated.
(biblical) The sulfur of hell; hell, damnation.
A variety of coal, derived from colonial algae, that resembles carbonaceous shale.
A mixture of potassium carbonate and charcoal, obtained by deflagrating tartar with half its weight of niter.
finely powdered iron, which ignites spontaneously in air
(now rare, historical) Carnelian.
(geology) A pyroclastic flow.
A kind of steel made from bog iron ore in a forge, with charcoal for fuel.
A surname.
Alternative form of ash gray. [A shade of gray that resembles the color of ashes.]
A black pigment produced by flames burning against metal.
A carbonaceous substance resembling anthracite.
Fire produced by a dragon.
A place where lye, potash or pearlash is made.
fuliginous; sooty or black.
A silicon carbide rod that is used as a source of infrared radiation when electrically heated.
A pyrophoric alloy of iron and cerium that is used to make the flints for cigarette lighters
(obsolete) electrum, amber (alloy of gold and silver)
Alternative spelling of fire clay. [a type of clay that is able to withstand intense heat; used to make firebricks, crucibles, and other ceramics]
A kind of smokeless powder.
A piece of broken glass or pottery, especially one found in an archaeological dig.
(mineralogy) A white, flaky, waxlike resin of approximate composition C₂₇ H₅₃ O₂ in brown coal.
(obsolete) emery