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hemacite

hemacite noun: a material made from sawdust and the blood of slaughtered animals, used in the late 19th century for doorknobs, buttons, etc.

Noun

hemacite (uncountable)

  1. A material made from sawdust and the blood of slaughtered animals, used in the late 19th century for doorknobs, buttons, etc.

Questions about hemacite

What does hemacite mean?
Hemacite means a material made from sawdust and the blood of slaughtered animals, used in the late 19th century for doorknobs, buttons, etc.
What part of speech is hemacite?
Hemacite is a noun.

Words near hemacite in the dictionary

  1. hemachate
  2. hemachates
  3. hemachrome
  4. hemacidin
  5. hemacidins
  6. hemacite
  7. hemacyanin
  8. hemacyte
  9. hemacytes
  10. hemacytic
  11. hemacytomer

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