Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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dental amalgam | Yes | No | No | No |
alloy | Yes | No | Yes | No |
dental amalgam (noun) | alloy (noun) |
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an alloy of mercury with another metal (usually silver) used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth; except for iron and platinum all metals dissolve in mercury and chemists refer to the resulting mercury mixtures as amalgams | the state of impairing the quality or reducing the value of something |
a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten |
dental amalgam (verb) | alloy (verb) |
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lower in value by increasing the base-metal content | |
make an alloy of |