Diamond

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FRONT	WORD	BACK	DEFINITION
A	BORT	SYZ	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The shards or fragments removed from diamonds during cutting, used for industrial purposes such as abrasives in cutting, drilling or grinding tools; a poorly crystallized diamond.
—	BARMY	—	[a. BARMIER, BARMIEST] [Wiktionary - Sense 5] plural of barma (“a regal Russian mantle or neckpiece made of gold, encrusted with diamonds and other gems”)
—	BOART	S	[n. -S] · bort «a low-quality~ diamond»
A	BORTS	—	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The shards or fragments removed from diamonds during cutting, used for industrial purposes such as abrasives in cutting, drilling or grinding tools; a poorly crystallized diamond.
—	BORTY	—	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The shards or fragments removed from diamonds during cutting, used for industrial purposes such as abrasives in cutting, drilling or grinding tools; a poorly crystallized diamond.
—	BORTZ	—	[n. -ES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Diamond of inferior quality, commonly used for drill tips; abrasive diamond powder; bort.
—	BRUTE	DRS	[v. BRUTED, BRUTING, BRUTES] [Wiktionary - Sense 11] To shape (diamonds) by grinding them against each other.
—	SKIVE	DRS	[v. SKIVED, SKIVING, SKIVES] [Wiktionary - Sense 4] A rotating iron disk coated with oil and diamond dust used to polish the facets of a diamond.
—	STROP	S	[v. STROPPED, STROPPING, STROPS] [Wiktionary - Sense 7] A poor-quality or unsaleable diamond.
—	ARGYLE	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] a pattern of diamond-shaped areas on a solid background; used especially of knitwear
—	BOARTS	—	[n. -S] · bort «a low-quality~ diamond»
—	BRUTED	—	[v. BRUTED, BRUTING, BRUTES] [Wiktionary - Sense 11] To shape (diamonds) by grinding them against each other.
—	BRUTER	—	[v. BRUTED, BRUTING, BRUTES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] One who brutes (shapes diamonds by grinding).
—	BRUTES	T	[v. BRUTED, BRUTING, BRUTES] [Wiktionary - Sense 11] To shape (diamonds) by grinding them against each other.
—	QUARRY	—	[v. -RIED, -RYING°, -RIES] [Wiktionary - Sense 8] A diamond-shaped tile or pane, often of glass or stone.
—	BORTZES	—	[n. -ES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Diamond of inferior quality, commonly used for drill tips; abrasive diamond powder; bort.
—	BRUTEST	—	[v. BRUTED, BRUTING, BRUTES] [Wiktionary - Sense 11] To shape (diamonds) by grinding them against each other.
—	BRUTING	—	[v. BRUTED, BRUTING, BRUTES] [Wiktionary - Sense 11] To shape (diamonds) by grinding them against each other.
—	DIAMOND	S	[v. -ED, -ING, -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 3] A diamond ring.
—	PARAGON	S	[v. -ED, -ING, -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 5] A flawless diamond of at least 100 carats.
—	BASEPATH	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The grassless ways around the baseball diamond on which runners advance.
—	CROSTATA	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A kind baked tart of Italian origin, made with shortcrust pastry spread over a baking sheet, then covered with a layer of jam and then decorated with thin strips of the same dough, placed crosswise to form diamonds.
—	DIAMANTE	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] An artificial diamond used as adornment, such as a rhinestone.
—	DIAMONDS	—	[v. -ED, -ING, -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] plural of diamond
—	DRYPOINT	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A technique of intaglio printmaking similar to engraving in which an image is incised into a plate by scratching the surface with a hard, sharp metal (or diamond) point.
—	MAKEABLE	—	[v. MADE, MAKING°, MAKES] [Wiktionary - Sense 2] A very small uncut diamond.
—	BRILLIANT	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 6] A finely cut gemstone, especially a diamond, cut in a particular form with numerous facets so as to maximize light return through the top (called "table") of the stone.
—	BRIOLETTE	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] An oval or pear-shaped diamond having its entire surface cut in triangular facets.
—	CARBONADO	S	[v. -DOED, -DOING, -DOS, -DOES] [Wiktionary - Sense 4] A dark, non-transparent, impure form of polycrystalline diamond (also containing graphite and amorphous carbon) used in drilling.
—	DEMANTOID	S	[n. -S] · © a yellow-green~, transparent variety of garnet found in the Urals~. It is valued as a gem because of its brilliancy of luster, whence the name
—	DIAMONDED	—	[v. -ED, -ING, -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] simple past and past participle of diamond
—	ADAMANTINE	—	[a.] [Wiktionary - Sense 6] Like diamond in lustre; bright, lustrous, shiny; also, of a lustre: like that of a mineral with a high refractive index such as diamond.
—	DIAMANTINE	—	[a.] Consisting of or resembling diamond.
—	DIAMONDING	—	[v. -ED, -ING, -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] present participle and gerund of diamond
—	KIMBERLITE	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A variety of peridotite containing a high proportion of carbon dioxide; often contains diamonds.
—	RHINESTONE	DS	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] An artificial diamond, strass.
—	DIAMONDBACK	S	[Wiktionary - Sense 1] Either of two species of rattlesnake having a diamond pattern on the back: Crotalus adamanteus, found in the southeastern United States, and Crotalus atrox, found in the southwestern United States and northwestern and central Mexico.
—	KIMBERLITES	—	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A variety of peridotite containing a high proportion of carbon dioxide; often contains diamonds.
—	SCLEROMETER	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A device used to measure the hardness of a material by applying pressure to a moving diamond stylus.
—	DIAMONDBACKS	—	[Wiktionary - Sense 1] Either of two species of rattlesnake having a diamond pattern on the back: Crotalus adamanteus, found in the southeastern United States, and Crotalus atrox, found in the southwestern United States and northwestern and central Mexico.
—	DIAMONDIFEROUS	—	[a.] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Yielding diamond.

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