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the hardest, colourless mineral consisting of nearly pure carbon in crystalline form which us cut into precious gems of great brilliance; diamond.
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thunderbolt, as the weapon of Indra, the chief of gods.
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the sound that follows a flash of lightning, caused by the sudden heating and expansion of air by electrical discharge; thunder.
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a very strong, hard to resist weapon.
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a device used to bore a hole in the gems.
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a particular type of military array (prob. in the shape of a diamond).
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a kind of cement prepared by adding sand, lime, jaggery, myrobalan in a particular proportion; a hard mortar.
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a kind of animal glue.
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the berry of the tree Phyllanthus emblica of Euphorbiaceae family; Indian gooseberry.
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a kind of white-flowering grass.
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a variety of spurge plant, Euphorbia antiquorum of Euphorbiaceae family.
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the plant Sesamum indicum ( = S. orientale) of Pedaliaceae family; sesame; gingely plant.
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steel, an alloy of iron with carbon and with various other metals in small percentages.
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(myth.) name of a hell.