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Amadou

/ˈæ.mə.duː/

A spongy, flammable substance prepared from bracket fungi, formerly used as a styptic and as tinder.

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A spongy, flammable substance prepared from bracket fungi, formerly used as a styptic and as tinder.

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amadonoun	A surname.
monknoun	A male member of a monastic order who has devoted his life for religious service.
spunknoun	(uncountable) Courage; spirit; mettle; determination.
punknoun	(countable) One who engages in sexual intercourse, particularly:
firelighternoun	A small block of a flammable substance, typically a combination of sawdust and wax, used to light fires.
stypticknoun	Obsolete form of styptic. [Bringing about contraction of tissues; harsh, raw, austere.]
firestrikernoun	A piece of high-carbon steel used for striking a spark, usually kept in a tinderbox with flint and tinder.
firestarternoun	A tool used to start a fire.
fuseenoun	A large friction match.
sponknoun	Dated form of spunk. [(countable, obsolete) A spark.]
spongiopilinnoun	(medicine, dated) A kind of cloth interwoven with small pieces of sponge and rendered waterproof on one side by a covering of rubber. When moistened with hot water it is used as a poultice.
matchsticknoun	A small, slender piece of wood or cardboard serving as a component of a match.
portfirenoun	(historical) A fuse for cannons or other artillery, consisting of strong paper filled with a nitre, sulphur, and mealed powder, used principally to ignite the priming in proving guns, and as an incendiary material in shells.
firesticknoun	A stick burning, or with hot embers, at one end, taken from a fire.
chuckmucknoun	(India, historical) A steel attached to a pouch containing flint and tinder.
fusenoun	(electrical engineering) A device to prevent excessive overcurrent from overload or short circuit in an electrical circuit, containing a component that melts and interrupts the current when too high a load is passed through it.
allumettenoun	A matchstick.
quick matchnoun	(video games) An unranked match in a format that is more casual compared to the game's skirmish and competitive modes.
steelnoun	(countable, uncountable) An artificial metal produced from iron, harder and more elastic than elemental iron; used figuratively as a symbol of hardness.
fatwoodnoun	A heartwood of pine trees, impregnated with resin, useful in the manufacture of pitch and pine tar.