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terrigenous(geology, of a marine sediment) Derived from the erosion of land-based rocks.
plasticsnounPlastic surgery, especially as a profession.
cloggingnounThe situation of something being clogged.
plasticnounA synthetic, solid, hydrocarbon-based polymer, whether thermoplastic or thermosetting.
recyclablesnounAn object that can be recycled, such as a soda can.
flocculesnounA small, loosely aggregated mass of material suspended in, or precipitated from a solution; a floc.
anticlastic(of a surface) curved in opposite ways in two directions; saddle-shaped
claysnounA mineral substance made up of small crystals of silica and alumina, that is ductile when moist; the material of pre-fired ceramics.
clactoniannoun(archaeology) One of the ancient people who fashioned Clactonian tools.
clumpsnounA game in which questions are asked for the purpose of enabling the questioners to discover a word or thing previously selected by two persons who answer the questions.
coccolithnoun(biology) A microscopic skeletal plate of calcite on the surface of certain marine phytoplankton; it forms chalk and limestone when fossilized
pollutantsnounA foreign substance that makes something dirty, or impure, especially waste from human activities.
sedimentsnounA collection of small particles, particularly dirt, that precipitates from a river or other body of water.
cliversnounGalium aparine, the plant cleavers.
clochesnounA glass covering, originally bell-shaped, for garden plants to prevent frost damage and promote early growth.
litternoun(uncountable) Waste or debris, originally any mess but now particularly trash left or thrown on the ground.
ciliatanounclass of protozoa having cilia or hairlike appendages on part or all of the surface during some part of the life cycle
chloroplasticnounOf or pertaining to a chloroplast
clayednounContaining clay.
ciliatesnoun(zoology) Any of many protozoa, of the phylum Ciliophora, that have many cilia (fine hairs).

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