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Silk

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setanounA bristle or hair.
beardnounFacial hair on the chin, cheeks, jaw and neck.
pearnounAn edible fruit produced by the pear tree, similar to an apple but typically elongated towards the stem.
flossnounA thread used to clean the gaps between the teeth.
tissuenounA sheet of absorbent paper, especially one that is made to be used as tissue paper, toilet paper or a handkerchief.
fibernoun(uncountable) A material in the form of fibers.
threadnounA cord formed by spinning or twisting together textile fibers or filaments into one or more continuous strands, typically used in needlework.
dressnoun(countable) (clothing) An item of clothing (usually worn by a woman or young girl) which both covers the upper part of the body and includes a skirt below the waist.
canvasnounA type of coarse cloth, woven from hemp, useful for making sails and tents or as a surface for paintings.
glimmernounA faint light; a dim glow.
raynounA beam of light or radiation.
shreddedCut or torn into narrow strips or small pieces.
spectrenounBritish standard spelling of specter.
silkenounObsolete spelling of silk. [(chiefly uncountable) A fine fiber excreted by the silkworm or other arthropod (such as a spider).]
specternounA ghostly apparition, a phantom. [from 17th c.]
throwingnounThe act by which something is thrown.
tracenounAn act of tracing.
demographicnoun(chiefly in the plural) A demographic criterion: a characteristic used to classify people for statistical purposes, such as age, race, or gender.
populationnounThe people living within a political or geographical boundary.
spectrumnounSpecifically, a range of colours representing light (electromagnetic radiation) of contiguous frequencies; hence electromagnetic spectrum, visible spectrum, ultraviolet spectrum, etc.

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