| ivory | 1. The hard, white, opaque, fine-grained substance constituting the tusks of the elephant. It is a variety of dentine, characterised by the minuteness and close arrangement of the tubes, as also by their double flexure. It is used in manufacturing articles of ornament or utility. Ivory is the name commercially given not only to the substance constituting the tusks of the elephant, but also to that of the tusks of the hippopotamus and walrus, the hornlike tusk of the narwhal, etc. 2. The tusks themselves of the elephant, etc. <zoology> Ivory gull, a white Arctic gull (Larus eburneus). <botany> Ivory nut, any species of Eburna, a genus of marine gastropod shells, having a smooth surface, usually white with red or brown spots. Vegetable ivory, the meat of the ivory nut. Origin: OE. Ivori, F. Ivoire, fr. L. Eboreus made of ivory, fr. Ebur, eboris, ivory, cf. Skr. Ibha elephant. Cf. Eburnean. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| ivory exostosis | A small, rounded, eburnated tumour arising from a bone, usually one of the cranial bones. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ivory membrane | The lining membrane of the pulp cavity of a tooth, consisting of the odontoblastic layer. Synonym: ivory membrane. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ivory vertebra | A radiographically dense vertebra, usually from metastatic disease, especially lymphoma when solitary. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ivory vertebral body | <radiology> Single or multiple very dense vertebra: collapse, metastases, sclerotic metastasis or treated lytic metastasis, preservation of disc space and vertebral body size, Paget's disease, usually single vertebral body, expanded body with thickened cortex and coarsened trabeculation, disc space preserved, lymphoma, preservation of disc space and vertebral body size, infection (low grade), end plate destruction, disc space narrowing, paraspinal soft tissue mass (12 Dec 1998) |
| ivory-bill | <zoology> A large, handsome, North American woodpecker (Campephilus principalis), having a large, sharp, ivory-coloured beak. Its general colour is glossy black, with white secondaries, and a white dorsal stripe. The male has a large, scarlet crest. It is now rare, and found only in the Gulf States. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses bone: a shade of white the color of bleached bones
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| ivory black |
a black pigment made from grinding burnt ivory in oil
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Ivory is a bar soap which is one of the best-known products of the Procter & Gamble Company. It is white and mildly fragranced. It is whipped with air in its production so that it floats in water. The soap was made to float only after a worker accidentally left the mixing machine on for too long. ...
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a variable color averaging a pale yellow.
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Ornamental material made out of the calcareous teeth of many mammals, such as elephants, sea lion, hippopotamus, narwhal, and boar.
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| ivory | a shade of white the color of bleached bones |
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| ivory | a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses |
| ivory | a black pigment made from grinding burnt ivory in oil |
| ivory | a republic in western Africa on the Gulf of Guinea |
| ivory | the basic unit of money in the Ivory Coast |
| ivory | white arctic gull |
| ivory | nutlike seed of a South American palm |
| ivory | a stemless palm tree of Brazil and Peru bearing ivory nuts |
| ivory | a stemless palm tree of Brazil and Peru bearing ivory nuts |
| ivory | a state of mind that is discussed as if it were a place |
| ivory | tropical Asian tree with hard white wood and bark formerly used as a remedy for dysentery and diarrhea |
| ivory | large black-and-white woodpecker of southern United States and Cuba having an ivory bill |
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