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  • Iron: a silver-white malleable ductile magnetic heavy metallic element that readily rusts in moist air, occurs in pure form in meteorites and combined in most igneous rocks
    noun. Pupils also received vitamin A and iron supplements.
  • Leather:the largest existing sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) distinguished by its flexible carapace composed of a mosaic of small bones embedded in a thick leathery skin
    noun.The model included special paint and leather interior
  • Corn: the grain of a cereal grass that is the primary crop of a region
    noun (1), often attributive. It's full of chemicals transfats and hard-pour corn.
  • Silk: a fine continuous protein fiber produced by various insect larvae usually for cocoons
    noun, often attributive. Ophelia... leaves sudden in silk.
  • Oat: any of several grasses.
    noun, often attributive. With honey oat bread, please.
  • Wheat: a cereal grain that yields a fine white flour used chiefly in breads, baked goods (such as cakes and crackers), and pastas (such as macaroni or spaghetti), and is important in animal feeds
    noun, often attributive. The wheat harvest met nearly all domestic needs.
  • Coal: a piece of glowing carbon or charred wood
    noun, often attributive. Work with exposure to coal dust.
  • Crude oil: petroleum as it occurs naturally, as it comes from an oil well, or after extraneous substances (as entrained water, gas, and minerals) have been removed
    noun. That ship's holding almost a million barrels of crude oil.
  • Sunlight: the light of the sun
    noun. Deep disk-shaped sun-breaker elements filter incoming sunlight.
  • Pea: a variable annual Eurasian vine (Pisum sativum) of the legume family that is cultivated especially for its rounded smooth or wrinkled edible protein-rich seeds
    noun, often attributive. It's spring squash with pea shoots and tomatoes.
  • Animal products: Are products of animal origin
    noun. They are also incomplete as regards processed animal products.
  • Gem: a precious or sometimes semiprecious stone cut and polished for ornament.
    noun. Little gem of the citrus family.
  • Barley: a cereal grass (genus Hordeum and especially H. vulgare) having the flowers in dense spikes with long awns and three spikelets at each joint of the rachis
    noun. Barley in rich countries is practically dedicated to animal consumption.
  • Wool: the soft wavy or curly usually thick undercoat of various hairy mammals and especially the sheep made up of a matrix of keratin fibers and covered with minute scales
    noun, often attributive. Lying on beds of colored wool and cotton.
  • squash: o press or beat into a pulp or a flat mass.
    verb. Last post I wrote about stuffing squash.
  • Honey: a sweet viscid material elaborated out of the nectar of flowers in the honey sac of various bees.
    noun. We even increased their honey yield by breeding.
  • Mineral Products: means things produced and prepared in a marketable state by simple treatment processes
    noun. Canada has always been a major exporter of mineral products.
  • Chickpea: an Asian herb (Cicer arietinum) of the legume family cultivated for its short pods with one or two seeds
    noun. I would have preferred a chickpea or a cherry tomato.
  • Timber: growing trees or their wood
    noun. The sanctions on timber are generally effective.
  • Soil: the upper layer of earth that may be dug or plowed and in which plants grow
    verb. Better penetration depths in all soil conditions due to powerful engines.