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PRONUNCIATION OF FULLER'S EARTH

fuller's earth play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FULLER'S EARTH

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Fuller's earth is a noun.
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WHAT DOES FULLER'S EARTH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Fuller's earth

Fuller's earth is any clay material that has the capability to decolorize oil or other liquids without chemical treatment. Fuller's earth typically consists of palygorskite or bentonite. Modern uses of Fuller's earth include absorbents for oil, grease, and animal waste and as a carrier for pesticides and fertilizers. Minor uses include filtering, clarifying, and decolorizing; and as filler in paint, plaster, adhesives, and pharmaceuticals.

Definition of fuller's earth in the English dictionary

The definition of fuller's earth in the dictionary is a natural absorbent clay used, after heating, for decolorizing oils and fats, fulling cloth, etc.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FULLER'S EARTH

full-sized
full-strength
full-term
full-throated
full-time
full-timer
full-wave rectifier
fullage
fullback
fuller
fuller´s teasel
fullerene
fulleride
fullering tool
fullerite
fullery
fullish
fullness
fully
fully fashioned

WORDS THAT END LIKE FULLER'S EARTH

alkaline earth
Barth
black earth
brown earth
come back to earth
cost the earth
dearth
diatomaceous earth
down-to-earth
earth
hearth
heavy earth
move heaven and earth
on earth
potter´s earth
rare earth
red earth
run to earth
salt of the earth
underearth
unearth

Synonyms and antonyms of fuller's earth in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «fuller's earth» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FULLER'S EARTH

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Translator English - Chinese

漂白土
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tierra de batán
570 millions of speakers

English

fuller´s earth
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

फुलर की धरती
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الأرض فولر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

фуллерова земля
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

terra mais cheia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ফুলার এর পৃথিবী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

la terre à foulon
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bumi penuh
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Fullererde
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

フラー土
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

백토
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bumi sing luwih lengkap
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đất để chuội
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

முழு பூமி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फुलर पृथ्वी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Dolgun toprak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

terra di Fuller
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ziemia fulerska
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

фуллерова земля
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pământ Fuller
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πλυντρίδα γη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Fuller´s Earth
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kiselgur
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Fullers jord
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FULLER'S EARTH»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about fuller's earth

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FULLER'S EARTH»

Discover the use of fuller's earth in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to fuller's earth and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Fuller's Earth: A Day With Buckminster Fuller and the Kids
The book that resulted provides the most straightforward exposition of his radical world view and a loveable personal portrait.
Richard Buckminster Fuller, Richard J. Brenneman, 2009
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The Diffusion of Crude Petroleum Through Fuller's Earth
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Oscar Ellis Bransky, 2011
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Industrial Minerals & Rocks: Commodities, Markets, and Uses
INTRODUCTION Fuller's earth is a general term for industrially versatile smectite or palygorskite-sepiolite clays (hormites) with high surface area and strong sorptive, binding, gelling, thickening, or decolorizing ability. Fuller's earth has been in ...
Jessica Elzea Kogel, 2006
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Surface Mining
Fuller's Earth: Published reports give rather confusing accounts of the discovery of fuller's earth in the United States. Several state that fuller's earth was discovered in this country in 1893 near Quincy, FL, by the Owl Commercial Co.
B. A. Kennedy, Bruce A. Kennedy, Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration (U.S.), 1990
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The Geology of England and Wales
yielded a commercial fuller's earth (i.e. a clay with the properties of adsorbing oil). Nowhere on the coast is the middle part of this formation exposed and only the upper and lower parts are known; boreholes have proved a maximum thickness ...
P. J. Brenchley, Peter Franklin Rawson, 2006
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Clay Materials Used in Construction
George M. Reeves, Ian Sims, J. C. Cripps. Fuller's Earth Fuller's Earth is a sedimentary clay rich in calcium smectite (calcium montmorillonite). a highly plastic clay mineral derived from altered volcanic ash. Historically, it has been described as ...
George M. Reeves, Ian Sims, J. C. Cripps, 2006
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U.S. Geological Survey professional paper
Vernon (1942) revived the original term Tampa Formation because the Tampa consists of sand, silt, marl, subordinate limestone, and fuller's earth down- dip. In the present report the name Tampa Limestone is used. The Tampa Limestone is  ...
Geological Survey (U.S.), 1966
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Geological Survey Professional Paper
Georgia, and Mississippi are the major fuller's earth-producing States. Bentonite production data (fig. 14) are available for only 40 years because before 1930 they were included in the miscellaneous- clay category. The production data for ...
‎1973
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Bulletin
the strata forming an irregular band that borders most of the streams. The following description is quoted from Sellards and Gunter's account " of the fuller's earth of Gadsden County : Along Little River and its tributaries, Quincy, Willacoochee, ...
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The Athenaeum: A Magazine of Literary and Miscellaneous ...
The surface soil is a sandy loam, under which is a thin stratum of sandstone, to which succeeds a stratum of what is locally termed shravey* earth ; being a mixture of friable sand-stone, ochreous clay, and fuller's-earth, and immediately under ...
John Aikin, 1809

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FULLER'S EARTH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term fuller's earth is used in the context of the following news items.
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Look good, feel great: 5 must try beauty products
With Fuller's earth and clay, it cleanses and absorbs excess oil from the face, while sandalwood cools the skin. Rs 375; jaypore.com. Day Care: With pollution ... «Wonder Woman, Jul 15»
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Beauty Fix: Anti-acne DIY Face Mask
“Mix Multani Mitti (Fuller's Earth) with equal portions of lemon juice and orange juice and apply all over the face. Multani Mitti effectively controls ... «Verve Magazine, Jul 15»
3
Try homemade scrubs during monsoon
Make a paste by mixing sandalwood powder in orange peel and Fuller's Earth (multani mitti). The paste will help in exfoliating dead skin cells, ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
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This monsoon protect yourself from these five common infections
Some desi home remedies for ringworm are multani mitti or fuller's earth paste. Besan or gram flour and dahi paste with a pinch of haldi," Dr ... «Hindustan Times, Jun 15»
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Hair and skin care guide for monsoon
A paste of multani mitti (Fuller's Earth) and water helps attend to this issue. Apply the paste over affected areas and have a cold bath after it ... «Indiantelevision.com, Jun 15»
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Attapulgite Market Segment Forecasts Up to 2020,Research Reports …
Attapulgite is a type of clay mineral that is found naturally and belongs to the family of minerals that includes fuller's earth. It exhibits typical ... «Digital Journal, Jun 15»
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Raising a glass with Cicely Elliott-Berry
... which means vanilla from Madagascar and water from Cleeve Hill in Cheltenham, where it runs through naturally occurring Fuller's Earth. «SoGlos.com, Jun 15»
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Now, remove unwanted body hair with these DIY home remedies
"Make a granular paste of masoor daal (pulse) and add some honey, sandalwood powder, multani mitti (fuller's earth) and apply all over the ... «Hindustan Times, Jun 15»
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DIY Natural Home Remedies for Body Hair Removal
“Make a granular paste of masoor daal, and add some honey, sandalwood powder and multani mitti (fuller's earth), and apply it all over the skin ... «India West, Jun 15»
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Get that glow
You can also use face-packs made from Fuller's earth or sandalwood powder, to get rid of excess oil and loosen blackheads. Hormonal ... «Chandigarh Tribune, May 15»

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