Synonyms of the word

tophus

• n. (medicine) A deposit of monosodium urate crystals in the body, caused by high levels of uric acid in the…

calculus

• n. (dated, countable) Calculation; computation.
• n. (countable, mathematics) Any formal system in which symbolic expressions are manipulated according to…
• n. (uncountable, often definite, the calculus) Differential calculus and integral calculus considered as…
• n. (countable, medicine) A stony concretion that forms in a bodily organ.
• n. (uncountable, dentistry) Deposits of calcium phosphate salts on teeth.
• n. (countable) A decision-making method, especially one appropriate for a specialised realm.

chalkstone

• n. A mass of chalk.
• n. (medicine) A chalk-like concretion, consisting mainly of urate of sodium, found in those affected with…

crust

• n. A more solid, dense or hard layer on a surface or boundary.
• n. The external layer of most types of bread.
• n. An outer layer composed of pastry.
• n. The bread-like base of a pizza.
• n. (geology) The outermost layer of the lithosphere of the Earth.
• n. The shell of crabs, lobsters, etc.
• n. (uncountable) Nerve, gall.
• n. crust punk (a subgenre of punk music).
• v. (transitive) To cover with a crust.
• v. (intransitive) To form a crust.

encrustation

• n. An incrustation.

incrustation

• n. The act of incrusting, or the state of being incrusted.
• n. A crust or hard coating of anything upon or within a body, as a deposit of lime, sediment, etc., from…
• n. A covering or inlaying of marble, mosaic, etc., attached to the masonry by cramp irons or cement.
• n. Anything inlaid or imbedded.

tartar

• n. A red compound deposited during wine making; mostly potassium hydrogen tartrate - a source of cream of…
• n. A hard yellow deposit on the teeth.
• n. (dated) A fearsome or angrily violent person.

urate

• n. (chemistry) Any salt of uric acid.