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61Production design of The Lord of the Rings film trilogy — The Lord of the Rings film trilogy began its production design in August 1997. Peter Jackson required complete realism and plausibility in his vision of Middle earth, and hired Weta Workshop to create the various pieces of armour, weapons,… …
62corrosive — 1. adjective a) Eating away; having the power of gradually wearing, hanging, or destroying the texture or substance of a body; as the corrosive action of an acid. b) Having the quality of fretting or vexing. See Also: corrosively …
63absorption — Synonyms and related words: Walter Mitty, ablation, absence of mind, absentmindedness, absorbed attention, absorbency, absorbent, abstractedness, abstraction, adsorbent, adsorption, application, assimilation, attrition, bemusement, bile, blotter …
64assimilation — Synonyms and related words: Americanization, Anschluss, ablation, about face, absorbency, absorbent, absorption, accommodation, accordance, acculturation, adaptation, addition, adjustment, admissibility, admission, adoption, adsorbent, adsorption …
65digestion — Synonyms and related words: ablation, absorbency, absorbent, absorption, adsorbent, adsorption, assimilation, attrition, bile, blending, blotter, blotting, blotting paper, burning up, chemisorption, chemosorption, consumption, depletion,… …
66dressing — Synonyms and related words: Ace bandage, Band Aid, ablation, abrasion, abrasive, adhesive tape, ammonia, apparel, application, array, ass reaming, attire, attrition, band, bandage, bandaging, bawling out, bedizenment, binder, brace, buffing,… …
67finishing — Synonyms and related words: ablation, absorption, assimilation, attrition, burning up, capping, close, closing, completing, completion, completive, completory, concluding, conclusion, conclusive, consummative, consummatory, consumption, crowning …
68grinding — Synonyms and related words: ablation, ablative, abradant, abrasion, abrasive, absolute, absolutist, absolutistic, application, arbitrary, aristocratic, arrogant, atomization, attrition, attritive, authoritarian, authoritative, autocratic, beating …
69ingestion — Synonyms and related words: ablation, absorption, appetite, assimilation, attrition, bile, burning up, cannibalism, carnivorism, carnivority, carnivorousness, chewing, consumption, cropping, deglutition, depletion, devouring, devourment, dieting …
70friction — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I n. rubbing (see friction); conflict, discord. II Rubbing together Nouns 1. friction, attrition, rubbing; frication, confrication, abrasion; sanding, sandpapering, sandblasting, erosion, limation, rub,… …
