To unite firmly or closely.
To overlay or coat with cement.
To affix with cement.
To make permanent.
Any material with strong adhesive and cohesive properties such as binding agents, glues, grout.
The paste-like substance resulting from mixing such a powder with water, or the rock-like substance that forms when it dries.
The layer of bone investing the root and neck of a tooth; cementum.
A powdered substance produced by firing (calcining) calcium carbonate (limestone) and clay that develops strong cohesive properties when mixed with water. The main ingredient of concrete.
A bond of union; that which unites firmly, as persons in friendship or in society.
To melt together; to blend; to mix indistinguishably.
To have been protected against overcurrent by its fuse melting away, creating a gap in the wire, thus stopping the circuit from operating.
To liquify by heat; melt.
To furnish with or install a fuse to protect a circuit against overcurrent.
To form a bicyclic compound from two similar or different types of ring such that two or more atoms are shared between the resulting rings
To furnish with or install a fuse to (an explosive device) (see Usage notes for noun above).
To melt together.
A cord that, when lit, conveys the fire to some explosive device.
The mechanism that ignites the charge in an explosive device; a detonator.
A friction match for smokers' use, having a bulbous head which when ignited is not easily blown out even in a gale of wind.
A device to prevent excessive overcurrent from overload or short circuit in an electrical circuit, containing a component that melts and interrupts the current when too high a load is passed through it.
A tendency to lose one's temper.
A kind of match made of paper impregnated with niter and having the usual igniting tip.