Collocations withsilver
These are words often used in combination withsilver.
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colloidal silver
Quackwatch states that colloidal silver dietary supplements have not been found safe or effective for the treatment of any condition.
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fine silver
Thus, evil people in the coastal provinces regard minting coin as a lucrative enterprise, mixing lead and copper with fine silver to mint foreign coin.
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gilded silver
It is made of gilded silver and decorated with enamel and table cut gemstones.
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ounce of silver
A spot price for silver is the price for a troy ounce of silver which is 99.9-percent pure, or 999 fine.
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pure silver
Each silver yen, therefore, contains 374.4 grains, or 24.26 grammes of pure silver.
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shiny silver
It is a shiny silver fish with a gold line from head to tail.
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silver atom
Films are "developed" using solutions that reduce silver halides in the presence of free silver atoms.
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silver badge
I still fail to understand the basis upon which the silver badge is granted.
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silver bowl
A silver bowl is taxed as a presentation bowl whether it is silver, wood or anything else.
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silver bullion
At its peak, the premium soared to 30 percent greater than its equivalent in silver bullion.
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silver buttons
The most external one was closed on the front by six large filigreed gold or silver buttons.
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silver chain
A lord mayor carries a symbol of his office—a gold chain or gold and silver chain—which is regarded as an article of personal adornment.
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silver coin
As an example, consider a game played with a silver coin and a gold coin.
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silver cord
Now, the silver cord is loosed, too.
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silver cross
The third class was in the form of a silver cross, enameled in red, and worn suspended from a ribbon on the chest.
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silver cup
I have a pet club in my divsion and, through the schools, competition is held for the annual award of a silver cup.
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silver disc
Its face consists of a very thin fire gilded and contoured silver disc, having a diameter of 58 mm.
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silver ingot
The merchandise and the 1,318,843 pesos of silver ingots it was carrying were taken.
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silver iodide
A strong hot solution of common salt served to stabilize or fix the image by removing the remaining silver iodide.
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silver ion
Another silver ion causes the neighboring group substitution of the benzoate ester to give the oxonium salt (5).
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silver medallion
Others would receive a gold or silver medallion, and others, again, a letter of thanks.
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silver mine
Much of this scrap contains higher levels of gold and silver than is contained in the ore in a gold or silver mine.
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silver mining
A warlike race was developed which was also knowledgeable in metal-working, and gold and silver mining.
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silver object
Pregnant women prayed to it and offered a lot of gold and silver object to it.
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silver ore
What he did know is that the gold and the silver ore samples were from the same vein.
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silver ornaments
He buys more merchandise and more silver ornaments.
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silver print
Early labels were maroon with silver print and then became red with black print.
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silver ring
For example, it could be £50 if they are on the rails, £25 in the main ring, £10 in the silver ring, and so on.
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silver spoon
On each trial, the child was presented with the same 3 objects - a plastic cup, a small ball that fit into the cup, and a large silver spoon.
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silver star
Each fairy came with her own purple brush, a silver star wand and a white base (so each could stand upright).
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silver wire
Measurements in the retinula were made relative to the potential of a chlorided silver wire in the bath.
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solid silver
London silversmiths specialise in solid silver hollow ware.
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