crystalline
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Instead of transforming into another crystalline phase before melting, the carbon kept its diamond structure all the way to the liquid state.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026
The unshowy dedication to craft is a marvel, and so is much else in this crystalline little film.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Its saltiness and nuttiness made perfect sense with the romesco, but I realized I wanted foldiness rather than crystalline hunks.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026
That’s a smile piece, too, although Ono looks all business holding a crystalline hammer on the catalog cover photo.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
He had handed over to her all the good crystalline DNA used in his original work and had agreed to confine his studies to other DNA, which he afterward found did not crystallize.
From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson
Vocabulary lists containing crystalline
Earth Science - Middle School
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Structure and Properties of Matter - Middle School
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Rocks and Minerals - Introductory
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