Barley: a cereal grass (genus Hordeum and especially H. vulgare) having the flowers in dense spikes with long awns and three spikelets at each joint of the rachis
noun. Barley in rich countries is practically dedicated to animal consumption.
Chickpea: an Asian herb (Cicer arietinum) of the legume family cultivated for its short pods with one or two seeds
noun. I would have preferred a chickpea or a cherry tomato.
Coal: a piece of glowing carbon or charred wood
noun, often attributive. Work with exposure to coal dust.
Corn: the grain of a cereal grass that is the primary crop of a region
noun (1), often attributive. It's full of chemicals transfats and hard-pour corn.
Crude oil: petroleum as it occurs naturally, as it comes from an oil well, or after extraneous substances (as entrained water, gas, and minerals) have been removed
noun. That ship's holding almost a million barrels of crude oil.
Gem: a precious or sometimes semiprecious stone cut and polished for ornament.
noun. Little gem of the citrus family.
Honey: a sweet viscid material elaborated out of the nectar of flowers in the honey sac of various bees.
noun. We even increased their honey yield by breeding.
Iron: a silver-white malleable ductile magnetic heavy metallic element that readily rusts in moist air, occurs in pure form in meteorites and combined in most igneous rocks
noun. Pupils also received vitamin A and iron supplements.
Leather:the largest existing sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) distinguished by its flexible carapace composed of a mosaic of small bones embedded in a thick leathery skin
noun.The model included special paint and leather interior
Oat: any of several grasses.
noun, often attributive. With honey oat bread, please.
Pea: a variable annual Eurasian vine (Pisum sativum) of the legume family that is cultivated especially for its rounded smooth or wrinkled edible protein-rich seeds
noun, often attributive. It's spring squash with pea shoots and tomatoes.
Silk: a fine continuous protein fiber produced by various insect larvae usually for cocoons
noun, often attributive. Ophelia... leaves sudden in silk.
Soil: the upper layer of earth that may be dug or plowed and in which plants grow
verb. Better penetration depths in all soil conditions due to powerful engines.
squash: o press or beat into a pulp or a flat mass.
verb. Last post I wrote about stuffing squash.
Sunlight: the light of the sun
noun. Deep disk-shaped sun-breaker elements filter incoming sunlight.
Timber: growing trees or their wood
noun. The sanctions on timber are generally effective.
