A bituminous coal which softens and becomes pasty or semiviscid when heated. On increasing the heat, the volatile products are driven off, and a coherent, grayish-black, cellular mass of coke is left.

Solid sodium sulfate, a product of various industrial chemical processes.

Any of the genus Clypeaster of echinoderms. See Clypeaster

An Irish confection consisting of a thick layer of fruit-based filling between two thin layers of pastry.

plural of grater cake

A Jamaican dessert made with sliced coconut, ginger and brown sugar.

A Jamaican dessert of grated coconut in a fondant of sugar.

A deep-fried ball of chopped clam and other ingredients.

A flattened, fruit-filled pastry cake, resembling an Eccles cake but less sweet and using shortcrust pastry rather than a flaky kind.

plural of Chorley cake