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| destructive distillation |
the heating of a substance such as wood or coal with minimal exposure to air, to produce useful byproducts. |
| earth-friendly |
of or pertaining to a product or process that causes minimal harm to the environment. |
| eco-friendly |
designed to cause minimal damage to the environment. |
| environmentally-friendly |
of or pertaining to a product or process that causes minimal harm to the environment. |
| environmentally-responsible |
of or pertaining to actions that cause minimal harm to the environment. [1/2 definitions] |
| low-impact |
of or relating to a form of physical exercise that puts minimal stress on the body, esp. upon the joints. [2 definitions] |
| phoneme |
in linguistics, any of the minimal units of sound that are part of the sound system of any language. |
| planet-friendly |
of or pertaining to a product or process that causes minimal harm to the environment. |
| plateau |
a period or state of stability or minimal change. [2/3 definitions] |
| subminimal |
combined form of minimal. |
| taxeme |
any of the minimal features in grammatical construction, such as word selection, word order, or phonetic modification. |
| token |
slight or minimal; not substantial. [2/8 definitions] |
| tokenism |
the policy or practice of making only minimal or symbolic efforts to achieve some social or political goal such as racial integration or sex equality. |
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