WADS

noun

1. An amorphous, compact mass.
2. A substantial pile (normally of money).
3. A soft plug or seal, particularly as used between the powder and pellets in a shotgun cartridge, or earlier on the charge of a muzzleloader or cannon.

noun

1. Plumbago, graphite.
2. Any black manganese oxide or hydroxide mineral rich rock in the oxidized zone of various ore deposits.