| actinolite | (noun) a green mineral of the amphibole group; calcium magnesium iron silicate | - |
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| aerolite | (noun) a stony meteorite consisting of silicate minerals | - |
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| aliterate | (noun) a person who can read but is disinclined to derive information from literary sources | Synonyms: aliterate person |
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| alliteration | (noun) use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse | Synonyms: beginning rhyme, head rhyme, initial rhyme |
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| alliterator | (noun) a speaker or writer who makes use of alliteration | - |
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| amphibolite | (noun) a metamorphic rock composed chiefly of amphibole and plagioclase | - |
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| anthophyllite | (noun) a dark brown mineral of the amphibole group; magnesium iron silicate | - |
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| antimetabolite | (noun) an antineoplastic drug that inhibits the utilization of a metabolite | - |
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| aplite | (noun) light-colored and fine-grained granitic rock consisting chiefly of quartz and feldspars | - |
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| argillite | (noun) a sedimentary rock differing from shale in being bound by silica and from slate in having no slate cleavages | - |
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| batholite | (noun) large mass of intrusive igneous rock believed to have solidified deep within the earth | Synonyms: batholith, pluton, plutonic rock |
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| carnallite | (noun) a white or reddish mineral consisting of hydrous chlorides of potassium and magnesium; used as a fertilizer and as a source of potassium and magnesium | - |
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| cellulite | (noun) lumpy deposits of body fat especially on women's thighs etc. | - |
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| centiliter | (noun) a metric unit of volume equal to one hundredth of a liter | Synonyms: centilitre, cl |
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| chrysolite | (noun) a brown or yellow-green olivine found in igneous and metamorphic rocks and used as a gemstone | - |
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| copalite | (noun) partly mineralized copal dug from the ground | Synonyms: copaline, fossil copal |
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| coprolite | (noun) fossil excrement; petrified dung | - |
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| cosmopolite | (noun) a sophisticated person who has travelled in many countries | Synonyms: cosmopolitan |
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| cristobalite | (noun) a white mineral consisting of silica; found in volcanic rocks | - |
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| crocolite | (noun) a rare lead chromite mineral that forms bright orange crystals | - |
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| cryolite | (noun) a white mineral consisting of fluorides of aluminum and sodium; a source of fluorine | Synonyms: Greenland spar |
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| crystallite | (noun) any of numerous minute rudimentary crystalline bodies of unknown composition found in glassy igneous rock | - |
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| decaliter | (noun) a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters | Synonyms: dal, decalitre, dekaliter, dekalitre, dkl |
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| deciliter | (noun) a metric unit of volume equal to one tenth of a liter | Synonyms: decilitre, dl |
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| dekaliter | (noun) a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters | Synonyms: dal, decaliter, decalitre, dekalitre, dkl |
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| egalite | (noun) social and political equality | Synonyms: egality |
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| elite | (noun) a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status | Synonyms: elite group |
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| halite | (noun) naturally occurring crystalline sodium chloride | Synonyms: rock salt |
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| hectoliter | (noun) a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 100 liters | Synonyms: hectolitre, hl |
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| illiteracy | (noun) an inability to read | Synonyms: analphabetism |
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| (noun) ignorance resulting from not reading | - |
| illiterate | (noun) a person unable to read | Synonyms: illiterate person, nonreader |
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| impoliteness | (noun) a discourteous manner that ignores accepted social usage | - |
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| kiloliter | (noun) a metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 1000 liters | Synonyms: cubic meter, cubic metre, kilolitre |
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| kimberlite | (noun) a rare type of peridotite that sometimes contains diamonds; found in South Africa and Siberia | - |
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| lepidolite | (noun) a mineral of the mica group; an important source of lithium | - |
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| liter | (noun) a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints) | Synonyms: cubic decimeter, cubic decimetre, l, litre |
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| literacy | (noun) the ability to read and write | - |
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| literal | (noun) a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind | Synonyms: erratum, literal error, misprint, typo, typographical error |
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| literalism | (noun) the doctrine of realistic (literal) portrayal in art or literature | - |
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| (noun) a disposition to interpret statements in their literal sense | - |
| literalness | (noun) adhering to the concrete construal of something | - |
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| literate | (noun) a person who can read and write | Synonyms: literate person |
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| literati | (noun) the literary intelligentsia | - |
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| literature | (noun) the profession or art of a writer | - |
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| (noun) the humanistic study of a body of literature | Synonyms: lit |
| (noun) creative writing of recognized artistic value | - |
| (noun) published writings in a particular style on a particular subject | - |
| marlite | (noun) metamorphic rock with approximately the same composition as marl | Synonyms: marlstone |
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| metabolite | (noun) any substance involved in metabolism (either as a product of metabolism or as necessary for metabolism) | - |
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| milliliter | (noun) a metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter | Synonyms: cc, cubic centimeter, cubic centimetre, mil, millilitre, ml |
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| natrolite | (noun) a group of minerals of the zeolite family consisting of a hydrous silicate of sodium and aluminum | - |
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| nephelite | (noun) a whitish mineral consisting of sodium aluminum silicate or potassium aluminum silicate in crystalline form; used in the manufacture of ceramics and enamels | Synonyms: nepheline |
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| nummulite | (noun) large fossil protozoan of the Tertiary period | - |
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| obliteration | (noun) destruction by annihilating something | Synonyms: annihilation |
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| (noun) the complete destruction of every trace of something | Synonyms: eradication |
| obliterator | (noun) an eliminator that does away with all traces | - |
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| pearlite | (noun) a lamellar mixture of cementite and ferrite formed during the cooling of austenite; a constituent of steel and cast iron | - |
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| politeness | (noun) the act of showing regard for others | Synonyms: civility |
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| (noun) a courteous manner that respects accepted social usage | Synonyms: niceness |
| politesse | (noun) courtesy towards women | Synonyms: chivalry, gallantry |
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| pyrophyllite | (noun) a white or greenish aluminum silicate mineral (resembles talc) | - |
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| rhodolite | (noun) a red or pink variety of garnet used as a gemstone | - |
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| rhyolite | (noun) very acid volcanic rock | - |
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| saprolite | (noun) a deposit of clay and disintegrating rock that is found in its original place | - |
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| satellite | (noun) man-made equipment that orbits around the earth or the moon | Synonyms: artificial satellite, orbiter |
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| (noun) any celestial body orbiting around a planet or star | - |
| (noun) a person who follows or serves another | Synonyms: planet |
| scheelite | (noun) a mineral used as an ore of tungsten | - |
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| sepiolite | (noun) a white clayey mineral | Synonyms: meerschaum |
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| socialite | (noun) a socially prominent person | - |
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| sodalite | (noun) a vitreous mineral consisting of sodium aluminum silicate and sodium chloride in crystalline form; occurs in igneous rocks | - |
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| stylite | (noun) an early Christian ascetic who lived on top of high pillars | - |
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| tachylite | (noun) a basic or basalt glass | - |
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| tantalite | (noun) a mineral consisting of tantalum oxide of iron and manganese that occurs with niobite or in coarse granite; an ore of tantalum | - |
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| textolite | (noun) a laminated composite material used for electrotechnical components, inserts and bearings. | - |
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| theodolite | (noun) a surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and vertical angles, consisting of a small telescope mounted on a tripod | Synonyms: transit |
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| transliteration | (noun) a transcription from one alphabet to another | - |
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| tremolite | (noun) a white or pale green mineral (calcium magnesium silicate) of the amphibole group used as a form of asbestos | - |
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| vermiculite | (noun) any of a group of yellow or brown hydrous silicate minerals having a micaceous structure | - |
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| zeolite | (noun) any of a family of glassy minerals analogous to feldspar containing hydrated aluminum silicates of calcium or sodium or potassium; formed in cavities in lava flows and in plutonic rocks | - |
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