almandite | (noun) a deep red garnet consisting of iron aluminum silicate | Synonyms: almandine |
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andradite | (noun) a garnet consisting of calcium iron silicate and having any color ranging from yellow and green to brown and black; used as gemstone | - |
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argyrodite | (noun) a rare steel-grey mineral consisting of silver and germanium and sulfur | - |
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cordite | (noun) explosive powder (nitroglycerin and guncotton and petrolatum) dissolved in acetone and dried and extruded in brown cords | - |
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erudite | (adjective) having or showing profound knowledge | Synonyms: learned |
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expedite | (verb) speed up the progress of; facilitate | Synonyms: hasten |
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(verb) process fast and efficiently | - |
extradite | (verb) hand over to the authorities of another country | Synonyms: deliver, deport |
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hermaphrodite | (adjective) of animal or plant; having both male female reproductive organs | Synonyms: hermaphroditic |
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(noun) one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made | Synonyms: androgyne, epicene, epicene person, gynandromorph, intersex |
heulandite | (noun) a group of minerals of the zeolite family consisting of a hydrous aluminum silicate of sodium and calcium | - |
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indite | (verb) produce a literary work | Synonyms: compose, pen, write |
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pentlandite | (noun) a mineral (iron and nickel sulphide) that is the chief ore of nickel | - |
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pseudohermaphrodite | (adjective) having internal reproductive organs of one sex and external sexual characteristics of the other sex | Synonyms: pseudohermaphroditic |
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(noun) someone having external genitalia of one sex and internal sex organs of the other sex; not a true hermaphrodite because there is no ambiguity in the sex of the external genitalia and hence no question about gender at birth | - |
recondite | (adjective) difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge | Synonyms: abstruse, deep |
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zinnwaldite | (noun) a mica containing iron and lithium | - |
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