BASANITE

Definition: BASANITE

BASANITE

Noun

1. Lydian stone, or black jasper, a variety of siliceous or flinty slate, of a grayish or bluish black color. It is employed to test the purity of gold, the amount of alloy being indicated by the color left on the stone when rubbed by the metal.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Etymology: Basanite \Bas"a*nite\, noun. [Latin expression basanites lapis, Greek the touchstone: compare to the French expression basanite.]. (Websters 1913)

"BASANITE" is a common misspelling or typo for: absented, absentee, aconite, basinet, bassinet, bassinette, beanie.

Domain	Definitions
Mining	A. An extrusive rock composed of calcic plagioclase, augite, olivine, and a feldspathoid (nepheline, leucite, or analcime); essentially, a feldspathoidal olivine basalt. Some basanites have been the source of sapphires or rubies b. A touchstone consisting of flinty jasper or finely crystalline quartzite. Syn:touchstone; Lydian stone. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Basanite is an igneous, volcanic (extrusive) rock, of felsic composition, with aphanitic to porphyritic texture. Mineral assembly is usually abundant feldspathoids and plagioclase, and lesser alkali feldspar. Pyroxenes (clinopyroxenes) and olivines are common accessory minerals. Quartz is absent.

Crosswords: BASANITE

English words defined with "BASANITE": Flinty rock, Flinty state ♦ Lydian stone. (references)

Specialty definitions using "BASANITE": test stone. (references)

"BASANITE" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "BASANITE" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	2	245,945

Words rhyming with "BASANITE" (pronounced 'Bas"a*nite'): Aconite, Alunite, Anthraconite, Antimonite, Aphanite, Aragonite, Arragonite, Axinite, Balanite, Belemnite, Belonite, Bornite, Caledonite, Cancrinite, Colophonite, Conite, Crinite, Cyanite, Dambonite, Ebionite, Echinite, Encrinite, Endosternite, Erinite, Eschynite, Essonite, Euxenite, Exinanite, finite, Galenite, Geocronite, Glauconite, Gymnite, Gyrogonite, Hauynite, Ichnite, indefinite, kainite, Konite, Kyannite, Lanthanite, leptynite, Liroconite, Lomonite, manganite, mannite, Maronite, Meionite, Melaconite, Melanite, Melenite, molybdenite, Munite, Necronite, Nontronite, Ornithichnite, Ornithoidichnite, Otoconite, Paragonite, Pentacrinite, Plagionite, Polianite, Polymnite, Porcelanite, Prefinite, Premunite, Protozoonite, Pycnite, Pyrolignite, Pyroxenite, Retinite, reunite, Rhodocrinite, Sagenite, Saponite, Sauroidichnite, Sienite, Sonnite, Sternite, Stibiconite, stibnite, Succinite, Sulphantimonite, Sulpharsenite, Sunnite, Syenite, Tanite, Thranite, Turbinite, uraninite, Uranite, Urosternite, Vanadinite, Vulpinite, Yenite, Zoonite. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-b-e-i-n-s-t"
	-1 letter: abstain, banties, basinet, entasia, taenias.
	-2 letters: abates, abatis, absent, ansate, binate, sabine, taenia, tenias, tineas, tisane.
	-3 letters: abase, abate, abets, anise, ansae, antae, antas, antes, antis, baits, banes, basin, baste, bates, beans, beast, beats, bents, betas, bines, bints, bites, entia, etnas, inset, nabes, nabis, nates, neats, neist, nites, sabin, saint, satin, senti, stain, stane, stein, tabes, tains, tenia, tinea, tines.
	-4 letters: abas, abet, ains, aits, anas, anes, anis, ansa, anta, ante, anti, ants, asea, ates, baas, bait, bane, bani, bans, base, bast, bate, bats, bean, beat, bens, bent, best, beta, bets, bias, bine, bins, bint, bise, bite, bits, east, eats, etas, etna, isba, nabe, nabs, neat, nebs, nest, nets, nibs, nite, nits, sabe, sain, sane, sate, sati, seat, sent, seta, sine, site, snib, snit, stab, tabs, tain, tans, teas, tens, ties, tine, tins.
	-5 letters: aas, aba, abs, ain, ais, ait, ana, ane, ani, ant, ate, baa, ban, bas, bat, ben, bet, bin, bis, bit, eat, ens, eta, ins, its, nab, nae, neb, net, nib, nit, sab, sae, sat, sea, sei, sen, set, sib, sin, sit, tab, tae, tan, tas, tea, ten, tie, tin, tis.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-b-e-i-n-s-t"
	+1 letter: abstained, abstainer, bastinade, stainable.
	+2 letters: abominates, abstainers, antirabies, banalities, bastinades, blatancies, insatiable, rabbinates.
	+3 letters: aberrations, abnegations, abreactions, alabastrine, bastinadoed, bastinadoes, beauticians, brainteaser, inflatables, interabangs, sustainable, tarnishable, trabeations.
	+4 letters: antiliberals, arbitraments, bearbaitings, bicarbonates, brainteasers, breakfasting, debarkations, distrainable, elaborations, embarkations, habitualness, labiodentals, libertarians, rattlebrains, restrainable, sanctionable, scatterbrain, substantiate, talebearings, trainbearers, unmistakable.
	+5 letters: abbreviations, abnormalities, administrable, amenabilities, analphabetics, analphabetism, antidiabetics, antisubmarine, arbitrariness, ascertainable, balletomanias, bankabilities, bantamweights, cabinetmakers, confiscatable, exacerbations, featherbrains, habitableness, hebraizations, inhabitancies, observational, paleobotanies, paleobotanist, reasonability, rehabilitants, scatterbrains, skateboarding, substantiated, substantiates, transmittable, turbellarians, unsustainable.
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