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Definition: PERTHITE |
PERTHITENoun1. A kind of feldspar consisting of a laminated intertexture of albite and orthoclase, usually of different colors. |
Note: Perthite \Perth"ite\, noun. [So called from Perth, in canada.]. (Websters 1913) |
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Mining | A variety of alkali feldspar consisting of parallel or subparallel intergrowths in which the potassium-rich phase (commonly microcline) appears to be the host from which the sodium-rich phase (commonly albite) exsolved; such exsolved areas may be visible to the naked eye, typically forming strings, lamellae, blebs, films, or irregular veinlets; where texture is invisible to the eye but can be resolved with a microscope, itis microperthite. CF:antiperthite; cryptoperthite; microperthite. (references) |
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Crosswords: PERTHITE |
| Specialty definitions using "PERTHITE": myrmekite perthite ♦ pyroxene perthite. (references) |
| Words rhyming with "PERTHITE" (pronounced 'Perth"ite'): Arkite, Arsenopyrite, Braunite, Bronzite, Brookite, Brushite, Cabrerite, Chalcopyrite, Composite, Congenite, Cordite, Cushite, Danite, gahnite, Gibbsite, Glassite, Gnathite, graphite, Hicksite, Hussite, jadeite, Linarite, Linnaeite, Lyddite, marlite, Melanochroite, Miascite, Moroxite, Nerite, Petzite, Prehnite, Priceite, Protomerite, Pyrite, Quartzite, ratite, Scaphite, scheelite, Semite, Servite, sporozoite, Struvite, Turfite, Voltzite, Zincite, Zoisite. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: tephrite. | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-h-i-p-r-t-t" | |
-1 letter: epithet, pettier, prithee. | |
-2 letters: either, hitter, petite, petter, tether, threep, tither. | |
-3 letters: ether, ither, peter, petit, petti, retie, teeth, their, there, three, thrip, titer, tithe, titre, tripe, trite. | |
-4 letters: heir, here, hire, peer, peri, pert, pier, pith, pree, rete, ripe, rite, teth, thee, thir, tier, tire, tree, tret, trip. | |
-5 letters: ere, eth, hep, her, het. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-h-i-p-r-t-t" | |
+1 letter: tephrites. | |
+2 letters: ciphertext. | |
+3 letters: ciphertexts, heterotopic, heterotypic, parenthetic, paresthetic, therapeutic, trusteeship. | |
+4 letters: amphitheater, extrahepatic, photometries, pteridophyte, telegraphist, therapeutics, trusteeships. | |
+5 letters: amphitheaters, enteropathies, herpetologist, heterotrophic, hyperesthetic, hypereutectic, parenthetical, photoelectric, preanesthetic, pteridophytes, retinopathies, telegraphists. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 45 52 54 48 49 54 45 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. . .-. - .... .. - . |
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