PERTHITE

  

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PERTHITE

Definition: PERTHITE

PERTHITE

Noun

1. A kind of feldspar consisting of a laminated intertexture of albite and orthoclase, usually of different colors.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Note: Perthite \Perth"ite\, noun. [So called from Perth, in canada.]. (Websters 1913)


Specialty Definitions: PERTHITE

DomainDefinitions

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)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: PERTHITE

Specialty definitions using "PERTHITE": myrmekite perthitepyroxene perthite. (references)

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Rhyming with "PERTHITE"

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)

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Anagrams: PERTHITE

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: PERTHITE


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

50 45 52 54 48 49 54 45

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

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