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Definition: Aventurine |
AventurineNoun1. A translucent quartz spangled with bits of mica or other minerals. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Aventurine \A*ven"tu*rine\, noun. [French expression aventurine: compare to Italian expression avventurino.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Mining | A. A glass containing opaque sparkling particles of foreign material, which is usually copper or chromic oxide. With copper particles, it is called gold aventurine, and with chromic oxide particles, it is called chrome aventurine or green aventurine. A glass containing gold-colored inclusions b. A translucent quartz that is spangled throughout with scales of mica or of some other mineral. Syn:aventurine quartz c. As an adj., having the brilliant spangled appearance of aventurine. Applied esp. to transparent or translucent quartz or feldspar containing shiny inclusions d. A variety of albite with reddish reflections from exsolved hematite incertain planes. See also:goldstone. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: AventurineSynonym: sunstone (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Aventurine |
| English words defined with "aventurine": goldstone. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "aventurine": adventurin, avanturine, aventurescence ♦ Indian jade ♦ Tibet stone. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "aventurine": Venturine. (references) |
Expression using "aventurine": Aventurine feldspar. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
aventurine | 34 |
aventurine bead | 2 |
aventurine stone | 2 |
aventurine moon pendant | 2 |
aventurine glass | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "aventurine"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | aventuringlas. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | aventurijnglas. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | aventuriinilasi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | aventurine. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Aventuringlas, Aventurin. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ύαλος του αβεντουρίνη. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | aventurina. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | aventurineay aventurina. (various references) venturina. (various references) aventuringlas. (various references) авантюрин. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "aventurine": aventurines. (additional references) | |
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"Aventurine" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: adventurine, Adventurline. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "aventurine" (pronounced 'A*ven"tu*rine'): Acarine, Accipitrine, Alabastrine, Amarine, Antipyrine, Austrine, Banjorine, Biforine, Calcarine, Cancrine, Caprine, Cedrine, Chelerythrine, Chlorine, Cinnabarine, Colubrine, Conhydrine, Conyrine, Curarine, Dasyurine, Escharine, Fibrine, figurine, Fluvio-marine, Fumarine, Furfurine, gregarine, latrine, Leporine, margarine, marine, Meleagrine, Myrmotherine, Neurine, Nigrine, Nodosarine, Oleandrine, Oleomargarine, Ouarine, Palustrine, Papyrine, Pebrine, Petrine, Petrostearine, Piprine, Polverine, Pomarine, Pyrethrine, Rine, Salamandrine. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-i-n-n-r-t-u-v" | |
-1 letter: innervate. | |
-2 letters: inventer, reinvent, revenant, venetian. | |
-3 letters: aneurin, arenite, entrain, innerve, interne, naivete, nervate, nervine, neurine, retinae, retinue, reunite, ruinate, taurine, trainee, uneaten, unnerve, uranite, urinate, uterine, vaunter, vauntie, venture, venturi, veteran, vintner. | |
-4 letters: auntie, avenue, entera, entire, envier, inaner, innate, intern, inturn, invent, invert, naiver, narine, native, nature, neaten, neater, neuter, nutria, ratine. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-i-n-n-r-t-u-v" | |
+1 letter: aventurines. | |
+2 letters: rejuvenating, rejuvenation, renunciative. | |
+3 letters: intravenouses, rejuvenations. | |
+4 letters: outmaneuvering. | |
+5 letters: ultraconvenient, undemonstrative, voluntarinesses. | |
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