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Definition: APOPHYLLITE |
APOPHYLLITENoun1. A mineral relating to the zeolites, usually occurring in square prisms or octahedrons with pearly luster on the cleavage surface. It is a hydrous silicate of calcium and potassium. |
Etymology: Apophyllite \A*poph"yl*lite\, noun. [Prefix apo- Greek expression leaf; so called from its foliated structure or easy cleavage.]. (Websters 1913) |
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Mining | A mineral group, 2[KFCa4 (Si8 O20 ).8H2 O] (fluorapophyllite) with F replaced by (OH) (hydroxyapophyllite) and K replaced by Na (natroapophyllite); occurs in square micaceous crystals assecondary minerals in cavities in igneous rocks. Syn:fisheye stone. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: APOPHYLLITE |
| English words defined with "APOPHYLLITE": Ichthyophthalmite. (references) |
| 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 |
apophyllite | 5 |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "APOPHYLLITE": apophyllites. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "APOPHYLLITE" (pronounced 'A*poph"yl*lite'): Aciculite, Aerolite, Agalmatolite, Ampelite, Antholite, Anthophyllite, Anthropolite, Arenicolite, Argillite, Asterophyllite, Baculite, Blite, Botryolite, Byssolite, Carnallite, Carpolite, Cerolite, Chesterlite, Chiastolite, Chrysolite, Coccolite, Coprolite, Corallite, Crocidolite, Cryolite, Crystallite, Danalite, Datolite, Daubreelite, Embolite, Fibrolite, Foralite, Francolite, Frost-blite, Globulite, halite, Homilite, impolite, Krokidolite, Kryolite, Lherzolite, Lithiophilite, Longulite, Lucullite, Lunulite, Malacolite, Marmolite, Melilite, Mellite, Menilite. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-h-i-l-l-o-p-p-t-y" | |
-2 letters: haplotype, papillote, philately, popliteal. | |
-3 letters: allotype, lyophile, oppilate, phyllite, politely. | |
-4 letters: aliyoth, epitaph, haplite, happily, hilltop, hoplite, hyalite, laithly, lithely, loathly, platypi, playlet, tallyho, taphole. | |
-5 letters: aliyot, alphyl, aplite, eolith, halite, hallot, hilloa, holily, hopple, hyetal, lappet, laptop, lately, lealty, lethal, loathe, ophite, opiate, palely, pallet, pelota, peyotl, phalli, phylae, phyllo, phytol, piolet, polite. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-h-i-l-l-o-p-p-t-y" | |
+1 letter: apophyllites. | |
+2 letters: prophetically. | |
+3 letters: phenotypically. | |
+5 letters: petrographically, polyphyletically. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 50 4F 50 48 59 4C 4C 49 54 45 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- .--. --- .--. .... -.--. .-.. .-.. .. - . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01010000 01001111 01010000 01001000 01011001 01001100 01001100 01001001 01010100 01000101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A P O P H Y L L I T E |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0050 004F 0050 0048 0059 004C 004C 0049 0054 0045 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3550495042594646435439 |
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