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Definitions: ERYTHRITE |
ERYTHRITENoun1. A rose-red mineral, crystallized and earthy, a hydrous arseniate of cobalt, known also as cobalt bloom; -- called also erythrin or erythrine. 2. A colorless crystalline substance, C4H6.(OH)4, of a sweet, cooling taste, extracted from certain lichens, and obtained by the decomposition of erythrin; -- called also erythrol, erythroglucin, erythromannite, pseudorcin, cobalt bloom, and under the name phycite obtained from the alga Protococcus vulgaris. It is a tetrabasic alcohol, corresponding to glycol and glycerin. |
Etymology: Erythrite \E*ryth"rite\, noun. [from Greek expression 'eryqro`s red.]. (Websters 1913) |
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Chemistry | Red or pink mineral; it is isomorphous with annabergite, and may contain some nickel; occurs in monoclinic crystals, in globular and reniform masses, or in earthy forms as a weathering product of cobalt ores in the upper(oxidised)part of veins. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A monoclinic mineral, 2[Co3 (AsO4 )2 .8H2 O] ; forms a series with annbergite and with hoernesite; occurs in soft pink to crimson crystals, globular or reniform masses, or earthy encrustations as a weathering product of cobalt ores in the oxidized parts of nickel-arsenic-silver-bearing veins; used as ore indicator for cobalt and possibly silver. Syn:erythrinecobalt ocher; peachblossom ore. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: ERYTHRITE |
| English words defined with "ERYTHRITE": Erythrine ♦ Phycite ♦ Roselite. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "ERYTHRITE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | koboltblomst (cobalt bloom, cobalt ocher, erythrine, peachblossom ore, red cobalt). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | erythriet (cobalt bloom, cobalt ocher, erythrine, peachblossom ore, red cobalt). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | erytriini (cobalt bloom, cobalt ocher, erythrine, peachblossom ore, red cobalt). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | fleur de cobalt (erythrine), érythrinol (erythrine), érythrine (erythrine). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Kobaltblüte (cobalt bloom, cobalt ocher, erythrine, peachblossom ore, red cobalt). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ερυθρίτης (cobalt bloom, cobalt ocher, erythrine, peachblossom ore, red cobalt), άνθος κοβαλτίου (cobalt bloom, cobalt ocher, erythrine, peachblossom ore, red cobalt). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | erythriteay eritrina (cobalt bloom, cobalt ocher, erythrine, peachblossom ore, red cobalt), flor de cobalto (cobalt bloom, cobalt ocher, erythrine, peachblossom ore, red cobalt). (various references) eritrita (cobalt bloom, cobalt ocher, erythrine, peachblossom ore, red cobalt), flor de cobalto (cobalt bloom, cobalt ocher, erythrine, peachblossom ore, red cobalt). (various references) erytrin (cobalt bloom, cobalt ocher, erythrine, peachblossom ore, red cobalt), koboltblomma (cobalt bloom, cobalt ocher, erythrine, peachblossom ore, red cobalt). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "ERYTHRITE": erythrites. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "ERYTHRITE" (pronounced 'E*ryth"rite'): Abderite, Acrite, Aphrite, Artotyrite, Calaverite, Condurrite, Endopleurite, Eucairite, hypochlorite, Ischiocerite, Kerite, Laurite, nephrite, Norite, ozocerite, Picrite, Pleurite, Porite, Quirite, Scaphocerite, sclerite, Tephrite, thorite, Urite, Vitrite, Yttro-cerite. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-h-i-r-r-t-t-y" | |
-3 letters: either, hitter, rehire, retire, ritter, terret, territ, tether, thirty, tither, triter. | |
-4 letters: ether, eyrie, eyrir, herry, hirer, ither, retie, retry, teeth, terry, their, there, three, titer, tithe, titre, trier, trite, tythe, yirth. | |
-5 letters: eery, eyer, eyre, heir, here, hire, hyte, rete, rite, teth, thee, they, thir, tier, tire, tree, tret, trey, tyee, tyer. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-h-i-r-r-t-t-y" | |
+1 letter: erythrites. | |
+5 letters: erythropoietic, erythropoietin, heterokaryotic, hyperkeratotic, petrochemistry. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 52 59 54 48 52 49 54 45 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references). .-. -.--. - .... .-. .. - . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01010010 01011001 01010100 01001000 01010010 01001001 01010100 01000101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E R Y T H R I T E |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 0052 0059 0054 0048 0052 0049 0054 0045 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)395259544252435439 |
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