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LABRADORITE

Definition: LABRADORITE

LABRADORITE

Noun

1. A kind of feldspar commonly showing a beautiful play of colors, and hence much used for ornamental purposes. The finest specimens come from Labrador. See Feldspar.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 



Specialty Definitions: LABRADORITE

DomainDefinitions

Industry

A mineral consisting of a plagioclase feldspar and which commonly shows a beautiful play of colours. Source: European Union. (references)

Mining

A triclinic mineral, (Ca,Na)[(Al,Si)AlSi2 O8 ] ; CaAl 70 to 50 mol % and NaSi 30 to 50 mol %; plagioclase series of the feldspar group; a common rock-forming mineral in basalt, gabbro, and anorthosite;also in hornfels and siliceous marble. (references)

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

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Crosswords: LABRADORITE

English words defined with "LABRADORITE": Labrador feldsparNorite. (references)
Specialty definitions using "LABRADORITE": anorthositebanakitecamptonitehighwooditeilmenititeLabrador moonstone, lavialite, lynx eyeorthoclase gabbroshoshonite. (references)

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: LABRADORITE

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

labradorite

75

labradorite jewelry

16

labradorite silver jewelry

8

labradorite sphere

4

labradorite ring

4

labradorite pendant

4

labradorite stone

3

labradorite bracelet

3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: LABRADORITE

Language Translations for "LABRADORITE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

飞白石. (various references)

   

Danish

  

labrador (Labrador spar, Labrador stone). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

labradoriet (Labrador spar, Labrador stone), labrador (Labrador spar, Labrador stone). (various references)

   

French

  

labradorite (Labrador spar, Labrador stone), labrador (labrador, Labrador spar, Labrador stone). (various references)

   

German

  

Labradorit (Labrador spar, Labrador stone), Labrador (Labrador spar, Labrador stone). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

λαβραδόριο (Labrador spar, Labrador stone). (various references)

   

Italian

  

labradorite (Labrador spar, Labrador stone). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

abradoritelay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

labradorite (Labrador spar, Labrador stone). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

labradorita (Labrador spar, Labrador stone, moonstone). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: LABRADORITE

Derivations

Words beginning with "LABRADORITE": labradorites. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "LABRADORITE"

Words rhyming with "LABRADORITE" (pronounced 'Lab"ra*dor`ite'): Ekebergite, Salicylite. (additional references)

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Anagrams: LABRADORITE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-b-d-e-i-l-o-r-r-t"

-1 letter: bardolater.

-2 letters: broadtail, liberator, tailboard.

-3 letters: adorable, adroiter, arbitral, arboreal, arboreta, arterial, idolater, labiated, laborite, labrador, larboard, lariated, librated, radiable, radiator, railroad, retailor, tailored, teaboard, tradable, trilobed.

-4 letters: ablated, aborted, aborter, abrader, aerator, aerobia, airboat, airdate, arbiter, arbored, areolar, bedrail, bloated, bloater, boarder, borated, braider, brailed, bridler, broader, broider, broiled, broiler, dariole, datable, delator, deorbit, dilater, dilator, driblet, labiate, labored, laborer, labroid, lardier, laterad, leotard, librate, lobated, orbital, orbited, orbiter, radiale, radiate, rarebit, ratable, realtor, reboard, redbait, redtail, relator, retrial, ridable, tabloid, tabored, taborer, tardier, tarried, tiaraed, trailed, trailer, triable, tribade.

-5 letters: abated, abater, abator, abelia, abider, ablate, aboard, aboral, abrade, abroad, adorer, adroit, aerial, airted, alated, albedo, albeit, albite, alodia, aortae, aortal, arable, areola, arider, ariled, arroba, artier, atrial, bailed, bailer, bailor, baited, baiter, balder, barite, barred, barrel, barret, barrio, barter, birder, birled, birler, birred, blared, boated, boatel, boater, boiled, boiler, bolder, boleti, bolide, bolted, bolter, borate, bordel, border, boreal, boride, briard, bridal, bridle, darter, dartle, debtor, derail, detail, dialer, dilate, doable, dotier, editor, eidola, errata, iodate, irater, irreal, labret, laired, larder, lariat, latria, librae, loader, lobate, loiter, obelia, oblate, orated, orbier, ordeal, rabato, radial, raider, railed, railer, realia, rebait, rebato, reboil, redial, relaid, reload, retail, retard, retial, retold, retral, rialto, ribald, riblet, rioted, rioter, ritard, roadie, roared, roiled, tabard, tabled, tailed, tailer, tailor, tarred, terbia, tirade, tirled, toiled, toiler, torrid, trader, tribal, triode.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-b-d-e-i-l-o-r-r-t"
 

+1 letter: bardolatries, labradorites.

 

+2 letters: particleboard.

 

+3 letters: particleboards.

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

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Alternative Orthography: LABRADORITE


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

4C 41 42 52 41 44 4F 52 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)

.-..    .-    -...    .-.    .-    -..    ---    .-.    ..    -    .

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

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001100 01000001 01000010 01010010 01000001 01000100 01001111 01010010 01001001 01010100 01000101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#76 &#65 &#66 &#82 &#65 &#68 &#79 &#82 &#73 &#84 &#69

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004C 0041 0042 0052 0041 0044 004F 0052 0049 0054 0045

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4635365235384952435439

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Expressions: Internet
4. Translations: Modern
5. Derivations
6. Rhymes
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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