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PHENACITE

Definition: PHENACITE

PHENACITE

Noun

1. A glassy colorless mineral occurring in rhombohedral crystals, sometimes used as a gem. It is a silicate of glucina, and receives its name from its deceptive similarity to quartz.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Phenacite \Phen"a*cite\, noun. [from Greek expression impostor, deceiver.]. (Websters 1913)


Specialty Definitions: PHENACITE

DomainDefinitions

Mining

See:phenakite. (references)

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

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Crosswords: PHENACITE

English words defined with "PHENACITE": Glucinum. (references)

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: PHENACITE

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.
 
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  phenacite

2
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Modern Translations: PHENACITE

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

Danish

  

phenakit (phenakite), fenakit (phenakite). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

fenakiet (phenakite). (various references)

   

French

  

phénacite (phenakite). (various references)

   

German

  

Phenakit (phenakite). (various references)

   

Italian

  

fenachite (phenakite). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

enacitephay

   

Portuguese

  

fenacite (phenakite). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

fenacita (phenakite). (various references)

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Derivations: PHENACITE

Derivations

Words beginning with "PHENACITE": phenacites. (additional references)

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

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Rhyming with "PHENACITE"

Words rhyming with "PHENACITE" (pronounced 'Phen"a*cite'): Accite, Analcite, Aurichalcite, Baryto-calcite, Boracite, Brucite, Calcite, Chalcocite, Cite, Concite, Ferrocalcite, Forcite, incite, Leucite, Miscite, Misrecite, Nitrocalcite, Ostracite, Overexcite, Palmacite, Pistacite, Plebiscite, Pollucite, Quercite, Scolecite, Self-excite, Sericite, Sycite, Variscite. (additional references)

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Anagrams: PHENACITE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-h-i-n-p-t"

-1 letter: echinate, haptenic, patience, petechia, phenetic.

-2 letters: aphetic, cheapen, cheapie, haptene, hepatic, heptane, phenate, picante.

-3 letters: acetin, achene, apiece, apneic, canthi, catnip, centai, cetane, chaine, enatic, entice, ethane, ethnic, hapten, haptic, hatpin, hepcat, incept, painch, pantie, patine, peahen, pechan, pecten, pectin, phatic, pineta, techie, tenace, teniae, thecae, theine, thence.

-4 letters: actin, aitch, antic, chain, chant.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-e-e-h-i-n-p-t"
 

+1 letter: phenacetin, phenacites.

 

+2 letters: impeachment, metanephric, parenthetic, pentarchies, phenacetins.

 

+3 letters: encephalitic, encephalitis, impeachments, patchinesses, pathogenetic.

 

+4 letters: acetaminophen, metencephalic, parenthetical, preanesthetic, telencephalic, terpsichorean.

 

+5 letters: acetaminophens, apprenticeship, asthenospheric, cyproheptadine, encephalitides, encephalitogen, magnetospheric, nontherapeutic, preanesthetics, steeplechasing, telephonically.

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

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Alternative Orthography: PHENACITE


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

50 48 45 4E 41 43 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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Bibliographic Items: "PHENACITE"


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