VARISCITE

Definition: VARISCITE

VARISCITE

Noun

1. An apple-green mineral occurring in reniform masses. It is a hydrous phosphate of alumina.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Etymology: Variscite \Var"is*cite\, noun. [So called from Variscia in Germany.]. (Websters 1913)

Domain	Definitions
Mining	A. An orthorhombic mineral, AlPO4 .2H2 O ; dimorphous with metavariscite; waxy; forms nodular masses in cavities where phosphate water acts on aluminous rock. Variscite is a popular gem material for cabochons and various carved objects, commonly substituting for turquoise. Syn:lucinite; utahlite. b. The mineral group mansfieldite, scorodite, strengite, and variscite.CF:amatrice. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Crosswords: VARISCITE

Specialty definitions using "VARISCITE": amatrice ♦ barrandite ♦ lucinite ♦ schrotterite ♦ utahlite. (references)

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Words rhyming with "VARISCITE" (pronounced 'Var"is*cite'): Accite, Analcite, Aurichalcite, Baryto-calcite, Boracite, Brucite, Calcite, Chalcocite, Cite, Concite, Dulcite, Ferrocalcite, Forcite, Hemacite, incite, Isodulcite, Juncite, Leucite, Miscite, Misrecite, Nitrocalcite, Ostracite, Overexcite, Palmacite, Phenacite, Pistacite, Plebiscite, Pollucite, Quercite, Scolecite, Self-excite, Sericite, Sycite. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-e-i-i-r-s-t-v"
	-1 letter: cavities, veristic.
	-2 letters: actives, airiest, cristae, eristic, raciest, revisit, satiric, stearic, varices, vastier, veritas, viscera, visiter, vitrics.
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	-4 letters: acres, airts, aiver, areic, arise, aster, astir, avers, avert, cares, caret, carse, carte, carts, carve, caste, cater, cates, caver, caves, cavie, ceria, cesta, cesti, cires, citer, cites, civet, civie, crate, crave, crest, cries, erica, escar, evict, icier, irate, ivies, races, raise, rates, raves, react, recta, recti, retia, rices, rites, rives, rivet, saice, saver, scare, scart, serac, serai, sitar, siver, stair, stare, stave, stria, taces, tares, tarsi, tears, terai, tiers, tires, trace, trave, triac, trice, tries, vairs, vatic, verst, verts, vesta, vicar, vices, viers, vires, visit, vista, vitae.
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	Words containing the letters "a-c-e-i-i-r-s-t-v"
	+1 letter: ascriptive, aviatrices, clavierist, fricatives, veracities, vicariates, voracities.
	+2 letters: clavierists, distractive, divaricates, recitatives, recitativos, verbalistic.
	+3 letters: affricatives, carminatives, clavieristic, creativities, eviscerating, evisceration, inveteracies, reactivities, relativistic, revivalistic, varicosities, vesicularity.
	+4 letters: adventuristic, anticorrosive, behavioristic, commiserative, eviscerations, ovariectomies, reactivations, resuscitative, superactivity, valedictories, vascularities, verifications, versification, verticalities, viceroyalties, vociferations.
	+5 letters: anticorrosives, avascularities, avuncularities, coinvestigator, conservatizing, contrapositive, cruciverbalist, discriminative, inadvertencies, microgravities, overactivities, overcapacities, overidealistic, prevarications, refractivities, revaccinations, serviceability, universalistic, valedictorians, veridicalities, vermiculations, versifications, vesicularities.
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