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WAVELLITE

Definition: WAVELLITE

WAVELLITE

Noun

1. A hydrous phosphate of alumina, occurring usually in hemispherical radiated forms varying in color from white to yellow, green, or black.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Note: Wavellite \Wa"vel*lite\, noun. [After Dr. Wm. Wavel, the discoverer.]. (Websters 1913)


Specialty Definitions: WAVELLITE

DomainDefinitions

Mining

An orthorhombic mineral, Al3 (PO4 )2 (OH,F)3 .5H2 O ; pearly; forms hemispherical radiating aggregates in low-grade aluminous phosphatic rocks; also occurs in veins; a source ofphosphorus. (references)

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

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Crosswords: WAVELLITE

Specialty definitions using "WAVELLITE": callainitefibrous structure. (references)

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Rhyming with "WAVELLITE"

Words rhyming with "WAVELLITE" (pronounced 'Wa"vel*lite'): Aciculite, Aerolite, Agalmatolite, Ampelite, Antholite, Anthophyllite, Anthropolite, Apophyllite, 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. (additional references)

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Anagrams: WAVELLITE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-e-i-l-l-t-v-w"

-2 letters: elative, wavelet.

-3 letters: taille, telial, twelve, velate, villae, wallet, wallie, weevil, wellie, willet.

-4 letters: alive, allee, elate, elite, evite, ileal, leave, level, lieve, tawie, telae, telia, twill, valet, villa, vitae, vital, waive, weave.

-5 letters: alee, alit, awee, eave, evil, ilea, late, lati, lave, leal, leet, leva, lilt, lite, live, lwei, tael, tail, tale, tali.

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

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Alternative Orthography: WAVELLITE


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

57 41 56 45 4C 4C 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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