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Definition: Cordierite |
CordieriteNoun1. A blue mineral of magnesium and iron and aluminum and silicon and oxygen; often used as a gemstone. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Chemistry | A bluish or violet, crystalline mineral, a silicate of aluminum, iron and magnesium; cordierite: it is used as a gem. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | An orthorhombic mineral, Mg2 Al4 Si5 O18 ; Mohs hardness, 7 to 7.5; an accessory in peraluminous granite, schist, and gneiss; a gem material called saphir d'eau, water sapphire, dichroite, andiolite. Syn:polychroite. (references) |
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Crosswords: Cordierite |
| English words defined with "cordierite": Iolite ♦ water sapphire. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "cordierite": antistress mineral ♦ cordierite norite ♦ kinzigite ♦ leptynolite, lynx sapphire ♦ pleochroic haloes, polychroilite, prismatic quartz ♦ sondalite, Spanish lazulite. (references) |
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| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
cordierite | 14 |
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| Language | Translations for "cordierite"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
French | cordiérite, dichroïte. (various references) | ||||
German | Dichroit (dichroite, iolite). (various references) | ||||
Italian | cordierite (dichroite, iolite), dicroite (dichroite, iolite). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | ordieritecay | ||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "cordierite": cordierites. (additional references) | |
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"Cordierite" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Cordeiro. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "cordierite" (pronounced 'Cor"di*er*ite'): Abderite, Abietite, Accite, Aciculite, Aconite, Acquisite, Acrite, Adamite, Adiaphorite, Aerolite, Aerosiderite, Agalmatolite, Albertite, Albite, Allanite, Allochroite, Alunite, Ambrite, Ammite, Ammonite, Ampelite, Analcite, Andalusite, Andesite, Anglesite, Anhydrite, Ankerite, Anorthite, Anorthosite, Antholite, Anthophyllite, Anthraconite, Anthropolite, Anthropomorphite, Anthropopathite, Anthropophagite, Antimonite, Apatite, Aphanite, Aphrite, Apophyllite, Apotactite, Appetite, Apposite, Aragonite, Archimandrite, Arenicolite, Areopagite, Argentite, Argillite. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-d-e-e-i-i-o-r-r-t" | |
-2 letters: creditor, dieretic, directer, director, redirect. | |
-3 letters: cordite, coterie, decrier, dictier, diorite, dirtier, eidetic, erector, ericoid, recited, reciter, retired, retried, tierced, tireder. | |
-4 letters: cerite, citied, coedit, corder, corrie, credit, deceit, deicer, dicier, dieter, direct, dotier, editor, erotic, oreide, orrice, recite, recode, record, rector, reedit, retied, retire, retore, rioted, rioter, teredo, tidier, tierce, tiered, torrid. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-d-e-e-i-i-o-r-r-t" | |
+1 letter: cordierites, directories, redirection. | |
+2 letters: redirections, retrodictive. | |
+3 letters: overdirecting, redescription. | |
+4 letters: diastereomeric, micrometeoroid, redescriptions. | |
+5 letters: micrometeoroids, radioprotective, radiotelemetric, reaccreditation, reconsideration. | |
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