Moonstone

Definition: Moonstone

Moonstone

Noun

1. A transparent or translucent gemstone with a pearly luster; some specimens are orthoclase feldspar and others are plagioclase feldspar.

Date "moonstone" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1868. (references)

Specialty Definition: Moonstone

Domain	Definition
Chemistry	A milky-white, translucent feldspar with a pearly luster, used as a gem. Source: European Union. (references)
Literature	Moonstone A mineral so called on account of the play of light which it exhibits. Wilkie Collins has a novel called The Moonstone. "The moonstone contains bluish-white spots, which, when held to the light, present a . . . . silvery play of colour not unlike that of the moon."- Ure: Chemical Dictionary. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Mining	A. A semitransparent to translucent variety of alkali feldspar (adularia) or cryptoperthite that exhibits a bluish to milky-white pearly or opaline luster; an opalescent variety of orthoclase; a gemstone if flawless. CF:sunstone b. A name incorrectly applied to peristerite or to opalescent varieties of plagioclase (esp. albite). c. A name incorrectly applied (without proper prefix) to milky or girasolvarieties of chalcedony, scapolite, corundum, and other minerals. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms within Context: Moonstone

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Jewelry	Diamond, brilliant, rock; beryl, emerald; chalcedony, agate, heliotrope; girasol, girasole; onyx, plasma; sard, sardonyx; garnet, lapis lazuli, opal, peridot, tourmaline, chrysolite; sapphire, ruby, synthetic ruby; spinel, spinelle; balais; oriental, oriental topaz; turquois, turquoise; zircon, cubic zirconia; jacinth, hyacinth, carbuncle, amethyst; alexandrite, cat's eye, bloodstone, hematite, jasper, moonstone, sunstone.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Moonstone

English words defined with "moonstone": Adularia. (references)

Specialty definitions using "moonstone": adularia moonstone ♦ Belomorite ♦ Labrador moonstone ♦ moonstone glass. (references)

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Modern Usage: Moonstone

Domain	Usage
Lyrics	And some fresh sewn moonstone was messing with his frozen zone reminding him of (Blinded By The Light (Bruce Springsteen); performing artist: MANFRED MANN)
Movie/TV Titles	The Moonstone (1972)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Moonstone

Domain	Title
Books	Moonstone (reference) Moonstone Castle Mystery (Her Nancy Drew Mystery Stories) (reference) The Moonstone (reference) The Moonstone (Oxford World's Classics) (reference) The Moonstone [DOWNLOAD: ADOBE READER] (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Moonstone

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Photo Album: Moonstone

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	North Cape Barge, grounded on Moonstone Beach, South Kingstown, RI 1996. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.		RI DEM collects stranded lobsters on Moonstone Beach after the oil spill. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.
	Moonstone Landing at Magic ReservoirShoshone Field OfficeUSRDUpper Snake River District. Credit: Unknown.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Usage Frequency: Moonstone

"Moonstone" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 60.00% of the time. "Moonstone" is used about 5 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	60%	3	202,518
Noun (proper)	40%	2	245,945
Total	100.00%	5	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Moonstone

Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "moonstone": Westhaven-Moonstone.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Moonstone

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	Expression	Frequency per Day
moonstone	306	meaning moonstone	5
moonstone jewelry	75	history of moonstone	5
moonstone ring	48	moonstone bracelet	5
moonstone beach	30	moonstone guitar	5
moonstone gem	14	wilkie collins moonstone	5
antique moonstone ring	13	rainbow moonstone jewelry	4
moonstone pendant	13	moonstone engagement ring	4
moonstone silver jewelry	13	moonstone rock	4
rainbow moonstone	12	moonstone gem stone	4
moonstone properties	12	comic moonstone	4
moonstone earring	11	antique moonstone	4
moonstone necklace	10	antique marcasite moonstone ring	4
moonstone sleeping bag	10	download moonstone	3
blue moonstone	8	garnet iqvcsearch jewelry moonstone multi ring	3
moonstone bead	7	moonstone picture	3
inn moonstone	7	ring moonstone silver	3
beach ca moonstone	7	beach hotel moonstone	3
moonstone hotel	6	moonstone jacket	3
beach california moonstone	6	beach moonstone ri	3
landing moonstone	5	book moonstone	3
marcasite moonstone ring	5	beach island moonstone rhode	3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Moonstone

Language		Translations for "moonstone"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		gur hëne. (various references)

Bulgarian		лунен камък. (various references)

Danish		maanesten (adularia), adular (adularia). (various references)

Dutch		maansteen (adularia), adulaar (adularia). (various references)

French		pierre de lune, adulaire. (various references)

German		mondstein (adularia). (various references)

Greek		σπαθί (club, clubs [cards], rapier, sabre, spatula, sword), αδουλαίος (adularia). (various references)

Hungarian		holdkő. (various references)

Italian		pietra di luna (adularia). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		月長石 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		�'っちょうせき. (various references)

Manx		raychlagh. (various references)

Pig Latin		oonstonemay

Portuguese		selenite, pedra da lua (adularia), disparate (absurdity, balderdash, blather, blether, bloomer, bosh, bull, bunk, disparate, fiddle-de-dee, fiddlestick, flapdoodle, flummery, foolery, foolishness, fribble, fudge, guff, gup, hot, howler, mush, nonsense, piffle, punk, simplicity, skittle, tomfoolery, tommy rot, tripe, tump, twaddle, unreason, unwisdom), adulária (adularia). (various references)

Romanian		piatra lunii, adular. (various references)

Russian		лунный камень. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		vrsta feldspata mlečne boje. (various references)

Spanish		piedra de luna (adularia), piedra de la luna, labradorita (labradorite), adularina (adularia). (various references)

Swedish		månsten. (various references)

Turkish		aytaşı. (various references)

Ukrainian		місячний камінь. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Moonstone

Derivations
	Words beginning with "moonstone": moonstones. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Moonstone" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Mainstone, manstowe, monctone, Monkstone, moorstone, Mustonen. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Moonstone"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "moonstone" (pronounced muw"nstō'n)
5	-n s t ō' n	brownstone, greenstone, rhinestone.
4	-s t ō' n	bloodstone, Bluestone, capstone, cherrystone, cobblestone, cornerstone, curbstone, Eyestone, Firestone, flagstone, Freestone, gallstone, gemstone, Gladstone, Goldstone, gravestone, grindstone, hailstone, headstone, keystone, limestone, lodestone, milestone, millstone, sandstone, steppingstone, tombstone, touchstone, whetstone.
3	-t ō' n	acetone, baritone, halftone, monotone, overtone, undertone.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Moonstone

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: monotones.
	Words within the letters "e-m-n-n-o-o-o-s-t"
	-1 letter: monotone.
	-2 letters: monsoon, moonset.
	-3 letters: montes, nonets, sonnet, tenons, tonnes.
	-4 letters: meson, monos, monte, moons, moose, moots, moste, motes, neons, nomen, nomes, nomos, nones, nonet, noons, noose, notes, omens, onset, seton, smote, snoot, steno, stone, tenon, tomes, tones, tonne, toons.
	-5 letters: eons, meno, mono, mons, moon, moos, moot, most, mote, mots, neon, nest, nets, noes.
	Words containing the letters "e-m-n-n-o-o-o-s-t"
	+1 letter: monotonies, moonstones.
	+2 letters: motoneurons.
	+3 letters: noneconomist.
	+4 letters: noneconomists.
	+5 letters: homogenisation, monocotyledons, monotonicities, monotonousness, noncompetitors.
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