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Definition: Pyromorphite |
PyromorphiteNoun1. A mineral consisting of lead chloride and phosphate; a minor source of lead. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Pyromorphite \Pyr`o*mor"phite\, noun. [from German expression pyromorphit, from the Greek expression fire form.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Chemistry | Green, yellow, brown, grey or white mineral of the apatite group. It is isomorphous with mineral and vanadinite and may contain arsenic or calcium. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A hexagonal mineral, Pb5 (PO4 )3 Cl ; apatite group, with iron replacing lead and arsenic replacing phosphorous; sp gr, 6 to 7;in oxidized zones of lead-ore deposits. Syn:green lead ore. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: PyromorphiteSynonym: green lead ore (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Pyromorphite |
| English words defined with "pyromorphite": green lead ore. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "pyromorphite": canary ore ♦ miesite. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "pyromorphite": Mimetite. (references) |
| 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 |
pyromorphite | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "pyromorphite"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | pyromorphit, grøn blymalm (green lead ore). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | pyromorfiet (green lead ore). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | pyromorfiitti (green lead ore). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | pyromorphite, muscoïde, bryoïde. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Pyromorphit (green lead ore), Gruenbleierz, Grünblauerz (green lead ore), Buntbleierz (green lead ore). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πυρομορφίτης (green lead ore). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | piromorfite. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | yromorphitepay piromorfite (green lead ore). (various references) plomo verde (green lead ore), piromorfita (green lead ore). (various references) pyromorfit (green lead ore). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "pyromorphite": pyromorphites. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "pyromorphite" (pronounced 'Pyr`o*mor"phite'): Anthropomorphite, Bisulphite, Ophiomorphite, Phosphite, Sulphophosphite. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-h-i-m-o-o-p-p-r-r-t-y" | |
-3 letters: propriety. | |
-4 letters: hermitry, homeport, importer, improper, orthoepy, promoter, prompter, property, reimport, trimorph. | |
-5 letters: heritor, hootier, hoppier, moorier, mothery, mothier, mythier, oophyte, orphrey, pierrot, preriot, pretrim, primero, promote, prophet, roomier, rootier, thymier, tripper, trooper. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-h-i-m-o-o-p-p-r-r-t-y" | |
+1 letter: pyromorphites. | |
+3 letters: hematoporphyrin. | |
+4 letters: hematoporphyrins. | |
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