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Definition: Scheelite |
ScheeliteNoun1. A mineral used as an ore of tungsten. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Scheelite \Scheel"ite\, noun. [From C.W. Scheele, Swedish chemist.]. (Websters 1913) |
"Scheelite" is a common misspelling or typo for: sheltie. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Chemistry | Calcium tungstate. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A tetragonal mineral, CaWO4 , with molybdenum replacing tungsten toward powellite CaMoO4 ; prismatic cleavage; sp gr, 5.9 to 6.1; varicolored, fluoresces bright blue; in limestone and pneumatolitic veinsnear granite contacts, granite pegmatites; a source of tungsten. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: Scheelite |
| English words defined with "scheelite": atomic number 74 ♦ tungsten ♦ W, wolfram. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "scheelite": huttonite. (references) |
| "Scheelite" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Scheelite" is used about 2 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) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| 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 |
scheelite | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "scheelite"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Bulgarian | шеелит. (various references) | ||||||||||
Chinese | 白鎢礦 . (various references) | ||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 灰重石 . (various references) | ||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | かいじゅうせき. (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | eeliteschay шеелит. (various references) | ||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "scheelite": scheelites. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "scheelite" (pronounced 'Scheel"ite'): Arkite, Arsenopyrite, Braunite, Bronzite, Brookite, Brushite, Cabrerite, Chalcopyrite, Composite, Congenite, Cordite, Cushite, Danite, Dufrenite, gahnite, Gibbsite, Glassite, Gnathite, graphite, Gryphite, Guerite, Hessite, Hicksite, Hopeite, Humite, Hussite, Incomposite, Indomite, jadeite, Linarite, Linnaeite, Lyddite, marlite, Melanochroite, Miascite, Moroxite, Nerite, Perthite, Petzite, Prehnite, Priceite, Protomerite, Pyrite, Quartzite, ratite, Scaphite, Semite, Servite, sporozoite, Struvite, Thenardite, Tonite, Touite, Tractite, Trichite, Troostite, Turfite, Voltzite, Zincite, Zoisite. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-e-e-h-i-l-s-t" | |
-2 letters: celeste, eeliest, helices, leeches, letches, lichees, sectile, sheltie, steelie, techies. | |
-3 letters: cheese, chiels, chiles, chisel, elects, elites, etches, ethics, itches, leches, lethes, lichee, liches, lichts, listee, seethe, seiche, select, stelic, techie. | |
-4 letters: ceils, celts, cesti, cetes, chest, chiel, chile, chits, cites, clits, eches, elect, elite, ethic, heels, heils, heist, hilts, islet, istle, leech, leets, letch, lethe, licht, lithe, sheet, shiel, sleet, slice, steel, stele, stich, stile, teels, teles, telic, these, tiles. | |
-5 letters: cees, ceil, cels, celt, cete, chis, chit, cist, cite, clit, eche, eels, elhi, else, etch, eths, etic, heel, heil, hest, hets, hies, hilt, hist, hits, ices, ichs, isle, itch, lech, lees, leet, leis, lest, lets, lice, lich, lies, list, lite, lits, sect, seel, shit, sice, silt, site, sith, slit, teel, tees, tele, tels, thee, this, tics, ties, tile, tils. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-e-e-h-i-l-s-t" | |
+1 letter: scheelites. | |
+2 letters: entelechies. | |
+3 letters: bleacherites, chesterfield, heteroclites. | |
+4 letters: chesterfields, electrophiles, ethicalnesses. | |
+5 letters: cephalometries, cholinesterase, encephalitides, steeplechasing, stereochemical. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 63 68 65 65 6C 69 74 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... -.-. .... . . .-.. .. - . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01100011 01101000 01100101 01100101 01101100 01101001 01110100 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S c h e e l i t e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0063 0068 0065 0065 006C 0069 0074 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)536974717178758671 |
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