Sodalite

Definition: Sodalite

Sodalite

Noun

1. A vitreous mineral consisting of sodium aluminum silicate and sodium chloride in crystalline form; occurs in igneous rocks.

Etymology: Sodalite \So"da*lite\, noun. [Soda -lite: compare to the French expression sodalithe.]. (Websters 1913)

Domain	Definition
Mining	A. An isometric mineral, Na8 Al6 Si6 O24 Cl 2 ; sodalite group; typically blue or blue-violet; in various sodium-rich igneous rocks.b. The mineral group hauyne, lazurite, nosean, and sodalite. (references)
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Crosswords: Sodalite

English words defined with "sodalite": Ditroite ♦ Miascite. (references)

Specialty definitions using "sodalite": alkali garnet ♦ dactylotype ♦ hackmanite ♦ lapis-lazuli ♦ sodalitite. (references)

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Language		Translations for "sodalite"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Russian		содалит. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "sodalite": sodalites. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "sodalite" (pronounced 'So"da*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)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: diastole, isolated.
	Words within the letters "a-d-e-i-l-o-s-t"
	-1 letter: details, dilates, iodates, isolate, isolead, solated, toadies.
	-2 letters: aisled, aldose, deasil, delist, deltas, desalt, detail, dilate, distal, eidola, ideals, idlest, iodate, ladies, lasted, listed, oldest, oldies, osteal, sailed, salted, saltie, siloed, silted, slated, soiled, solate, staled, stelai, stoled, stolid, tailed, tildes, todies, toiled, toiles.
	-3 letters: adios, adits, aides, ailed, aisle, alist, aloes, altos.
	Words containing the letters "a-d-e-i-l-o-s-t"
	+1 letter: delations, diastoles, dislocate, dovetails, estradiol, idolaters, insolated, outsailed, sodalites, spoliated, steroidal, totalised.
	+2 letters: asteroidal, dealations, deflations, defoliants, defoliates, desolating, desolation, diplomates, dislocated, dislocates, editorials, estradiols, idolatries, metalloids, mislocated, modalities, nodalities, oscillated, petalodies, planetoids, sodalities.
	+3 letters: absolutized, allantoides, colatitudes, consolidate, defoliators, delegations, delineators, depilations, desalinator, desolations, devotionals, disrelation, elucidators, fluoridates, gadolinites, galactoside, inosculated, pentaploids, tetraploids, volatilised.
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