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TIGER'S-EYE

Specialty Definition: TIGER'S-EYE

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Industry

Variety of quartz. Source: European Union. (references)

Chemistry

A semiprecious yellow-brown stone, usually oxidized crocidolite, used for ornament. Source: European Union. (references)

Mining

A. A usually yellow-brown chatoyant stone that is much used for ornament and is a silicified crocidolite in which the fibers penetrating the quartz are changed to oxide of iron. Also spelled tigereye. CF:hawk's-eye See also:occidental cat's-eye; oriental cat's-eye b. Crocidolite asbestos replaced by quartz to yield a yellow-brown chatoyant stone used for ornament.c. Ceramic glaze resembling tiger's-eye. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: TIGER'S-EYE

Specialty definitions using "TIGER'S-EYE": tigereye. (references)

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Modern Translation: TIGER'S-EYE

Language Translations for "TIGER'S-EYE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

tigeroeje. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

tijgeroog. (various references)

   

French

  

oeil-de-tigre (tiger-eye). (various references)

   

German

  

Tigerauge (tiger-eye). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

χαλαζίας τιγρητόφθαλμος. (various references)

   

Italian

  

occhio di tigre (tiger-eye). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

iger's-eyetay

   

Portuguese

  

olho-de-tigre, gema de grande brilho (tiger-eye). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

ojo de tigre. (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

ngọc mắt mèo (tiger-eye). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: TIGER'S-EYE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "'-e-e-e-g-i-r-s-t-y"

-1 letter: geyserite, tigereyes.

-2 letters: tigereye.

-3 letters: eeriest, greyest.

-4 letters: egrets, eyries, geyser, greets, resite, reties, tigers, yester.

-5 letters: eerie, egers, egest, egret, ester, eyers, eyres, eyrie, geese, geest, geste, girts, grees, greet, greys, grist, grits, gyres, reest, reges, resee, reset, retie, rites, serge, siege, siree, steer, stere, terse, tiers, tiger, tires, trees, treys, tries, trigs, tyees.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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1. Crosswords
2. Translations: Modern
3. Anagrams
4. Bibliography


  

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