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Agalmatolite
noun · 78% connection
A soft, compact stone, of a grayish, greenish, or yellowish color, carved into images by the Chinese, and hence called figure stone, a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hard, compact, variety, serpentine, found.
Alabaster
noun · 78% connection
A hard, compact variety of carbonate of lime, somewhat translucent, or of banded shades of color; stalagmite. The name is used in this…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hard, compact, variety, serpentine, found.
Anthracite
noun · 78% connection
A hard, compact variety of mineral coal, of high luster, differing from bituminous coal in containing little or no bitumen, in consequ…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hard, compact, variety, serpentine, found.
Asbestos
noun · 78% connection
A variety of amphibole or of pyroxene, occurring in long and delicate fibers, or in fibrous masses or seams, usually of a white, gray,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hard, compact, variety, serpentine, found.
Atoll
noun · 78% connection
A coral island or islands, consisting of a belt of coral reef, partly submerged, surrounding a central lagoon or depression; a lagoon…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hard, compact, variety, serpentine, found.
Axstone
noun · 78% connection
A variety of jade. It is used by some savages, particularly the natives of the South Sea Islands, for making axes or hatchets.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hard, compact, variety, serpentine, found.
Beryl
noun · 78% connection
A mineral of great hardness, and, when transparent, of much beauty. It occurs in hexagonal prisms, commonly of a green or bluish green…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hard, compact, variety, serpentine, found.
Bluefish
noun · 78% connection
A large voracious fish (Pomatomus saitatrix), of the family Carangidae, valued as a food fish, and widely distributed on the American…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hard, compact, variety, serpentine, found.
Carbonado
noun · 78% connection
A black variety of diamond, found in Brazil, and used for diamond drills. It occurs in irregular or rounded fragments, rarely distinct…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hard, compact, variety, serpentine, found.
Cerolite
noun · 78% connection
A hydrous silicate of magnesium, allied to serpentine, occurring in waxlike masses of a yellow or greenish color.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hard, compact, variety, serpentine, found.
Chlorophyll
noun · 78% connection
Literally, leaf green; a green granular matter formed in the cells of the leaves (and other parts exposed to light) of plants, to whic…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hard, compact, variety, serpentine, found.
Chrysoberyl
noun · 78% connection
A mineral, found in crystals, of a yellow to green or brown color, and consisting of aluminia and glucina. It is very hard, and is oft…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hard, compact, variety, serpentine, found.
Corundum
noun · 78% connection
The earth alumina, as found native in a crystalline state, including sapphire, which is the fine blue variety; the oriental ruby, or r…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hard, compact, variety, serpentine, found.
Enisled
p. a. · 78% connection
Placed alone or apart, as if on an island; severed, as an island.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hard, compact, variety, serpentine, found.
Feitsui
noun · 78% connection
The Chinese name for a highly prized variety of pale green jade. See Jade.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hard, compact, variety, serpentine, found.
Fluorescence
noun · 78% connection
That property which some transparent bodies have of producing at their surface, or within their substance, light different in color fr…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hard, compact, variety, serpentine, found.
Greenfinch
noun · 78% connection
A European finch (Ligurinus chloris); -- called also green bird, green linnet, green grosbeak, green olf, greeny, and peasweep.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hard, compact, variety, serpentine, found.
Greening
noun · 78% connection
A greenish apple, of several varieties, among which the Rhode Island greening is the best known for its fine-grained acid flesh and it…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: hard, compact, variety, serpentine, found.
