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Amphibole
noun · 78% connection
A common mineral embracing many varieties varying in color and in composition. It occurs in monoclinic crystals; also massive, general…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, gray, crystalline, mineral, consisting.
Apatite
noun · 78% connection
a common complex mineral consisting of calcium fluoride phosphate or calcium chloride phosphate; a source of phosphorus
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, gray, crystalline, mineral, consisting.
Aragonite
noun · 78% connection
a mineral form of crystalline calcium carbonate; dimorphic with calcite
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, gray, crystalline, mineral, consisting.
Ashen
adjective · 78% connection
Consisting of, or resembling, ashes; of a color between brown and gray, or white and gray.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, gray, crystalline, mineral, consisting.
Baryto-calcite
noun · 78% connection
A mineral of a white or gray color, occurring massive or crystallized. It is a compound of the carbonates of barium and calcium.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, gray, crystalline, mineral, consisting.
Borax
noun · 78% connection
A white or gray crystalline salt, with a slight alkaline taste, used as a flux, in soldering metals, making enamels, fixing colors on…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, gray, crystalline, mineral, consisting.
Calcareous
adjective · 78% connection
Partaking of the nature of calcite or calcium carbonate; consisting of, or containing, calcium carbonate or carbonate of lime.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, gray, crystalline, mineral, consisting.
Chalk
noun · 78% connection
A soft, earthy substance, of a white, grayish, or yellowish white color, consisting of calcium carbonate, and having the same composit…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, gray, crystalline, mineral, consisting.
Cyanuric acid
unknown · 78% connection
an organic acid, C3O3N3H3, first obtained by heating uric acid or urea, and called pyrouric acid; afterwards obtained from isocyanic a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, gray, crystalline, mineral, consisting.
Dolomite
noun · 78% connection
A mineral consisting of the carbonate of lime and magnesia in varying proportions. It occurs in distinct crystals, and in extensive be…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, gray, crystalline, mineral, consisting.
Glycocoll
noun · 78% connection
A crystalline, nitrogenous substance, with a sweet taste, formed from hippuric acid by boiling with hydrochloric acid, and present in…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, gray, crystalline, mineral, consisting.
Gray
superl. · 78% connection
Gray-haired; gray-headed; of a gray color; hoary.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, gray, crystalline, mineral, consisting.
Gypsum
noun · 78% connection
A mineral consisting of the hydrous sulphate of lime (calcium). When calcined, it forms plaster of Paris. Selenite is a transparent, c…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, gray, crystalline, mineral, consisting.
Lime
noun · 78% connection
Oxide of calcium; the white or gray, caustic substance, usually called quicklime, obtained by calcining limestone or shells, the heat…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, gray, crystalline, mineral, consisting.
Metaphosphoric
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or designating, a monobasic acid, HPO3, analogous to nitric acid, and, by heating phosphoric acid, obtained as a crysta…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, gray, crystalline, mineral, consisting.
Nephrite
noun · 78% connection
an amphibole mineral consisting of calcium magnesium silicate in monoclinic crystalline form; a source of jade that is less valuable t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, gray, crystalline, mineral, consisting.
Nitratine
noun · 78% connection
A mineral occurring in transparent crystals, usually of a white, sometimes of a reddish gray, or lemon-yellow, color; native sodium ni…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, gray, crystalline, mineral, consisting.
Oleic
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, derived from, or contained in, oil; as, oleic acid, an acid of the acrylic acid series found combined with glyceryl in…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: white, gray, crystalline, mineral, consisting.