Word Meanings - HOMILITE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A borosilicate of iron and lime, near datolite in form and composition.

BOROSILICATE
A double salt of boric and silicic acids, as in the natural minerals tourmaline, datolite, etc.
DATOLITE
A borosilicate of lime commonly occuring in glassy,, greenish crystals.
COMPOSITION
The adjustment of a debt, or avoidance of an obligation, by some form of compensation agreed on between the parties; also, the sum or amount of compensation agreed upon in the adjustment. Compositions for not taking the order of knighthood. Hallam.
DECOMPOSITION
1. The act or process of resolving the constituent parts of a compound body or substance into its elementary parts; separation into constituent part; analysis; the decay or dissolution consequent on the removal or alteration of some of
RECOMPOSITION
The act of recomposing.
DISCOMPOSITION
Inconsistency; discordance. Donne.