Word Meanings - METEORITE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
A mass of stone or iron which has fallen to the earth from space; an aërolite. Note: Meteorites usually show a pitted surface with a fused crust, caused by the heat developed in their rapid passage through the earth's atmosphere. A meteorite may
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A mass of stone or iron which has fallen to the earth from space; an aërolite. Note: Meteorites usually show a pitted surface with a fused crust, caused by the heat developed in their rapid passage through the earth's atmosphere. A meteorite may consist: 1. Of metallic iron, alloyed with a small percentage of nickel (meteoric iron, holosiderite). When etched this usually exhibits peculiar crystalline figures, called Widmanstätten figures. 2. Of a cellular mass of iron with imbedded silicates . 3. Of a stony mass of silicates with little iron . 4. Of a mass without iron .
Related words: (words related to METEORITE)
- CAUSEFUL
Having a cause. - PITTLE-PATTLE
To talk unmeaningly; to chatter or prattle. Latimer. - EARTHLY-MINDED
Having a mind devoted to earthly things; worldly-minded; -- opposed to spiritual-minded. -- Earth"ly-mind`ed*ness, n. - STONEBRASH
A subsoil made up of small stones or finely-broken rock; brash. - EARTH FLAX
A variety of asbestus. See Amianthus. - FUSE PLUG; FUZE PLUG
A plug fitted to the fuse hole of a shell to hold the fuse. 2. A fusible plug that screws into a receptacle, used as a fuse in electric wiring. - CRUSTAL
Relating to a crust. - FUSILE
See A - EARTHDIN
An earthquake. - CAUSATIVE
1. Effective, as a cause or agent; causing. Causative in nature of a number of effects. Bacon. 2. Expressing a cause or reason; causal; as, the ablative is a causative case. - FUSURE
Act of fusing; fusion. - SURFACE LOADING
The weight supported per square unit of surface; the quotient obtained by dividing the gross weight, in pounds, of a fully loaded flying machine, by the total area, in square feet, of its supporting surface. - FUSCIN
A brown, nitrogenous pigment contained in the retinal epithelium; a variety of melanin. - RAPID
1. Very swift or quick; moving with celerity; fast; as, a rapid stream; a rapid flight; a rapid motion. Ascend my chariot; guide the rapid wheels. Milton. 2. Advancing with haste or speed; speedy in progression; in quick sequence; as, rapid growth; - STONEROOT
A North American plant having a very hard root; horse balm. See Horse balm, under Horse. - CAUSEWAYED; CAUSEYED
Having a raised way ; paved. Sir W. Scott. C. Bronté. - FUSION
The union, or binding together, of adjacent parts or tissues. (more info) 1. The act or operation of melting or rendering fluid by heat; the act of melting together; as, the fusion of metals. 2. The state of being melted or dissolved by heat; a - RAPIDNESS
Quality of being rapid; rapidity. - PITTED
Having minute thin spots; as, pitted ducts in the vascular parts of vegetable tissue. (more info) 1. Marked with little pits, as in smallpox. See Pit, v. t., 2. - CRUSTINESS
1. The state or quality of having crust or being like crust; hardness. 2. The quality of being crusty or surly. Old Christy forgot his usual crustiness. W. Irving. - PITCHSTONE
An igneous rock of semiglassy nature, having a luster like pitch. - CAPSTONE
A fossil echinus of the genus Cannulus; -- so called from its supposed resemblance to a cap. - ANTICAUSODIC
See ANTICAUSOTIC - CLINKSTONE
An igneous rock of feldspathic composition, lamellar in structure, and clinking under the hammer. See Phonolite. - GRINDSTONE
A flat, circular stone, revolving on an axle, for grinding or sharpening tools, or shaping or smoothing objects. To hold, pat, or bring one's nose to the grindstone, to oppress one; to keep one in a condition of servitude. They might be ashamed, - AFFUSE
To pour out or upon. I first affused water upon the compressed beans. Boyle. - PERFUSIVE
Of a nature to flow over, or to spread through. - RUBSTONE
A stone for scouring or rubbing; a whetstone; a rub. - MOORSTONE
A species of English granite, used as a building stone. - SPITTLY
Like spittle; slimy. - COPROLITE
A piece of petrified dung; a fossil excrement. - GRINDLE STONE
A grindstone.