Word Meanings - ORANGITE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

An orange-yellow variety of the mineral thorite, found in Norway.

Related words: (words related to ORANGITE)

• YELLOW-GOLDS
  A certain plant, probably the yellow oxeye. B. Jonson.
• ORANGEADE
  A drink made of orange juice and water, corresponding to lemonade; orange sherbet.
• YELLOWTOP
  A kind of grass, perhaps a species of Agrostis.
• YELLOWFISH
  A rock trout found on the coast of Alaska; -- called also striped fish, and Atka mackerel.
• FOUNDATION
  The lowest and supporting part or member of a wall, including the base course , under Base, n.) and footing courses; in a frame house, the whole substructure of masonry. 4. A donation or legacy appropriated to support a charitable institution,
• FOUND
  imp. & p. p. of Find.
• MINERALIZATION
  The conversion of a cell wall into a material of a stony nature. (more info) 1. The process of mineralizing, or forming a mineral by combination of a metal with another element; also, the process of converting into a mineral, as a bone or a plant.
• VARIETY SHOW
  A stage entertainment of successive separate performances, usually songs, dances, acrobatic feats, dramatic sketches, exhibitions of trained animals, or any specialties. Often loosely called vaudeville show.
• FOUNDATIONER
  One who derives support from the funds or foundation of a college or school.
• ORANGE
  Of or pertaining to an orange; of the color of an orange; reddish yellow; as, an orange ribbon.
• YELLOW
  1. A bright golden color, reflecting more light than any other except white; the color of that part of the spectrum which is between the orange and green. "A long motley coat guarded with yellow." Shak. 2. A yellow pigment. Cadmium yellow, Chrome
• FOUNDEROUS
  Difficult to travel; likely to trip one up; as, a founderous road. Burke.
• YELLOWBILL
  The American scoter.
• ORANGEISM
  Attachment to the principles of the society of Orangemen; the tenets or practices of the Orangemen.
• ORANGEMAN
  One of a secret society, organized in the north of Ireland in 1795, the professed objects of which are the defense of the regning sovereign of Great Britain, the support of the Protestant religion, the maintenance of the laws of the kingdom, etc.;
• YELLOWWOOD
  The wood of any one of several different kinds of trees; also, any one of the trees themselves. Among the trees so called are the Cladrastis tinctoria, an American leguminous tree; the several species of prickly ash ; the Australian Flindersia
• FOUNDRESS
  A female founder; a woman who founds or establishes, or who endows with a fund.
• FOUNDERY
  See FOUNDRY
• YELLOWHAMMER
  A common European finch . The color of the male is bright yellow on the breast, neck, and sides of the head, with the back yellow and brown, and the top of the head and the tail quills blackish. Called also yellow bunting, scribbling lark, and
• ORANGETAWNY
  Deep orange-yellow; dark yellow. Shak.
• CONFOUNDED
  1. Confused; perplexed. A cloudy and confounded philosopher. Cudworth. 2. Excessive; extreme; abominable. He was a most confounded tory. Swift. The tongue of that confounded woman. Sir. W. Scott.
• FOUNDER
  One who founds, establishes, and erects; one who lays a foundation; an author; one from whom anything originates; one who endows.
• SEA ORANGE
  A large American holothurian having a bright orange convex body covered with finely granulated scales. Its expanded tentacles are bright red.
• AETHIOPS MINERAL
  See MINERAL
• PROFOUNDNESS
  The quality or state of being profound; profundity; depth. Hooker.