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Word Meanings - VARIOLITE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A kind of diorite or diabase containing imbedded whitish spherules, which give the rock a spotted appearance.

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  • CONTAINMENT
    That which is contained; the extent; the substance. The containment of a rich man's estate. Fuller.
  • SPOTTEDNESS
    State or quality of being spotted.
  • WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
    Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
  • CONTAINANT
    A container.
  • WHICH
    the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
  • SPOTTED
    Marked with spots; as, a spotted garment or character. "The spotted panther." Spenser. Spotted fever , a name applied to various eruptive fevers, esp. to typhus fever and cerebro-spinal meningitis. -- Spotted tree , an Australian tree ; -- so
  • SPOTTER
    One who spots.
  • WHITISH
    Covered with an opaque white powder. (more info) 1. Somewhat white; approaching white; white in a moderate degree.
  • CONTAINABLE
    Capable of being contained or comprised. Boyle.
  • WHITISHNESS
    The quality or state of being whitish or somewhat white.
  • CONTAINER
    One who, or that which, contains.
  • SPOTTINESS
    The state or quality of being spotty.
  • APPEARANCE
    The coming into court of either of the parties; the being present in court; the coming into court of a party summoned in an action, either by himself or by his attorney, expressed by a formal entry by the proper officer to that effect; the act or
  • DIORITE
    An igneous, crystalline in structure, consisting essentially of a triclinic feldspar and hornblende. It includes part of what was called greenstone.
  • DIABASE
    A basic, dark-colored, holocrystalline, igneous rock, consisting essentially of a triclinic feldspar and pyroxene with magnetic iron; -- often limited to rocks pretertiary in age. It includes part of what was early called greenstone.
  • SPOTTY
    Full of spots; marked with spots.
  • CONTAIN
    1. To hold within fixed limits; to comprise; to include; to inclose; to hold. Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens can not contain thee; how much less this house! 2 Chron. vi. 18. When that this body did contain a spirit. Shak. What thy stores
  • REAPPEARANCE
    A second or new appearance; the act or state of appearing again.
  • SELF-CONTAINED
    Having all the essential working parts connected by a bedplate or framework, or contained in a case, etc., so that mutual relations of the parts do not depend upon fastening outside of the machine itself. Self-contained steam engine.
  • DISAPPEARANCE
    The act of disappearing; cessation of appearance; removal from sight; vanishing. Addison.
  • NONAPPEARANCE
    Default of apperance, as in court, to prosecute or defend; failure to appear.
  • EYESPOTTED; EYE-SPOTTED
    Marked with spots like eyes. Junno's bird, in her eye-spotted train. Spenser.
  • UNSPOTTED
    Not spotted; free from spot or stain; especially, free from moral stain; unblemished; immaculate; as, an unspotted reputation. -- Un*spot"ted*ness, n.
  • CINQUE-SPOTTED
    Five-spotted. Shak.

 

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