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.