Word Meanings - WHITNEYITE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
an arsenide of copper from Lake Superior.
Related words: (words related to WHITNEYITE)
- ARSENIDE
A compound of arsenic with a metal, or positive element or radical; -- formerly called arseniuret. - COPPER-FACED
Faced or covered with copper; as, copper-faced type. - COPPERWORM
The teredo; -- so called because it injures the bottoms of vessels, where not protected by copper. The ringworm. - COPPER-FASTENED
Fastened with copper bolts, as the planks of ships, etc.; as, a copper-fastened ship. - COPPER WORKS
A place where copper is wrought or manufactured. Woodward. - COPPERISH
Containing, or partaking of the nature of, copper; like copper; as, a copperish taste. - COPPERHEAD
A poisonous American serpent , closely allied to the rattlesnake, but without rattles; -- called also copper-belly, and red viper. 2. A nickname applied to a person in the Northern States who sympathized with the South during the Civil War. - SUPERIORLY
In a superior position or manner. - SUPERIORITY
The quality, state, or condition of being superior; as, superiority of rank; superiority in merit. Syn. -- Preƫminence; excellence; predominancy; prevalence; ascendency; odds; advantage. - COPPERPLATE
A plate of polished copper on which a design or writing is engraved. An impression on paper taken from such a plate. Note: In printing from a copper- or steel plate the lines are filled with ink, the surface of the plate is wiped clean, the paper - COPPERAS
Green vitriol, or sulphate of iron; a green crystalline substance, of an astringent taste, used in making ink, in dyeing black, as a tonic in medicine, etc. It is made on a large scale by the oxidation of iron pyrites. Called also ferrous sulphate. - COPPER-BOTTOMED
Having a bottom made of copper, as a tin boiler or other vessel, or sheathed with copper, as a ship. - COPPERY
Mixed with copper; containing copper, or made of copper; like copper. - SUPERIORESS
A woman who acts as chief in a convent, abbey, or nunnery; a lady superior. - COPPER-NICKEL
Nicolite. - COPPERING
1. The act of covering with copper. 2. An envelope or covering of copper. - COPPERSMITH
One whose occupation is to manufacture copper utensils; a worker in copper. - COPPER-NOSE
A red nose. Shak. - COPPER
the boilers in the galley for cooking; as, a ship's coppers. Note: Copper is often used adjectively, commonly in the sense of made or consisting of copper, or resembling copper; as, a copper boiler, tube, etc. All in a hot and copper sky. Coleridge. - SUPERIOR
1. More elevated in place or position; higher; upper; as, the superior limb of the sun; the superior part of an image. 2. Higher in rank or office; more exalted in dignity; as, a superior officer; a superior degree of nobility. 3. Higher or greater - CHESSY COPPER
The mineral azurite, found in fine crystallization at Chessy, near Lyons; called also chessylite.