ANCHORITES | • anchorites n. Plural of anchorite. • ANCHORITE n. one who lives in seclusion, usually for religious reasons, also ANCHORET. |
CHLORITES | • chlorites n. Plural of chlorite. • CHLORITE n. a chlorine compound. |
COFAVORITES | • cofavorites n. Plural of cofavorite. • COFAVORITE n. a joint favourite. |
DIORITES | • diorites n. Plural of diorite. • DIORITE n. a crystalline granular igneous rock composed of plagioclase and hornblende. |
EPIDIORITES | • epidiorites n. Plural of epidiorite. • EPIDIORITE n. a dioritic or gabbroitic rock more or less metamorphosed. |
EVAPORITES | • evaporites n. Plural of evaporite. • EVAPORITE n. a sedimentary rock formed by the evaporation of salt water e.g. halite. |
FAVORITES | • favorites n. Plural of favorite. • Favorites prop.n. Plural of Favorite. • FAVORITE n. (US) favourite, a person or thing preferred. |
FLUORITES | • fluorites n. Plural of fluorite. • FLUORITE n. a mineral form of calcium fluoride, also FLUOR. |
GRANODIORITES | • granodiorites n. Plural of granodiorite. • GRANODIORITE n. an igneous plutonic rock, less felsic than granite. |
HYPOCHLORITES | • hypochlorites n. Plural of hypochlorite. • HYPOCHLORITE n. a salt of hypochlorous acid. |
LABORITES | • laborites n. Plural of laborite. • Laborites n. Plural of Laborite. • LABORITE n. one who supports workers' rights, also LABOURIST, LABOURITE. |
LABRADORITES | • labradorites n. Plural of labradorite. • LABRADORITE n. a triclinic silicate of the plagioclase feldspar series which may show a bluish or multicoloured iridescence. |
MADREPORITES | • madreporites n. Plural of madreporite. • MADREPORITE n. in echinoderms, a perforated plate serving as opening to the stone canal. |
METEORITES | • meteorites n. Plural of meteorite. • METEORITE n. a meteor that has fallen to earth as a lump of stone or metal. |
MICROMETEORITES | • micrometeorites n. Plural of micrometeorite. • MICROMETEORITE n. a very small meteorite. |
NORITES | • norites n. Plural of norite. • NORITE n. a type of rock, a gabbro with rhombic pyroxene. |
PHOSPHORITES | • phosphorites n. Plural of phosphorite. • PHOSPHORITE n. fibrous apatite. |
SORITES | • sorites n. (Logic, rhetoric) A series of propositions whereby each conclusion is taken as the subject of the next. • SORITES n. (Greek) a string of statements where the end of one is the subject of the next. |
TENORITES | • tenorites n. Plural of tenorite. • TENORITE n. a triclinic oxide of copper occurring in minute iron-grey scales or black masses. |
THORITES | • thorites n. Plural of thorite. • THORITE n. a silicate of thorium. |