LATERITE | • laterite n. A red hard or gravel-like soil or subsoil formed in the tropics that has been leached of soluble minerals… • LATERITE n. a highly weathered red soil rich in iron and aluminum oxides. |
ELATERITE | • elaterite n. (Mineralogy) The mineral wurtzilite. • ELATERITE n. elastic bitumen, a rubberlike mineral resin. |
LATERITES | • laterites n. Plural of laterite. • LATERITE n. a highly weathered red soil rich in iron and aluminum oxides. |
PRETERITE | • preterite adj. (Grammar, of a tense) showing an action at a determined moment in the past. • preterite adj. Belonging wholly to the past; passed by. • preterite n. (Grammar) A grammatical tense or verb form serving to denote events that took place or were completed in the past. |
ELATERITES | • elaterites n. Plural of elaterite. • ELATERITE n. elastic bitumen, a rubberlike mineral resin. |
FORSTERITE | • forsterite n. (Mineralogy) A white variety of olivine that is mostly magnesium silicate, Mg2SiO4. • FORSTERITE n. a white, yellow, or green mineral of the olivine group consisting of magnesium silicate. |
PRETERITES | • preterites n. Plural of preterite. • PRETERITE n. the grammatical tense signifying past time or a completed action, also PRETERIT. |
CASSITERITE | • cassiterite n. (Mineralogy) A generally black mineral, composed of tin oxide, SnO2, which is an important ore of tin. • CASSITERITE n. native tin dioxide, the major ore of tin, aka tinstone. |
FORSTERITES | • forsterites n. Plural of forsterite. • FORSTERITE n. a white, yellow, or green mineral of the olivine group consisting of magnesium silicate. |
MELANTERITE | • melanterite n. (Mineralogy) a widespread green, mostly fibrous mineral composed of hydrated ferrous sulphate. • MELANTERITE n. native copperas. |
PERISTERITE | • peristerite n. (Mineralogy) A variety of albite, whitish and slightly iridescent. • PERISTERITE n. an albite feldspar with a pigeon-like play of colour. |
CASSITERITES | • cassiterites n. Plural of cassiterite. • CASSITERITE n. native tin dioxide, the major ore of tin, aka tinstone. |
MELANTERITES | • melanterites n. Plural of melanterite. • MELANTERITE n. native copperas. |
PERISTERITES | • peristerites n. Plural of peristerite. • PERISTERITE n. an albite feldspar with a pigeon-like play of colour. |
PRETERITENESS | • preteriteness n. Alternative form of preteritness. • PRETERITENESS n. the state of being preterite. |
PRETERITENESSES | • PRETERITENESS n. the state of being preterite. |