NOVACULITE

Meaning of NOVACULITE in English

[no.vac.u.lite] n [L novacula razor] (1796): a very hard fine-grained siliceous rock used for whetstones and possibly of sedimentary origin

Merriam-Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Merriam Webster. 2012

NOVACULITE — noun Etymology: Latin novacula razor Date: 1796 a very hard fine-grained siliceous rock used for whetstones and possibly of sedimentary …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
NOVACULITE — nəˈvakyəˌlīt noun ( -s ) Etymology: Latin novacula razor (from — assumed — Latin novare to shave, whet + Latin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NOVACULITE — (n.) A variety of siliceous slate, of which hones are made; razor stone; Turkey stone; hone stone; whet slate.
Английский словарь Webster
NOVACULITE — ( n. ) A variety of siliceous slate, of which hones are made; razor stone; Turkey stone; hone stone; whet …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
NOVACULITE — /noh vak"yeuh luyt'/ , n. Petrol. a very hard sedimentary rock, similar to chert, composed essentially of microcrystalline quartz. [ …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NOVACULITE — noun Etymology: Latin novacula razor Date: 1796 : a very hard fine-grained siliceous rock used for whetstones and possibly of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NOVACULITE — noun a variety of siliceous slate, of which hones are made; razor stone; turkey stone; hone stone; whet slate.
Webster English vocab
NOVACULITE — [ nə(ʊ)'vakjʊlʌɪt ] ■ noun Geology a hard, dense, fine-grained siliceous rock resembling chert, with a high content of microcrystalline …
Concise Oxford English vocab
NOVACULITE — very dense, light-coloured, even-textured sedimentary rock, a bedded chert in which microcrystalline silica (silicon dioxide, SiO2) in the form of …
Britannica English vocabulary
NOVACULITE — n. Turkey-stone, Turkey oil-stone, razor-stone, whet-slate.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
NOVACULITE — новакулит (минералогия) новакулит, точильный камень
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
NOVACULITE — n мин. новакулит, точильный камень
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
NOVACULITE — новакулит
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
NOVACULITE — (n) новакулит; точильный камень
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
NOVACULITE — n мин. новакулит, точильный камень
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
NOVACULITE — n мин. новакулит, точильный камень
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
NOVACULITE — новакулит, точильный камень
Англо-Русский словарь по строительству и новым строительным технологиям
NOVACULITE — новакулит (минералогия) новакулит, точильный камень
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
NOVACULITE — n. Pronunciation: n ō - ' va-ky ə - ˌ l ī t Function: noun Etymology: Latin novacula razor Date: …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SNUG
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SNOD — I. ˈsnäd adjective Etymology: Middle English (Scots dialect), perhaps of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse snothinn bald, snöggr shorn, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WASHITA STONE — noun Etymology: from Washita ( Ouachita ) river, southwest Arkansas : a porous variety of novaculite used especially for sharpening …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TURKEY STONE — noun also turkey slate Usage: usually capitalized T Etymology: turkey (II) 1. : turquoise 2. or turkey oilstone a. : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
RAZOR STONE — noun : novaculite
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ARKANSAS STONE — noun Usage: usually capitalized A 1. : a superior variety of novaculite found in the Ouachita mountains in Arkansas 2. …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CHERT AND FLINT — very fine-grained quartz (q.v.), a silica mineral with minor impurities. Several varieties are included under the general term chert: jasper, …
Britannica English vocabulary
SHARPENER — Synonyms and related words : ax, blade, cold steel, cutlery, cutter, dagger, edge tools, emery, file, grindstone, hone, knife, naked …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
EMERY — Synonyms and related words : aluminum oxide, auto polish, colcothar, corundum, crocus, emery board, emery paper, file, garnet, grindstone, hone, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
WHET-SLATE — n. ( Min. ) Novaculite, whetstone-slate, Turkey-stone, oil-stone, whetstone.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
TURKEY-STONE — n. Novaculite, Turkey oil-stone, oil-stone, whetstone, hone.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
RAY-STONE — n. Actinolite, strahlstein, novaculite.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
НОВАКУЛИТ — novaculite
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