VENUS HAIRSTONE

Meaning of VENUS HAIRSTONE in English

noun

see venus's-hairstone

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

VENUS HAIRSTONE — /hair"stohn'/ a variety of rutilated quartz, used as a gemstone. Cf. sagenite . [ 1880-85; HAIR + STONE ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
VENUS — Venus (vé-) npr Venus (1. [Rom. Relig.]; 2. [Astron.])
Interlingua English vocab
VENUS — Benus
English-Visayan vocabulary
VENUS — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Latin Vener-, ~ Date: before 12th century the Roman goddess of love and beauty, the …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
VENUS — I Roman goddess of cultivated fields and gardens, later associated with Aphrodite . She was the daughter of Jupiter and …
Английский словарь Британика
VENUS — ˈvēnəs noun Etymology: after Venus, Roman goddess of love, 2d planet from the sun, from Latin Vener-, Venus, from vener-, …
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HAIRSTONE — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: probably translation of German haarstein : quartz thickly penetrated with hairlike crystals of rutile, actinolite, or other …
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VENUS — (n.) Any one of numerous species of marine bivalve shells of the genus Venus or family Veneridae. Many of these …
Английский словарь Webster
VENUS — (n.) The metal copper; -- probably so designated from the ancient use of the metal in making mirrors, a mirror …
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VENUS — (n.) One of the planets, the second in order from the sun, its orbit lying between that of Mercury and …
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VENUS — ( n. ) The metal copper; -- probably so designated from the ancient use of the metal in making mirrors, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
VENUS — ( n. ) Any one of numerous species of marine bivalve shells of the genus Venus or family Veneridae. Many …
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VENUS — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Latin Vener-, Venus Date: before 12th century 1. : the Roman goddess of love and …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
VENUS — noun the goddess of beauty and love, that is, beauty or love deified. 2. venus ·noun the metal copper; …
Webster English vocab
VENUS — [Ve.nus] n [ME, fr. L Vener-, Venus] 1: the Roman goddess of love and beauty--compare aphrodite 2: the planet second …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
VENUS — Venus with Cupid and a dolphin, classical sculpture; in the Museo Nazionale Romano, Rome ancient Italian goddess associated with cultivated …
Britannica English vocabulary
VENUS — Venus BrE AmE ˈviːn əs ▷ Venus|es, \~'s ɪz əz ▶ ˌ Venus('s) ˈ flytrap BrE AmE
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
VENUS — Ve ‧ nus /ˈviːnəs/ BrE AmE noun the ↑ planet that is second in order from the Sun: the high …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
VENUS — n. (pl. Venuses) 1 the planet second from the sun in the solar system. 2 poet. a a beautiful woman. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
VENUS — n. (pl. Venuses) 1 the planet second from the sun in the solar system. 2 poet. a a beautiful woman. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
VENUS — n. (pl. Venuses) 1. the planet second from the sun in the solar system. 2 poet. a a beautiful woman. …
Oxford English vocab
VENUS — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Because it is closer to the Sun than Earth, Venus probably contained less water than …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
VENUS — [noun] [U not after the] - the planet second in order of distance from the Sun, after Mercury and before …
Cambridge English vocab
VENUS — n. Venus's flytrap Venus flytrap Williams Venus and Serena
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
VENUS — n. Second major planet from the Sun. Named for the Roman goddess, Venus is, after the Moon , the most …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
VENUS — n. Roman goddess of cultivated fields and gardens, later associated with Aphrodite . She was the daughter of Jupiter and …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
VENUS — Synonyms and related words : Adonis, Agdistis, Aldebaran, Amor, Aphrodite, Apollo, Apollo Belvedere, Apollon, Ares, Artemis, Astarte, Ate, Athena, Bacchus, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
VENUS — [Roman] The Roman goddess of love and beauty, but originally a vegetation goddess and patroness of gardens and vineyards. Later, …
Encyclopedia Mythica English vocab
VENUS — I сущ.; миф. 1) Венера 2) перен. красавица II сущ.; астр. Венера; утренняя или вечерняя звезда (мифология) Венера красавица - …
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VENUS — I сущ.; миф. 1) Венера 2) перен. красавица II сущ.; астр. Венера; утренняя или вечерняя звезда (мифология) Венера красавица - …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
VENUS — I сущ.; миф. 1) Венера 2) перен. красавица II сущ.; астр. Венера; утренняя или вечерняя звезда (мифология) Венера красавица - …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
VENUS — I сущ.; миф. 1) Венера 2) перен. красавица II сущ.; астр. Венера; утренняя или вечерняя звезда (мифология) Венера красавица - …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
VENUS'S-HAIRSTONE — noun or venus hairstone ( plural venus's-hairstones ) Usage: usually capitalized V : quartz penetrated by acicular crystals of rutile
Webster's New International English Dictionary
VENUS'S-HAIRSTONE — variety of quartz interspersed with fine crystals of the mineral rutile (q.v.).
Britannica English vocabulary
SAGENITE — /saj"euh nuyt'/ , n. a variety of rutile occurring as needlelike crystals embedded in quartz. Cf. Venus hairstone . [ …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
RUTILE — the most abundant of three naturally occurring forms of titanium dioxide (TiO2; see also anatase; brookite). It forms red to …
Britannica English vocabulary
STONE — Synonyms and related words : Irish confetti, Lydian stone, Tarmac, Tarvia, aa, abyssal rock, acorn, adamant, adamantine, adobe, agate, alexandrite, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary

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