PORPHYRIES

Meaning of PORPHYRIES in English

(pl. ) of Porphyry

Webster's English dictionary. Английский словарь Webster. 2012

PORPHYRIES — ( pl. ) of Porphyry
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PORPHYRIES — pl of porphyry.
Webster English vocab
PORPHYRIES — Порфиры
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
PORPHYRY — /pawr"feuh ree/ , n. , pl. porphyries . 1. a very hard rock, anciently quarried in Egypt, having a dark, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PORPHYRY — [ 'pɔ:fɪri ] ■ noun ( plural porphyries ) a hard igneous rock containing crystals of feldspar in a fine-grained, …
Concise Oxford English vocab
RHYOLITE — extrusive igneous rock that is the volcanic equivalent of granite. Most rhyolites are porphyritic, indicating that crystallization began prior to …
Britannica English vocabulary
PIETRA DURA — (Italian: hard stone), in mosaic, any of several kinds of hard stone used in commesso mosaic work, an art that …
Britannica English vocabulary
COMMESSO — also called Florentine Mosaic, technique of fashioning pictures with thin, cut-to-shape pieces of brightly coloured, semiprecious stones, developed in Florence …
Britannica English vocabulary
SNOWDON — mountain in northern Wales that is the highest point in England and Wales and the principal massif in the Snowdonia …
Britannica English vocabulary
ПОРФИРЫ — Porphyries
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