edingtoniten.
/ˈɛdɪŋtɒnʌɪt/ Mineralogy.
A greyish white translucent mineral, consisting chiefly of the silicates of alumina, baryta, etc.
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1825 Haidinger in Edinb. Jrnl. Sci. III. 317 It is in compliment to that gentleman [Mr. Edington, in whose collection Haidinger first saw the mineral] that the name of Edingtonite is here proposed.
1868 J. D. Dana Syst. Mineral. (ed. 5) 417 Edingtonite occurs in the Kilpatrick Hills, near Glasgow, Scotland, associated with harmotome, another baryta mineral.
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n.1825- stiletto-heeled
- stiletto-like
- stilettoed
- stilettoes
- stilettofly
- stilettoheeled
- stilettoing
- stilettolike
- stilettos
- stileway
- stiling
- stilking
- still
- still an end
- still and all
- still and anon
- still and bold
- still and loud
- still and on
- still as
- still as a mouse
- still as a mouse in a cheese
- still as a stone
- stirrup side
- stirrup-band