leeliten.
/ˈliːlʌɪt/ Mineralogy.
A waxy-looking variety of orthoclase.
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1818 Ann. Philos. 11 367 Specimens of Leelite are at present more common than those of petalite.
1868 J. D. Dana Syst. Mineral. (ed. 5) 356 Leelite..is a deep, flesh-red variety.
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n.1818- to twist someone's arm
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- to twist the tail
- to twist up
- to twit a person in the teeth
- to twit in the teeth
- to um and ah
- to underfo death
- to underfo the death
- to undergo the press
- to understand
- to understand by
- to understand each other
- to understand on which side one's bread is buttered
- to understand the ropes
- to understand trap
- to understand where a person is coming from
- to understand which side one's bread is buttered
- to undoing
- to unmake one's mind
- to unpile arms
- to unreeve one's lifeline
- to unsheathe the sword
- to unto the etc utterance
- to unto the such utterance