单词 | wyomingite |
释义 | wyomingiten. 1. Geology. A porphyritic volcanic rock, usually of a light brown colour, which consists of roughly equal amounts of leucite and ferromagnesian minerals, and contains phenocrysts of phlogopite. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > igneous rock > [noun] > porphyrite rock > varieties of red rock1721 oriental verd-antique1852 kersanton1862 kersantite1868 uralite-porphyry1868 monchiquite1891 vogesite1891 camptonite1895 hedrumite1896 wyomingite1897 spessartite1908 rhyodacite1913 rhyolite1932 1897 W. Cross in Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 4 120 The only rock type from this locality [Leucite Hills] described by Zirkel or Emmons is, according to the experience of both Kemp and myself, much less abundant than the next variety to be discussed. From reasons to be more fully presented later on, I believe that this rock should receive a special name, and hence it is proposed to call it wyomingite, from the State in which it occurs. 1913 J. P. Iddings Igneous Rocks II. 265 Wyomingite..is a light brown aphanite with small phenocrysts of brown phlogopite. 1938 A. Johannsen Descr. Petrogr. Igneous Rocks IV. i. 357 The wyomingite..at the Boar's Tusk..occurs in the form of a volcanic plug. 1967 Contrib. Mineral. & Petrol. 15 24 Many of the wyomingite lavas have an extremely fine-grained vesicular groundmass..which contains very little glass. 1985 E. A. K. Middlemost Magmas & Magmatic Rocks xii. 210/1 Typical lamproites include cedricite, fitzroyite, mamilite, orendite, wolgidite and wyomingite. 2. With capital initial. A native or inhabitant of Wyoming. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of North America > native or inhabitant of U.S.A. > [noun] > specific state > states Marylander1640 Rhode Islander1665 Jerseyman1679 Pennsylvanian1685 Carolinian1705 Georgian1732 Marylandian1750 Jersey blue1758 Californian1762 Louisianian1775 Mississippian1775 Acadian1776 Vermonteer1778 Kentuckian1779 Vermontese1783 Indianian1784 Cohee1786 Kentuck1789 Virginian1797 Michiganian1813 Michigan1814 Tennessean1815 Ohioan1818 Illinoian1819 Ohian1819 Missourian1820 buckeye1823 Vermonter1825 Hoosier1826 red horse1833 sucker1833 wolverine1833 puke1834 corn-cracker1835 Texian1835 Alaskan1836 Texan1837 Michigander1838 Oregonian1838 Rackensack1839 Arkansian1844 badger1844 Bay Stater1845 Lone Star Stater1845 Oregonese1845 tar-boiler1845 weasel1845 web foot1845 Alabaman1846 Iowanc1848 Arkansan1851 Minnesotian1851 Washingtonian1852 Minnesotan1854 Nebraskan1854 Kansian1855 Utahan1855 Floridan1856 fly-up-the-creek1857 Dakotian1861 Coloradan1862 Coloradian1862 Texican1863 Coloradoan1864 tarheel1864 Cajun1868 Kansan1868 Montanian1869 Floridian1870 mudcat1872 New Jerseyan1872 Arkansawyer1874 longhorn1876 Mainer1879 New Jerseyite1885 prune picker1892 Hawaiian1893 Oklahoman1894 Tex1909 blue hen's chicken1921 Tejano1925 Geechee1926 Arkie1927 sooner1930 wyomingite1930 New Mexican1940 Okie1948 1930 Wyoming State Tribune 12 May 4 It is open only at Fort Warren for young Wyomingites who reside elsewhere than in the five counties heretofore mentioned. 1976 Billings (Montana) Gaz. 5 July 1- d/5 We tried to show the nation that Wyomingites could lead if we wanted to and if we got up and did it. 1986 Sodaro & Adams Frontier Spirit viii. 173 For miles around, Wyomingites would gather for any special occasions. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1897 |
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