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adularia in British English
(ˌædjʊˈlɛərɪə)
noun
a white or colourless glassy variety of orthoclase in the form of prismatic crystals. It occurs in metamorphic rocks and is a minor gemstone. Formula: KAlSi3O8
Word origin
C18: via Italian from French adulaire, after Adula, a group of mountains in Switzerlandadularia in American English
(ˌædʒuˈlɛriə; ˌædʒəˈlɛriə)
noun
a transparent or translucent variety of orthoclase
Word origin
It < Fr adulaire, after Adula, a group of mountains in Switzerland + -aire, -aryImage ofadularia
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Word lists withadularia
gem- inoffensive
- inoffensively
- inoffensiveness
- in office
- inofficious
- inofficiously
- inofficiousness
- in-of-the-order-of-something
- in/of the order of sth
- in old money
- in on
- in one
- in one ear and out the other
- in one fell swoop
- in-one-fell-swoop
- in one fell swoop at one fell swoop
- in one piece
- in ones and twos
- in one's birthday suit
- in-ones-birthday-suit
- in one's blood
- in-ones-blood
- in one's book
- in-ones-book
- in one's court