anapaite
noun
anapa·ite
əˈnapəˌīt
plural -s
: a calcium ferrous iron hydrous phosphate occurring in pale-green transparent triclinic crystals and in columnar massive forms (hardness 3–4, specific gravity 3.81)
Word History
Etymology
German anapait, from Anapa, seaport on Black sea, U.S.S.R., its locality + German -it -ite
First Known Use
1903, in the meaning defined above
- simple syllogism
- simple syrup
- simple tide
- simple tone
- simple vault
- simple vow
- simple watermark
- simple-faced
- simpled
- simplehearted
- simpleminded
- simplemindedly
- simplemindedness
- simplemindednesses
- simpleness
- simplenesses
- simpler
- simpler's-joy
- simplers
- simples
- simplest
- simpleton
- simpletons
- simplex
- simplex machine