otavite
/əʊˈtɑːvʌɪt/Mineralogy
noun
A mineral of the trigonal system consisting of cadmium carbonate, CdCO3, and occurring as crusts of minute rhombohedral crystals, usually white or greyish white in colour.
Origin
Early 20th century; earliest use found in Journal of the Chemical Society. From the name of Otavi, a town in northern Namibia + -ite, after German Otavit.
- AO
- AOA
- AOB
- AOC
- ao dai
- A-OK
- A-okay
- Aona
- AONB
- AOR
- Aoraki/Mount Cook
- aorist
- aoristic
- a (or one) hell of a ——
- a (or one) hundred per cent
- a (or one's) bounden duty
- aorta
- a (or that) sinking feeling
- a (or the) deuce of a ——
- a (or the) grand old man of
- a (or the) picture of ——
- wrap party
- wrapped
- wrapper
- wrapper application