Word Meanings - BERYL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A mineral of great hardness, and, when transparent, of much beauty. It occurs in hexagonal prisms, commonly of a green or bluish green color, but also yellow, pink, and white. It is a silicate of aluminium and glucinum (beryllium). The aquamarine is a transparent, sea-green variety used as a gem. The emerald is another variety highly prized in jewelry, and distinguished by its deep color, which is probably due to the presence of a little oxide of chromium.

• Whitewash
  Any wash or liquid composition for whitening something, as a wash for making the skin fair.
• Greencloth
  A board or court of justice formerly held in the counting house of the British sovereign's household, composed of the lord steward and his officers, and having cognizance of matters of justice in the household, with power to correct offenders and
• Yellow-eyed
  Having yellow eyes.
• Greenly
  With a green color; newly; freshly, immaturely.
• Yellowwood
  The wood of any one of several different kinds of trees; also, any one of the trees themselves. Among the trees so called are the Cladrastis tinctoria, an American leguminous tree; the several species of prickly ash (Xanthoxylum); the Australian F
• Jewelry
  The art or trade of a jeweler.
• GREATHEARTEDNESS
  The quality of being greathearted; high-mindedness; magnanimity.
• Mineralogy
  The science which treats of minerals, and teaches how to describe, distinguish, and classify them.
• WHITEFRIAR
  A mendicant monk of the Carmelite order, so called from the white cloaks worn by the order. See Carmelite.
• Variety
  The quality or state of being various; intermixture or succession of different things; diversity; multifariousness.
• YELLOWBOOK
  In France, an official government publication bound in yellow covers.
• Colorado beetle
  A yellowish beetle (Doryphora decemlineata), with ten longitudinal, black, dorsal stripes. It has migrated eastwards from its original habitat in Colorado, and is very destructive to the potato plant; -- called also potato beetle and potato bug. S
• Whitecap
  The European redstart; -- so called from its white forehead.
• Distinguishing
  of Distinguish
• Whitened
  of Whiten
• Great-grandchild
  The child of one's grandson or granddaughter.
• Great-granddaughter
  A daughter of one's grandson or granddaughter.
• Whitewashed
  of Whitewash
• Greenery
  Green plants; verdure.
• Yellowfin
  A large squeteague.

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