Word Meanings - DOLERITE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A dark-colored, basic, igneous rock, composed essentially of pyroxene and a triclinic feldspar with magnetic iron. By many authors it is considered equivalent to a coarse-grained basalt.

• Color sergeant
  See under Sergeant.
• Considering
  of Consider
• BASICPROCESS
  A Bessemer or open-hearth steel-making process in which a lining that is basic, or not siliceous, is used, and additions of basic material are made to the molten charge during treatment. Opposed to acid process, above. Called also Thomas process.
• Coloring
  of Color
• Composed
  of Compose
• Consider
  To fix the mind on, with a view to a careful examination; to think on with care; to ponder; to study; to meditate on.
• Graining.
  of Grain
• BASICSLAG
  A by-product from the manufacture of steel by the basic process, used as a fertilizer. It is rich in lime and contains 14 to 20 per cent of phosphoric acid. Called also Thomas slag, phosphatic slag, and odorless phosphate.
• Authorship
  The quality or state of being an author; function or dignity of an author.
• Colorable
  Specious; plausible; having an appearance of right or justice.
• Composing
  of Compose
• Considerable
  Worthy of consideration, borne in mind, or attended to.
• BASICSTEEL
  Steel produced by the basic process.
• 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
• Considerableness
  Worthiness of consideration; dignity; value; size; amount.

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