Word Meanings - STRONTIANITE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Strontium carbonate, a mineral of a white, greenish, or yellowish color, usually occurring in fibrous massive forms, but sometimes in prismatic crystals.

WHITEEYE
Any one of several species of small Old World singing of the genus Zosterops, as Zosterops palpebrosus of India, and Z. coerulescens of Australia. The eyes are encircled by a ring of white feathers, whence the name. Called also bush creeper, and white-e
WHITESLAVE
A woman held in involuntary confinement for purposes of prostitution; loosely, any woman forced into unwilling prostitution.
Colorimeter
An instrument for measuring the depth of the color of anything, especially of a liquid, by comparison with a standard liquid.
Mineralize
To transform into a mineral.
Strontium
A metallic element of the calcium group, always naturally occurring combined, as in the minerals strontianite, celestite, etc. It is isolated as a yellowish metal, somewhat malleable but harder than calcium. It is chiefly employed (as in the nitra
White-eye
Any one of several species of small Old World singing of the genus Zosterops, as Zosterops palpebrosus of India, and Z. c/rulescens of Australia. The eyes are encircled by a ring of white feathers, whence the name. Called also bush creeper, and wh
Whitener
One who, or that which, whitens; a bleacher; a blancher; a whitewasher.
Whitewasher
One who whitewashes.
WHITEFACE
A white mark in the forehead of a horse, descending almost to the nose; -- called also white-blaze.
WHITESLAVER
A person engaged in procuring or holding a woman or women for unwilling prostitution.
Mineralizer
An element which is combined with a metal, thus forming an ore. Thus, in galena, or lead ore, sulphur is a mineralizer; in hematite, oxygen is a mineralizer.
White-face
A white mark in the forehead of a horse, descending almost to the nose; -- called also white-blaze.
Whiteness
The quality or state of being white; white color, or freedom from darkness or obscurity on the surface.
White-water
A dangerous disease of sheep.
WHITEFLY
Any one of numerous small injurious hemipterous insects of the genus Aleyrodes, allied to scale insects. They are usually covered with a white or gray powder.
Carbonate
A salt or carbonic acid, as in limestone, some forms of lead ore, etc.
WHITESLAVING
The action of one who procures or holds a woman or women for unwilling prostitution.
Colorless
Without color; not distinguished by any hue; transparent; as, colorless water.

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