- born|ite
- born|ite «BR nyt», noun.a brittle, reddish-brown sulfide of copper and iron, a valuable ore of copper. Formula: Cu5FeS4╂[< German Bornit < Ignatius von Born, 1742-91, an Austrian mineralogist]
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born — born·holm; born·ite; dear·born; duis·burg ham·born; re·born; san·born·ite; stub·born·ly; stub·born·ness; un·born; pre·born; born; stub·born; born·it·ic; … English syllables
ad|ams|ite — «AD uhm zyt», noun. a yellow, irritant smoke containing a poisonous form of arsenic, that causes sneezing, headache, vomiting, and temporary disablement, used as a harassing agent in chemical warfare; DM (no period). Formula: C12H9AsCIN ╂[<… … Useful english dictionary
bain|ite — «BAY nyt», noun. a form of steel produced by decomposition of austenite. It is intermediate in strength between martensite and troostite. ╂[< Edgar C. Bain, born 1891, an American metallurgist + ite1] … Useful english dictionary
Brook|lyn|ite — «BRUK luh nyt», noun. a person born or living in Brooklyn, New York … Useful english dictionary
coes|ite — «KOH syt, zyt», noun. a very dense form of silica, occurring naturally in meteoritic or nuclear bomb craters and produced synthetically by subjecting quartz to very high pressure. ╂[< Loring Coes, Jr., born 1915, an American chemist] … Useful english dictionary
cof|fin|ite — «KF uh nyt, KOF », noun. a black mineral, silicate of uranium, like coal in appearance, rich in uranium. Formula: USiO4 ╂[< Reuben C. Coffin, born 1886, an American geologist] … Useful english dictionary
Fried|man|ite — «FREED muh nyt», noun. a follower or supporter of the theories of Milton Friedman, born 1912, an American economist, especially the theory that economic growth depends chiefly on a country s money supply … Useful english dictionary
Is·ra·el·ite — /ˈızriːjəˌlaıt, ˈızrəˌlaıt/ noun, pl ites [count] : a person who was born in or who lived in the ancient kingdom of Israel … Useful english dictionary
bornite — born·ite … English syllables
bornite — born•ite [[t]ˈbɔr naɪt[/t]] n. mir a copper sulfide mineral, Cu5FeS4, occurring in brown masses that tarnish to purple • Etymology: 1850–55; after I. von Born (1742–91), Austrian mineralogist; see ite I bor•nit′ic ˈnɪt ɪk adj … From formal English to slang
