chab|a|zite

chab|a|zite
chab|a|zite «KAB uh zyt», noun.
a colorless or flesh-colored mineral occurring in glassy crystals, composed chiefly of silica, alumina, sodium, and calcium; a zeolite.
╂[earlier chabazie (< French < mistaken reading of Greek chalázie < chálaza hail) + -ite1]

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  • chab — chab·a·zite; chab·a·site; …   English syllables

  • zite — baz·zite; chab·a·zite; de·lo·ren·zite; des·cloi·zite; goy·a·zite; ka·mar·e·zite; men·do·zite; mon·a·zite; periz·zite; rhodi·zite; …   English syllables

  • chabazite — chab·a·zite …   English syllables

  • a — acar·a·pis; ac·a·ri·a·sis; ac·a·ri·a·sis; ac·a·ri·na; ac·a·ri·nar·i·um; ac·a·rine; ac·a·ri·nol·o·gy; ac·a·ri·no·sis; ac·a·ro·ce·cid·i·um; ac·a·roid; ac·a·rol·o·gist; ac·a·rol·o·gy; ac·a·ro·pho·bia; ac·a·rus; acat·a·lep·sy; acat·a·lex·is;… …   English syllables

  • Cabazite — Chabasite Chab a*site (k[a^]b [.a]*s[imac]t), Cabazite Cab a*zite (k[a^]b [.a]*z[imac]t), n. [Gr. chabazi os one of twenty species of stones mentioned in the poem Peri li qwn, ascribed to Orpheus.] (Min.) A mineral occuring in glassy rhombohedral …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • chabasie — Chabasite Chab a*site (k[a^]b [.a]*s[imac]t), Cabazite Cab a*zite (k[a^]b [.a]*z[imac]t), n. [Gr. chabazi os one of twenty species of stones mentioned in the poem Peri li qwn, ascribed to Orpheus.] (Min.) A mineral occuring in glassy rhombohedral …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Chabasite — Chab a*site (k[a^]b [.a]*s[imac]t), Cabazite Cab a*zite (k[a^]b [.a]*z[imac]t), n. [Gr. chabazi os one of twenty species of stones mentioned in the poem Peri li qwn, ascribed to Orpheus.] (Min.) A mineral occuring in glassy rhombohedral crystals …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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