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Serpentine :: Serpentine (n.) A kind of ancient cannon.

Sinuous :: Sinuous (a.) Bending in and out; of a serpentine or undulating form; winding; crooked.

Snaky :: Snaky (a.) Of or pertaining to a snake or snakes; resembling a snake; serpentine; winding.

Metasomatism :: Metasomatism (n.) An alteration in a mineral or rock mass when involving a chemical change of the substance, as of chrysolite to serpentine; -- opposed to ordinary metamorphism, as implying simply a recrystallization..

Cerolite :: Cerolite (n.) A hydrous silicate of magnesium, allied to serpentine, occurring in waxlike masses of a yellow or greenish color..

Serpentinely :: Serpentinely (adv.) In a serpentine manner.

Saponite :: Saponite (n.) A hydrous silicate of magnesia and alumina. It occurs in soft, soapy, amorphous masses, filling veins in serpentine and cavities in trap rock..

Marmolite :: Marmolite (n.) A thin, laminated variety of serpentine, usually of a pale green color..

Serpentinize :: Serpentinize (v. t.) To convert (a magnesian silicate) into serpentine.

Spiry :: Spiry (a.) Of a spiral form; wreathed; curled; serpentine.

Bowenite :: Bowenite (n.) A hard, compact variety of serpentine found in Rhode Island. It is of a light green color and resembles jade..

Serpent :: Serpent (n.) A species of firework having a serpentine motion as it passess through the air or along the ground.

Rickrack :: Rickrack (n.) A kind of openwork edging made of serpentine braid.

Verd Antique :: Verd antique () A mottled-green serpentine marble.

Serpentine :: Serpentine (n.) A mineral or rock consisting chiefly of the hydrous silicate of magnesia. It is usually of an obscure green color, often with a spotted or mottled appearance resembling a serpent's skin. Precious, or noble, serpentine is translucent and of a rich oil-green color..

Picrolite :: Picrolite (n.) A fibrous variety of serpentine.

Retinalite :: Retinalite (n.) A translucent variety of serpentine, of a honey yellow or greenish yellow color, having a waxy resinlike luster..

Gabbro :: Gabbro (n.) A name originally given by the Italians to a kind of serpentine, later to the rock called euphotide, and now generally used for a coarsely crystalline, igneous rock consisting of lamellar pyroxene (diallage) and labradorite, with sometimes chrysolite (olivine gabbro)..

Serpentine :: Serpentine (v. i.) To serpentize.

Serpentize :: Serpentize (v. i.) To turn or bend like a serpent, first in one direction and then in the opposite; to meander; to wind; to serpentine..

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