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Lherzolite :: Lherzolite (n.) An igneous rock consisting largely of chrysolite, with pyroxene and picotite (a variety of spinel containing chromium)..

Ceylanite :: Ceylanite (n.) A dingy blue, or grayish black, variety of spinel. It is also called pleonaste..

Aristate :: Aristate (a.) Having a slender, sharp, or spinelike tip..

Espinel :: Espinel (n.) A kind of ruby. See Spinel.

Seta :: Seta (n.) One of the spinelike feathers at the base of the bill of certain birds.

Gahnite :: Gahnite (n.) Zinc spinel; automolite.

Pleonaste :: Pleonaste (n.) A black variety of spinel.

Carbuncle :: Carbuncle (n.) A beautiful gem of a deep red color (with a mixture of scarlet) called by the Greeks anthrax; found in the East Indies. When held up to the sun, it loses its deep tinge, and becomes of the color of burning coal. The name belongs for the most part to ruby sapphire, though it has been also given to red spinel and garnet..

Balas Ruby :: Balas ruby () A variety of spinel ruby, of a pale rose red, or inclining to orange. See Spinel..

Gem :: Gem (n.) A precious stone of any kind, as the ruby, emerald, topaz, sapphire, beryl, spinel, etc., especially when cut and polished for ornament; a jewel..

Anacanthous :: Anacanthous (a.) Spineless, as certain fishes..

Franklinite :: Franklinite (n.) A kind of mineral of the spinel group.

Spinescent :: Spineless (a.) Having no spine.

Acanthopterygious :: Acanthopterygious (a.) Having fins in which the rays are hard and spinelike; spiny-finned.

Spinelle :: Spinel (n.) Alt. of Spinell.

Dysluite :: Dysluite (n.) A variety of the zinc spinel or gahnite.

Spineless :: Spinel (n.) Bleached yarn in making the linen tape called inkle; unwrought inkle.

Spinozism :: Spinous (a.) Having the form of a spine or thorn; spinelike.

Acanthopterygii :: Acanthopterygii (n. pl.) An order of fishes having some of the rays of the dorsal, ventral, and anal fins unarticulated and spinelike, as the perch..

Vibraculum :: Vibraculum (n.) One of the movable, slender, spinelike organs or parts with which certain bryozoans are furnished. They are regarded as specially modified zooids, of nearly the same nature as Avicularia..

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