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Candite :: Candite (n.) A variety of spinel, of a dark color, found at Candy, in Ceylon..

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

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

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

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

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..

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

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

Rostrum :: Rostrum (n.) The anterior, often spinelike, prolongation of the carapace of a crustacean, as in the lobster and the prawn..

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

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..

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

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

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..

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

Spinel :: Spinelle (n.) A mineral occuring in octahedrons of great hardness and various colors, as red, green, blue, brown, and black, the red variety being the gem spinel ruby. It consist essentially of alumina and magnesia, but commonly contains iron and sometimes also chromium..

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

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

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

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

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