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

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

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..

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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..

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

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

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

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

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

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..

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

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

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

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