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Actinolite
Actinolite Ac*tin"o*lite, n. [Gr. ?, ?, ray + -lite.] (Min.)
A bright green variety of amphibole occurring usually in
fibrous or columnar masses.
AgalmatoliteAgalmatolite Ag`al*mat"o*lite, n. [Gr. ?, ?, image, statue +
-lite: cf. F. agalmatolithe.] (Min.)
A soft, compact stone, of a grayish, greenish, or yellowish
color, carved into images by the Chinese, and hence called
figure stone, and pagodite. It is probably a variety of
pinite. alboliteAlbolith Al"bo*lith, n. [L. albus white + -lith.]
A kind of plastic cement, or artificial stone, consisting
chiefly of magnesia and silica; -- called also albolite. Anthropolite
Anthropolite An*throp"o*lite, n. [Gr. ? man + -lite.]
(Paleon.)
A petrifaction of the human body, or of any portion of it.
Arenicolite
Arenicolite Ar`e*nic"o*lite, n. [L. arena sand + colere to
cherish or live.] (Paleon.)
An ancient wormhole in sand, preserved in the rocks. --Dana.
Botryolite
Botryolite Bot"ry*o*lite, n. [Gr. ? cluster of grapes +
-lite.] (Min.)
A variety of datolite, usually having a botryoidal structure.
Brontolite
Brontolite Bron"to*lite, Brontolith Bron"to*lith, n. [Gr. ?
+ -lite, -lith.]
An a["e]rolite. [R.]
Byssolite
Byssolite Bys"so*lite, n. [Gr.? See flax + -lite.] (Min.)
An olive-green fibrous variety of hornblende.
Carpolite
Carpolite Car"po*lite (k[add]r"p[-o]*l[imac]t), n. [Gr.
karpo`s fruit + -lite, cf. F. carpolithe.]
A general term for a fossil fruit, nut, or seed.
Cerolite
Cerolite Cer"o*lite, n. [Gr. khro`s wax + -lite.] (Min.)
A hydrous silicate of magnesium, allied to serpentine,
occurring in waxlike masses of a yellow or greenish color.
chalcoliteTorbernite Tor"bern*ite, n. [So named after Torber Bergmann, a
Swedish chemist.] (Min.)
A mineral occurring in emerald-green tabular crystals having
a micaceous structure. It is a hydrous phosphate of uranium
and copper. Called also copper uranite, and chalcolite. ChiastoliteChiastolite Chi*as"to*lite (k[-i]*[a^]s"t[-o]*l[imac]t), n.
[Gr. chiasto`s marked with a [chi] + -lite. See Chiasm. So
called from the resemblance of the cross cuts of its crystals
to the Greek letter [chi].] (Min.)
A variety of andalusite; -- called also macle. The
tessellated appearance of a cross section is due to the
symmetrical arrangement of impurities in the crystal. ChrysoliteChrysolite Chrys"o*lite, n. [L. chrysolithos, Gr. ?; chryso`s
gold + ? stone: cf. F. chrysolithe.] (Min.)
A mineral, composed of silica, magnesia, and iron, of a
yellow to green color. It is common in certain volcanic
rocks; -- called also olivine and peridot. Sometimes used
as a gem. The name was also early used for yellow varieties
of tourmaline and topaz. cimoliteTobacco To*bac"co, n. [Sp. tabaco, fr. the Indian tabaco the
tube or pipe in which the Indians or Caribbees smoked this
plant. Some derive the word from Tabaco, a province of
Yucatan, where it was said to be first found by the
Spaniards; others from the island of Tobago, one of the
Caribbees. But these derivations are very doubtful.]
1. (Bot.) An American plant (Nicotiana Tabacum) of the
Nightshade family, much used for smoking and chewing, and
as snuff. As a medicine, it is narcotic, emetic, and
cathartic. Tobacco has a strong, peculiar smell, and an
acrid taste.
Note: The name is extended to other species of the genus, and
to some unrelated plants, as Indian tobacco (Nicotiana
rustica, and also Lobelia inflata), mountain tobacco
(Arnica montana), and Shiraz tobacco (Nicotiana
Persica).
2. The leaves of the plant prepared for smoking, chewing,
etc., by being dried, cured, and manufactured in various
ways.
Tobacco box (Zo["o]l.), the common American skate.
Tobacco camphor. (Chem.) See Nicotianine.
Tobacco man, a tobacconist. [R.]
Tobacco pipe.
(a) A pipe used for smoking, made of baked clay, wood, or
other material.
(b) (Bot.) Same as Indian pipe, under Indian.
Tobacco-pipe clay (Min.), a species of clay used in making
tobacco pipes; -- called also cimolite.
Tobacco-pipe fish. (Zo["o]l.) See Pipemouth.
Tobacco stopper, a small plug for pressing down the tobacco
in a pipe as it is smoked.
Tobacco worm (Zo["o]l.), the larva of a large hawk moth
(Sphinx, or Phlegethontius, Carolina). It is dark green,
with seven oblique white stripes bordered above with dark
brown on each side of the body. It feeds upon the leaves
of tobacco and tomato plants, and is often very injurious
to the tobacco crop. See Illust. of Hawk moth. Cimolite
Cimolite Cim"o*lite, n. [Gr. ? (sc. ?) Cimolian earth, fr. ?,
L. Cimolus, an island of the Cyclades.] (Min.)
A soft, earthy, clayey mineral, of whitish or grayish color.
Coccolite
Coccolite Coc"co*lite, n. [Gr. ? a grain, seed + -lite: cf. F.
coccalite.] (Min.)
A granular variety of pyroxene, green or white in color.
Coprolite
Coprolite Cop"ro*lite, n. [Gr. ko`pros dung + -lite.]
(Paleon.)
A piece of petrified dung; a fossil excrement.
Cosmopolite
Cosmopolitan Cos`mo*pol"i*tan (-p?l"?-tan), Cosmopolite
Cos*mop"o*lite (k?z-m?p"?-l?t), n. [Gr. ???; ko`smos the world
+ ??? citizen, ??? city: cf. F. cosmopolitain, cosmopolite.]
One who has no fixed residence, or who is at home in every
place; a citizen of the world.
Cosmopolite
Cosmopolitan Cos`mo*pol"i*tan, Cosmopolite Cos*mop"o*lite,
a.
1. Having no fixed residence; at home in any place; free from
local attachments or prejudices; not provincial; liberal.
In other countries taste is perphaps too exclusively
national, in Germany it is certainly too
cosmopolite. --Sir W.
Hamilton.
2. Common everywhere; widely spread; found in all parts of
the world.
The Cheiroptera are cosmopolitan. --R. Owen.
CosmopoliteCosmopolite Cos*mop"o*lite (-m?p"?-l?t), a. & n.
See Cosmopolitan. CrocidoliteCrocidolite Cro*cid"o*lite (kr?-s?d"?-l?t), n. [Gr. kroky`s
nap on cloth + -lite.] (Min.)
A mineral occuring in silky fibers of a lavender blue color.
It is related to hornblende and is essentially a silicate of
iron and soda; -- called also blue asbestus. A silicified
form, in which the fibers penetrating quartz are changed to
oxide of iron, is the yellow brown tiger-eye of the
jewelers. Cryolite
Cryolite Cry"o*lite (kr[imac]"?-l?t), n. [Gr. kry`os icy cold,
frost + -lite: cf. F. cryolithe.] (Min.)
A fluoride of sodium and aluminum, found in Greenland, in
white cleavable masses; -- used as a source of soda and
alumina.
datholiteDatolite Dat"o*lite, n. [From. Gr. ? to divide + -lite; in
allusion to the granular structure of a massive variety.]
(Min.)
A borosilicate of lime commonly occuring in glassy,, greenish
crystals. [Written also datholite.] DatoliteDatolite Dat"o*lite, n. [From. Gr. ? to divide + -lite; in
allusion to the granular structure of a massive variety.]
(Min.)
A borosilicate of lime commonly occuring in glassy,, greenish
crystals. [Written also datholite.] Dendrolite
Dendrolite Den"dro*lite, n. [Gr. de`ndron tree + -lite: cf. F.
dendrolithe.] (Paleon.)
A petrified or fossil shrub, plant, or part of a plant.
Duoliteral
Duoliteral Du`o*lit"er*al, a. [L. duo two + E. literal.]
Consisting of two letters only; biliteral. --Stuart.
ElaeoliteElaeolite E*l[ae]"o*lite, n. [Gr. ? olive oil, oil + -lite.]
(Min.)
A variety of hephelite, usually massive, of greasy luster,
and gray to reddish color.
El[ae]olite syenite, a kind of syenite characterized by the
presence of el[ae]olite. Elaeolite syeniteElaeolite E*l[ae]"o*lite, n. [Gr. ? olive oil, oil + -lite.]
(Min.)
A variety of hephelite, usually massive, of greasy luster,
and gray to reddish color.
El[ae]olite syenite, a kind of syenite characterized by the
presence of el[ae]olite. ElaoliteElaolite E*la"o*lite, n. (Min.)
See El[ae]olite. Embolite
Embolite Em"bo*lite, n. [From Gr. ? something thrown in
between.] (Min.)
A mineral consisting of both the chloride and the bromide of
silver.
Meaning of Olite from wikipedia
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Erriberri (
Olite in spanish) is a town and muni****lity
located in the
Tafalla comarca,
Erriberri merindad, in Navarre,
Basque Country.
According to Isidore...
- The
Palace of the
Kings of
Navarre of
Olite or
Royal Palace of
Olite is a castle-palace in the town of
Olite, in Navarre, Spain. It was one of the seats...
- in
Olite,
region of Navarre, Spain. The
church was
erected during the 13th
through 14th-centuries. It
stands adjacent to the
Palacio Real de
Olite, much...
- Victoria**** (modern Vitoria-Gasteiz,
though perhaps Iruña-Veleia),
Luceo and
Olite.
There is also a
possible 5th city
ascribed to them by a
later Arabic source:...
- and Gothic-style,
Roman Catholic church,
located on
Calle El
Fosal 2 in
Olite,
region of Navarre, Spain.
Construction of the
church began in the 12th...
-
Castillo de
Olite was a
cargo steamship that was
launched in 1920 in the
Netherlands as Zaandijk. She p****ed
through a
series of
Dutch and
Soviet owners...
- Upon her
return to Navarre,
Blanche was
sworn in as heir to the
throne in
Olite the 28
October 1415 and was
given allegiance by the lords. On 6 November...
- the Doge's
Palace in Venice, and the
Palace of the
Kings of
Navarre in
Olite (1269–1512).
Another is the
Palais des
Papes (Palace of the Popes), the...
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Archived from the
original on
November 14, 2020.
Retrieved September 5, 2016.
Olité, Marion. "The
Story Behind The
Opening Credits #1: 'Narcos'". Konbini. Archived...
- Lónguida, Mendigorría, Metauten, Mirafuentes, Murieta, Nazar, Obanos,
Olite, Oteiza, Pueyo, Sangüesa, Tafalla, Tiebas, Tirapu, Unzué, Ujué, Urraúl Bajo...
