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121granite — granitic /greuh nit ik/, adj. granitelike, adj. /gran it/, n. 1. a coarse grained igneous rock composed chiefly of orthoclase and albite feldspars and of quartz, usually with lesser amounts of one or more other minerals, as mica, hornblende, or… …
122granité — /gran i tay , grah ni /; Fr. /grddann nee tay /, n. French Cookery. ice (def. 4). [ < F] * * * Coarse or medium grained intrusive rock that is rich in quartz and alkali feldspar. One of the most common rocks of the Earth s crust, it is formed by… …
123grouper — grouper1 /grooh peuhr/, n., pl. (esp. collectively) grouper, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species), groupers. any of various sea basses of the family Serranidae, esp. of the genera Epinephelus and Mycteroperca, of tropical and… …
124halite — /hal uyt, hay luyt/, n. a soft white or colorless mineral, sodium chloride, NaCl, occurring in cubic crystals with perfect cleavage; rock salt. [1865 70; HAL + ITE1] * * * Naturally occurring sodium chloride (NaCl), common or rock salt. Halite… …
125Horace — /hawr is, hor /, n. 1. (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) 65 8 B.C., Roman poet and satirist. 2. a male given name. * * * I orig. Quintus Horatius Flaccus born December 65, Venusia died Nov. 27, 8 BC, Rome Latin lyric poet and satirist. The son of a… …
126lepidopteran — /lep i dop teuhr euhn/, adj. 1. lepidopterous. n. 2. a lepidopterous insect. [1850 55; LEPIDOPTER(A) + AN] * * * Any of the more than 100,000 species constituting the order Lepidoptera (Greek: scaly wing ): butterflies, moths, and skippers. The… …
127linguistics — /ling gwis tiks/, n. (used with a sing. v.) the science of language, including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, and historical linguistics. [1850 55; see LINGUISTIC, ICS] * * * Study of the nature and structure of… …
128London — /lun deuhn/, n. 1. Jack, 1876 1916, U.S. short story writer and novelist. 2. a metropolis in SE England, on the Thames: capital of the United Kingdom. 3. City of, an old city in the central part of the former county of London: the ancient nucleus …
