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LEUCOPYRITE n.
A mineral of a color between white and steel-gray, with a metallic luster, and consisting chiefly of arsenic and iron.
LINARITE n.
A hydrous sulphate of lead and copper occurring in bright blue monoclinic crystals.
LIPARITE n.
A quartzose trachyte; rhyolite.
LITHOTRITE; LITHOTRITOR n.
A lithotriptor.
LOW-SPIRITED a.
Deficient in animation and courage; dejected; depressed; not sprightly. -- Low"-spir`it*ed*ness, n.
MADREPORITE n. 2 definitions
A fossil coral.
MALE-SPIRITED a.
Having the spirit of a male; vigorous; courageous. [R.] B. Jonson.
MANDRAGORITE n.
One who habitually intoxicates himself with a narcotic obtained from mandrake.
MARGARITE n. 2 definitions
A pearl. [Obs.] Peacham.
MARGUERITE n.
The daisy (Bellis perennis). The name is often applied also to the ox-eye daisy and to the China aster. Longfellow.
MASORITE n.
One of the writers of the Masora.
MEAN-SPIRITED a.
Of a mean spirit; base; groveling. -- Mean"-spir`it*ed*ness, n.
MELAMPYRIN; MELAMPYRITE n.
The saccharine substance dulcite; -- so called because found in the leaves of cowwheat (Melampyrum). See Dulcite.
MELANTERITE n.
A hydrous sulphate of iron of a green color and vitreous luster; iron vitriol.
MEMORITER adv.
By, or from, memory.
MERITEDLY adv.
By merit; deservedly.
MESOSIDERITE n.
See the Note under Meteorite.
METACINNABARITE n.
Sulphide of mercury in isometric form and black in color.
METEORITE n. 2 definitions
Of a mass without iron (asiderite).
MIARGYRITE n.
A mineral of an iron-black color, and very sectile, consisting principally of sulphur, antimony, and silver.
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