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A minute arachnid, of the order Acarina, of which there are many species; as, the cheese mite, sugar mite, harvest mite, etc. See Acarina.

The surface forming the beveled end or edge of a piece where a miter joint is made; also, a joint formed or a junction effected by two beveled ends or edges; a miter joint.

Any plant of the genus Mitella, -- slender, perennial herbs with a pod slightly resembling a bishop's miter; bishop's cap. False miterwort, a white-flowered perennial herb of the United States (Tiarella cardifolia).

A descendant of Adam; a human being.

Oölite or roestone; -- written also hammite. [Obs.]

An oxychloride of copper, usually in emerald-green prismatic crystals.

One who administered the Eucharist with unleavened bread; -- a name of reproach given by those of the Greek church to the Latins.

An inhabitant of a madhouse; a madman. "Raving bedlamites." Beattie.

A descendant of Benjamin; one of the tribe of Benjamin. Judg. iii. 15.

One who believes in Benthamism.

An insane person; a madman; a bedlamite.

An amorphous antimonate of lead, produced from the alteration of other ores, as from jamesonite.

Bismuth trioxide, or bismuth ocher.

A fossil plant of the coal formation, having the general form of plants of the modern Equiseta (the Horsetail or Scouring Rush family) but sometimes attaining the height of trees, and having the stem more or less woody within. See Acrogen, and Asterophyllite.

A boy kept for unnatural purposes.

A black submetallic mineral consisting of oxide of chromium and iron; -- called also chromic iron.

A mineral consisting of the carbonate of lime and magnesia in varying proportions. It occurs in distinct crystals, and in extensive beds as a compact limestone, often crystalline granular, either white or clouded. It includes much of the common white marble. Also called bitter spar.

A grayish variety of trachyte; -- so called from the Puy-de- Dôme in Auvergne, France, where it is found.

An explosive substance consisting of nitroglycerin absorbed by some inert, porous solid, as infusorial earth, sawdust, etc. It is safer than nitroglycerin, being less liable to explosion from moderate shocks, or from spontaneous decomposition.

One who uses dynamite; esp., one who uses it for the destruction of life and property.