eulytite
noun
eu·ly·tite
ˈyüləˌtīt
variants or less commonly eulytine
-ˌtēn,
-tᵊn
plural -s
: a mineral Bi4Si3O12 consisting of a bismuth silicate occurring usually in minute dark-brown or grayish tetrahedral crystals (specific gravity 6.11)
Word History
Etymology
eulytite from eulytine + -ite; eulytine from German eulytin, from Greek eulytos easily dissolved (from eu- + lytos soluble, from lyein to dissolve, release) + German -in -ine
- hit the buffers
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- hit the ceiling
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- hit the gas
- hit the ground
- hit the ground running
- hit the hay
- hit the high points
- hit the high spots
- hit the jackpot
- hit the light
- hit the mark
- hit the nail on the head
- hit the panic button
- hit the pavement
- hit the road
- hit the roof
- hit the sack
- hit the showers
- hit the skids
- hit the slopes
- hit the spot