delvauxite
noun
del·vaux·ite
delˈvȯkˌsīt,
-vōkˌ-
plural -s
: a mineral approximately Fe4(PO4)2(OH)6nH2O consisting of an ill-defined hydrous phosphate of iron
Word History
Etymology
German delvauxit, modification (influenced by German -it -ite) of French delvauxine, from J.S.P.J. Delvaux de Feuffe b ab 1782 Belgian chemist who first described it + French -ine
- (a) quarter to
- (all) by one's lonesome
- (all) choked up
- (all) for the best
- (all) in good time
- (all) in one whack
- (all) round the year
- (all) the best
- (all) the livelong day
- (all) the more so
- (all) the rage
- (and) not before time (too)
- (as) American as apple pie
- (as) big as life
- (as) blind as a bat
- (as) bold as brass
- (as) clear as a bell
- (as) cute as a button
- (as) daft as a brush
- (as) dead as a dodo
- (as) dead as a doornail
- (as) drunk as a lord
- (as) drunk as a skunk
- (as) dry as a bone
- (as) dull as dishwater