ophitic
adjective
ophit·ic ä-ˈfi-tik 
ō-
: having or being a rock fabric in which lath-shaped plagioclase crystals are enclosed in later formed augite
Word History
Etymology
ophite "rock with snake-like markings, serpentine" (borrowed from Latin ophītēs, borrowed from Greek ophī́tēs [líthos] "snake-like [stone]," from óphis "snake" + -itēs -ite entry 1) + -ic entry 1 — more at ophidian
First Known Use
1870, in the meaning defined above
- a poor second
- a poor second/third/fourth
- a poor third
- a pop
- A post
- a posteriori
- A power supply
- a pretty penny
- a price on someone's head
- a priori
- a punta d'arco
- a quarter after
- a quarter of
- a quarter past
- a quarter to
- a question mark over
- a question of
- a race against the clock
- a race against time
- a rap across the knuckles
- a rap on the knuckles
- a rap on/over/across the knuckles
- a rap over the knuckles
- a raw deal
- a red rag to a bull