alaite
noun
al·a·ite
ˈa-lə-ˌīt
plural -s
: a mineral V2O5·H2O consisting of a hydrous vanadium pentoxide occurring in blood-red mossy aggregates
Word History
Etymology
French alaïte, from Alaï mountains, Kirgiz S.S.R., U.S.S.R., Asia + French -ite
First Known Use
1899, in the meaning defined above
- miserablenesses
- miserables
- miserably
- miserere
- misereres
- miseres
- misericord
- misericorde
- misericordes
- misericordia
- misericords
- miseries
- miserlier
- miserliest
- miserliness
- miserlinesses
- miserly
- misers
- misery
- misery guts
- misery index
- a penny saved is a penny earned
- a perfect world
- a person of substance
- a person to be reckoned with