allivalite
noun
al·li·va·lite
ˈalə̇vəˌlīt
plural -s
: a plutonic rock composed of anorthite and olivine in approximately equal amounts
Word History
Etymology
Allival Hill, Isle of Rum, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, its locality + English -ite
First Known Use
1903, in the meaning defined above
- knocker-off
- knocker-offs
- knockers
- knockers-off
- knocking
- knocking (about)
- knocking (someone) off his/her pedestal
- knocking about
- knocking back
- knocking dead
- knocking down
- knocking for a loop
- knocking in
- knocking off
- knocking off her pedestal
- maeandrae
- maeandras
- maeandrine
- maeandriniform
- maeandrinoid
- maeandroid
- Maecenas
- maecenases
- Maecenases
- Maecenasship