pyroxenoid
/pʌɪˈrɒksənɔɪd/Mineralogy
noun
Any of a small group of triclinic silicates formerly classed as pyroxenes but now differentiated from them on structural grounds, including rhodonite, wollastonite, and pectolite.
Origin
1930s. From pyroxene + -oid. Compare earlier pyroxenite.
- nitrofurazone
- nitrogen
- nitrogenase
- nitrogenate
- nitrogenated
- nitrogenation
- nitrogen balance
- nitrogen cycle
- nitrogen dioxide
- nitrogeneous
- nitrogen fixation
- nitrogen fixer
- nitrogen-fixing
- nitrogenic
- nitrogenisation
- nitrogenise
- nitrogenised
- nitrogenization
- nitrogenize
- nitrogenized
- nitrogen monoxide
- nitrogen mustard
- nitrogen narcosis
- nitrogenous
- nitrogen oxide