needlestone
/ˈniːdlstəʊn/Mineralogy. Now historical
noun
A form of zeolite with needle-like crystals; mesotype.
Origin
Early 19th century; earliest use found in Robert Jameson (1774–1854), geologist and natural historian. From needle + stone, after German Nadelstein.
- prismoid
- prismoidal formula
- prism train
- prismy
- prison
- prison bar
- prison base
- prison-bird
- prison-bound
- prison breach
- prison breaker
- prison breaking
- prison camp
- prison cell
- prison crop
- prison-cropped
- prison door
- prison editor
- prisoner
- prisoner of conscience
- prisoner of state
- Prisoner of the Crown
- prisoner of war
- prisoner-of-war camp
- prisoner-of-wardom