Definitions for rhyolite

rhyolite rhy·o·lite

Spelling: [rahy-uh-lahyt]
IPA: /ˈraɪ əˌlaɪt/

Rhyolite is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 273 anagrams from letters in rhyolite (ehilorty).

Definitions for rhyolite

noun

  1. a fine-grained igneous rock rich in silica: the volcanic equivalent of granite.

Origin of rhyolite

1865-70; rhyo- (irregular Greek rhýax stream of lava) + -lite

Examples for rhyolite

"Better in the little cemetery at rhyolite," answered the other.

rhyolite and other forms of lava were last spread over the region.

After making a most thorough examination my opinion is Southern part Ely Central property is covered by rhyolite capping.

It is not improbable that this was a quarry site; an outcrop of rhyolite is close at hand.

It then cools quickly and forms finely crystalline rocks of the rhyolite and basalt types.

There is no question that the rhyolite was deposited in Ely Central after the enrichment of the porphyry.

In the south of the island there are sills and dykes of felsite, quartz-porphyry, rhyolite, trachyte and pitchstone.

Surface eruption of quartz-porphyry, rhyolite, and andesite.

This is shown in the glaciated rock-surfaces of the rim that are covered with layers of pumice and rhyolite.

The northwest corner is volcanic and is made up of rhyolite, obsidian, and lava.

Word Value for rhyolite
Scrable

14

Words with friends

13

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