Definitions for selenite

selenite sel·e·nite

Spelling: [sel-uh-nahyt, si-lee-nahyt]
IPA: /ˈsɛl əˌnaɪt, sɪˈli naɪt/

Selenite is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 188 anagrams from letters in selenite (eeeilnst).

Definitions for selenite

noun

  1. Mineralogy. a variety of gypsum, found in transparent crystals and foliated masses.
  2. Chemistry. a salt of selenious acid.

Origin of selenite

1560-70; Latin selēnītēs Greek selēnī́tēs líthos moonstone; see Selene, -ite1

Examples for selenite

Selenic acid may be obtained in solution by deflagrating selenium or a selenite with potassic nitrate.

But suppose a selenite to be six times smaller than a man like us!

Large crystals of selenite (sulphate of lime) occur in the Marls.

The selenite city, whether imaginary or not, had already disappeared afar off.

The windows in the upper stories are made of flakes of selenite instead of glass.

The image of the film of selenite most beautifully coloured.

For gorgets the Sikyatki people apparently prized slabs of lignite (plate clxxii, d) and plates of selenite.

selenite, in all probability, was not used in pre-Spanish times.

Nodular lumps of pyrites and crystals of selenite are of frequent occurrence.

At a glance I had recognised the sparkling scales of the selenite.

Word Value for selenite
Scrable

8

Words with friends

10

Similar words for selenite
Word of the day