Definitions for nephelinite

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nephelinite neph·e·lin·ite

Spelling: [nef-uh-luh-nahyt]

IPA: /ˈnɛf ə ləˌnaɪt/

Nephelinite is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 238 anagrams from letters in nephelinite (eeehiilnnpt).

Definitions for nephelinite

noun

1. a fine-grained, dark rock of volcanic origin, essentially a basalt containing nepheline but no feldspar and little or no olivine.

Origin of nephelinite

First recorded in 1860-65; nepheline + -ite¹

Examples for nephelinite

They are chiefly leucite and nepheline rocks, such as leucitite, leucitophyre and nephelinite, but basalt and trachyte also occur.