Definitions for novaculite

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novaculite no·vac·u·lite

Spelling: [noh-vak-yuh-lahyt]

IPA: /noʊˈvæk yəˌlaɪt/

Novaculite is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 884 anagrams from letters in novaculite (aceilnotuv).

Definitions for novaculite

noun

1. a very hard sedimentary rock, similar to chert, composed essentially of microcrystalline quartz.

Origin of novaculite

1790-1800; Latin novācul(a) a sharp knife, razor + -ite¹

Examples for novaculite

The finest of the novaculite rocks of central Arkansas are quarried near the city.