Definitions for oolite

oolite o·o·lite

Spelling: [oh-uh-lahyt]
IPA: /ˈoʊ əˌlaɪt/

Oolite is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 75 anagrams from letters in oolite (eiloot).

Definitions for oolite

noun

  1. a limestone composed of minute rounded concretions resembling fish roe, in some places altered to ironstone by replacement with iron oxide.

Origin of oolite

1775-85; (French oölithe) New Latin oölithēs. See oo-, -lite

Examples for oolite

These were shown to be as old at least as the oolite and lias.

The examples of mammalia, above alluded to, are confined to the Trias and the oolite.

The flora of the oolite was peculiarly a flora of intermediate forms.

The oolite limestone beds consist of white soft limestones, having at intervals bands of marly clay.

The Plaine, resting on oolite limestone, is treeless but fertile.

Lincoln itself stands on Lias beds, with a capping of the lower oolite limestone.

This is an excellent variety of oolite of light cream color.

And the first known bird only makes its appearance in the oolite, about half-way through that latest period.

It commences in the oolite, and terminates in the next formation.

That part of the cliffs which consist of lias, the oolite series, and chalk, decays slowly.

Word Value for oolite
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6

Words with friends

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