Definitions for oolites

oolites o·o·lite

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

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

You can make 177 anagrams from letters in oolites (eiloost).

Definitions for oolites

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 oolites

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

Examples for oolites

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Word Value for oolites
Scrable

6

Words with friends

7

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