Definitions for petuntses

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petuntses pe·tun·tse

Spelling: [pi-too n-tse; Chinese baw- Petuntses is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 228 anagrams from letters in petuntses (eenpssttu).

Definitions for petuntses

noun

1. a type of feldspar, used in certain porcelains.
2. a type of feldspar, used in certain porcelains.

Origin of petuntses

1720-30; Chinese (Wade-Giles) pai²tun¹tzŭ⁰, (pinyin) bái dùnzi white mound

Examples for petuntses

The manufacture of hard porcelain was begun at Svres in 1769, the quarries of St. Yrieix supplying both the kaolin and petuntse.

It is not, therefore, composed simply of kaolin and petuntse.

Chemically, petuntse resembles the pegmatite of Limoges; mineralogically, it is to be classed with petrosilicious felspar.

The kaolin and petuntse used in making paste for Chinese porcelain are chemically identical with the materials used in Europe.

Kaolin and petuntse are of little importance in the composition of soft porcelain.

The Chinese glaze is also the more fusible, on account of the addition of lime to the petuntse, which the French use pure.

Kaolin and petuntse are of little importance in the composition of soft porcelain.

The kaolin and petuntse used in making paste for Chinese porcelain are chemically identical with the materials used in Europe.

Chemically, petuntse resembles the pegmatite of Limoges; mineralogically, it is to be classed with petrosilicious felspar.

The manufacture of hard porcelain was begun at Svres in 1769, the quarries of St. Yrieix supplying both the kaolin and petuntse.

The Chinese glaze is also the more fusible, on account of the addition of lime to the petuntse, which the French use pure.

It is not, therefore, composed simply of kaolin and petuntse.