diorite

Meaning of diorite

noun

a speckled, coarse-grained igneous rock consisting essentially of plagioclase, feldspar, and hornblende or other mafic minerals.

early 19th century: coined in French, formed irregularly from Greek diorizein ‘distinguish’ + -ite1.

Information about diorite

Hyphenation of diorite

dior-ite

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • diorite is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Words that rhyme with diorite

Rite, rite, Gomarite, Hagarite, Himyarite, Issacharite, Jabarite, Kadarite, Kedarite, Nazarite, Qadarite, Sybarite, Zoarite, Zoharite, aguilarite, arite, asarite, bararite, barite, bolivarite, connarite, ferrogoslarite, goslarite, grossularite, guadalcazarite, guarite, guejarite, himyarite, hungarite, hyaloliparite, karite, khagiarite, laminarite, lautarite, lestiwarite, linarite, liparite, margarite, metacinnabarite, milarite, mugearite, nazarite, nitrobarite, plagioliparite, qadarite, routivarite, sybarite, vallevarite, ambrite, aubrite

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