Minerals Word Search
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Sample words: IRON, TIN, JET, SOILS, GOLD, BORAX, BOG, LEAD, MARL, RHODIUM, CUNIFE, SHALE, OLIVINE, HUME, JORY, HILO.
Minerals word list, defined
- IRON /ˈaɪən/ (British); /ˈaɪɚn/ (American) · noun, verb, adjective
- Iron is a tough, ductile metallic element used in construction, tools, machinery, and many other applications. Figuratively, it means strength, determination, or a harsh and constraining condition. Related: metal, implement, club, strength.
- TIN /tɪn/ · noun; verb
- Tin is a soft, silvery-white metallic element, symbol Sn. As a countable noun, it can also mean a thin metal container or the material used to coat and preserve food and other goods; as a verb, it means to coat with tin or place something in a tin container. Related: can, canister, metal, tinplate.
- JET /dʒɛt/ · noun and verb
- As a noun, a jet is a narrow, fast-moving stream of liquid or gas, a jet aircraft, or a hard, black form of jet used in jewellery. As a verb, it means to issue or spray liquid, gas, or another substance in a narrow, forceful stream. Related: stream, squirt, spurt, aircraft.
- SOILS /soʊlz/ · noun
- The upper layer of earth in which plants grow, composed of various minerals and organic matter. Related: earth, ground, dirt, clay.
- GOLD /ɡoʊld/ (US); /ɡəʊld/ (British) · noun, verb, adjective
- Gold is a precious, naturally occurring metallic element with a distinctive yellow color, valued for its rarity and resistance to corrosion. The word also denotes this color, money or wealth, a medal or award, and something exceptionally valuable or desirable; as a verb, it means to cover or decorate with gold, and as an adjective, it describes things made of, colored like, or associated with gold. Related: bullion, precious metal, aurum, golden.
- BORAX /ˈbɔːræks/ · noun
- A white crystalline compound of boron, sodium, and oxygen (sodium tetraborate), found naturally in evaporite deposits and used widely as a cleaning agent, flux, and preservative. Related: sodium borate, sodium tetraborate, disodium tetraborate.
- BOG /bɒɡ/ (UK); /bɑːɡ/ (US) · noun
- An area of wet, spongy, waterlogged ground consisting chiefly of decaying moss and other vegetation, which forms peat. In British informal usage, it also refers to a toilet. Related: swamp, marsh, mire, fen.
- LEAD /liːd/ (verb); /lɛd/ (noun) · verb and noun
- As a verb, to guide, direct, or be in charge of people or activity. As a noun, a heavy, soft metallic element; it also means a person in charge, a leading position, or the principal performer in a production. Related: guide, direct, head, conduct.
- MARL /mɑːrl/ · noun and verb
- Marl is a soft, pale clay containing calcium carbonate, found in certain soils and geological deposits. As a verb, marl means to cover with marl or to disguise something. Related: clay, calcareous clay, marlstone.
- RHODIUM /ˈroʊdiəm/ · noun
- A hard, silvery-white metallic element of the platinum group, obtained chiefly from platinum ores and used in catalytic converters, industrial catalysts, reflective coatings, and jewelry plating. Related: rhodium metal.
- SHALE /ʃeɪl/ · noun
- Shale is a fine-grained, sedimentary rock composed mainly of clay minerals and silt, typically formed in thin layers. It is often soft or fissile and can split along those layers. Related: mudstone, siltstone, sedimentary rock.
- OLIVINE British /ˈɒlɪviːn/; US /oʊˈlɪviːn/ · noun
- A translucent to transparent olive-green mineral composed mainly of magnesium and iron silicate. It is an important constituent of many igneous rocks, and its transparent gem-quality variety is known as peridot. Related: peridot, olivine group.
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