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• garnet-coloured — adjective having the color of garnet • Syn: ↑garnet colored • Similar to: ↑colored, ↑coloured, ↑colorful …   Useful english dictionary

• garnet-colored — adjective having the color of garnet • Syn: ↑garnet coloured • Similar to: ↑colored, ↑coloured, ↑colorful …   Useful english dictionary

• garnet — garnetlike, adj. /gahr nit/, n. 1. any of a group of hard, vitreous minerals, silicates of calcium, magnesium, iron, or manganese with aluminum or iron, varying in color: a deep red transparent variety is used as a gem and as an abrasive. 2. a… …   Universalium

• Garnet — /gahr nit/, n. Henry Highland, 1815 82, U.S. clergyman and abolitionist. * * * Any of a group of common silicate minerals with identical crystal structure but highly variable chemical composition. Garnets are most often found in metamorphic rocks …   Universalium

• colored — I noun a United States term for Blacks that is now considered offensive • Syn: ↑colored person • Usage Domain: ↑archaism, ↑archaicism • Hypernyms: ↑Black, ↑Black person …   Useful english dictionary

• colorful — adjective 1. having striking color (Freq. 6) colorful autumn leaves • Syn: ↑colourful • Ant: ↑colorless • Similar to: ↑ablaze, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• mosaic — mosaically, adv. /moh zay ik/, n., adj., v., mosaicked, mosaicking. n. 1. a picture or decoration made of small, usually colored pieces of inlaid stone, glass, etc. 2. the process of producing such a picture or decoration. 3. something resembling …   Universalium

• Mosaic — /moh zay ik/, adj. of or pertaining to Moses or the writings, laws, and principles attributed to him: Mosaic ethics. Also, Mosaical. [1655 65; < NL Mosaicus, equiv. to LL Mos(es) MOSES + aicus, on the model of Hebraicus Hebraic] * * * Surface… …   Universalium

• Geology of the Australian Capital Territory — Australia grew around three fused pieces of very ancient continental crust (cratons). The geology of the Australian Capital Territory includes rocks dating from the Ordovician around 480 million years ago, whilst most rocks are from the Silurian …   Wikipedia

• Norwich Market — Norwich Market, 2009. The paved area in front of the market, now known as Gentleman s Walk, was formerly reserved for smallholders selling from temporary stalls. Since 1938 the market square has been dominated by the Art Deco City Hall (centre) …   Wikipedia

• colour index — In igneous petrology, the sum of the volume percentages of the coloured, or dark, minerals in the rock. The most common light coloured minerals are feldspars, feldspathoids, and silica or quartz; abundant dark coloured minerals include olivine,… …   Universalium