Steatite
101SUMER — Le terme de Sumer se rapporte à l’une des plus importantes périodes de l’histoire mésopotamienne, une des plus brillantes aussi, si l’on songe à la civilisation et à l’art qu’elle évoque, dont nous sommes d’ailleurs encore tributaires après… …
102pierre — [ pjɛr ] n. f. • 1080; lat. petra 1 ♦ LA PIERRE : matière minérale solide, dure, qui se rencontre à l intérieur ou à la surface de l écorce terrestre en masses compactes. ⇒ roche ; lith(o) , lithe; lapidifier, pétrifier. Bloc, quartier de pierre …
103pagodite — ⇒PAGODITE, subst. fém. MINÉR. Stéatite rose ou verte appelée aussi pierre de lard utilisée par les Chinois pour la confection des magots ou pagodes. Synon. agalmatolithe. C est à la stéatite que doivent être rapportées une partie des substances… …
104steatitic — adj. of or pertaining to steatite; containing steatite …
105soaprock — noun a soft heavy compact variety of talc having a soapy feel; used to make hearths and tabletops and ornaments • Syn: ↑soapstone, ↑soap rock, ↑steatite • Hypernyms: ↑talc, ↑talcum * * * ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun …
106Bidens bipinnata — Spanish Span ish, a. Of or pertaining to Spain or the Spaniards. [1913 Webster] {Spanish bayonet} (Bot.), a liliaceous plant ({Yucca alorifolia}) with rigid spine tipped leaves. The name is also applied to other similar plants of the Southwestern …
107big-eyed mackerel — Spanish Span ish, a. Of or pertaining to Spain or the Spaniards. [1913 Webster] {Spanish bayonet} (Bot.), a liliaceous plant ({Yucca alorifolia}) with rigid spine tipped leaves. The name is also applied to other similar plants of the Southwestern …
108Black chalk — Chalk Chalk (ch[add]k), n. [AS. cealc lime, from L. calx limestone. See {Calz}, and {Cawk}.] 1. (Min.) A soft, earthy substance, of a white, grayish, or yellowish white color, consisting of calcium carbonate, and having the same composition as… …
109bull mackerel — Spanish Span ish, a. Of or pertaining to Spain or the Spaniards. [1913 Webster] {Spanish bayonet} (Bot.), a liliaceous plant ({Yucca alorifolia}) with rigid spine tipped leaves. The name is also applied to other similar plants of the Southwestern …
110By a long chalk — Chalk Chalk (ch[add]k), n. [AS. cealc lime, from L. calx limestone. See {Calz}, and {Cawk}.] 1. (Min.) A soft, earthy substance, of a white, grayish, or yellowish white color, consisting of calcium carbonate, and having the same composition as… …
