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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD NOVACULITE

From Latin novācula sharp knife, razor, from novāre to renew.
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PRONUNCIATION OF NOVACULITE

novaculite  [nəʊˈvækjʊˌlaɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NOVACULITE

noun
adjective
verb
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Novaculite is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES NOVACULITE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Novaculite

Novaculite is a form of chert or flint found in the Ouachita Mountains of Arkansas and Oklahoma and in the Marathon Uplift of Texas. Novaculite is considered to be highly siliceous sediments and may be a product of the low-grade metamorphism of chert beds. The strata were deposited in the Devonian Period and subjected to uplift and folding during the Ouachita orogeny of the Pennsylvanian/Permian Periods. Novaculite is very resistant to erosion and the layers of novaculite stand out as ridges in the Ouachita Mountains. Novaculite is a form of microcrystalline or cryptocrystalline quartz. The color varies from white to grey-black and the specific gravity shows an increase from 2.2 to 2.5. The very hard dense rock is used as a whetstone; whetstones of this material are described as Arkansas stones. It has been mined since prehistoric times both as material for use as arrow and spear points and as sharpening stones. Moreover, the upper strata of Arkansas Novaculite, known as tripoli, has found a niche within the coatings, adhesives, sealants and elastomer industry as a performance additive or filler.

Definition of novaculite in the English dictionary

The definition of novaculite in the dictionary is a fine-grained dense hard rock containing quartz and feldspar: used as a whetstone.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH NOVACULITE


anticellulite
ˌæntɪˈsɛljʊˌlaɪt
baculite
ˈbækjʊˌlaɪt
catholyte
ˈkæθəʊˌlaɪt
cellulite
ˈsɛljʊˌlaɪt
cimolite
ˈsɪməʊˌlaɪt
electrolyte
ɪˈlɛktrəʊˌlaɪt
globulite
ˈɡlɒbjʊˌlaɪt
granulite
ˈɡrænjʊˌlaɪt
gyrolite
ˈdʒaɪrəʊˌlaɪt
ichthyodorulite
ˌɪkθɪəʊˈdɔːjʊˌlaɪt
lazulite
ˈlæzjʊˌlaɪt
lowlight
ˈləʊˌlaɪt
mesolite
ˈmɛsəʊˌlaɪt
microlight
ˈmaɪkrəʊˌlaɪt
microlite
ˈmaɪkrəʊˌlaɪt
nummulite
ˈnʌmjʊˌlaɪt
serpulite
ˈsɜːpjʊˌlaɪt
spherulite
ˈsfɛrʊˌlaɪt
tentaculite
tɛnˈtækjʊˌlaɪt
vermiculite
vɜːˈmɪkjʊˌlaɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE NOVACULITE

nova
Nova Lisboa
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia duck tolling retriever
Nova Scotian
novae
Novaesium
novalia
novalike
Novalis
Novara
novated lease
novation
Novaya Zemlya
novel
noveldom
novelese
novelette
novelettish
novelettist

WORDS THAT END LIKE NOVACULITE

argillite
Bakelite
communications satellite
crystallite
elite
flite
halite
hoplite
lite
metabolite
ophiolite
polite
power elite
satellite
scheelite
socialite
Stellite
tantalite
thulite
zeolite

Synonyms and antonyms of novaculite in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «novaculite» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF NOVACULITE

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Translator English - Chinese

均密石英岩
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

novaculite
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novaculite
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novaculite
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novaculite
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novaculite
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novaculite
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novaculite
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novaculite
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Novaculite
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Translator English - German

Novaculit
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Translator English - Japanese

ノバキュライト
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novaculite
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Novaculite
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novaculite
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Translator English - Tamil

novaculite
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Translator English - Marathi

नवकल्पना
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Novakülit
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

novaculite
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novaculite
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novaculite
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Translator English - Romanian

novaculite
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novaculite
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

novaculite
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

novaculite
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

novaculite
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of novaculite

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «NOVACULITE»

The term «novaculite» is used very little and occupies the 157.687 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «NOVACULITE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about novaculite

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NOVACULITE»

Discover the use of novaculite in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to novaculite and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Caballos Novaculite, Marathon Region, Texas
\IQFTKFOJNH I)iagrammatic cross section showing possible relations of time lines to novaculite and chert and shale members .............................................. .. 41 Cross section of pseudo ripple marks in novaculite . .. 68 Orientation of pseudo ...
Earle F. McBride, Alan Thomson, 1970
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U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper
All are of secondary origin, having formed as local concentrations of manganese oxides deposited from ground water that had previously leached the manganese from manganese-bearing carbonate minerals in the novaculite and perhaps ...
‎1984
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Lexicon of geologic names of the United States (including ...
however, and occur In massive beds from few inches to 12 or 15 ft. thick. All highly siliceous rock except occasional sss. Is novaculite or flinty sb. ; there Is no true chert or flint, although hard spots or masses are called flint by quarrymen.
‎1938
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Report of the Committee on Sedimentation
lirwan used it also in the following sense: "novaculite porphyry." Caikie1 gave " whet-slate" and"fconestone" as synonyms for "novaculite" and defined all three as "exceedingly hard fine-grained siliceous rock." Schoolcraft2, in 1819, said that  ...
National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Sedimentation, Thomas Wayland Vaughan, William Henry Twenhofel, 1938
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South-Central Section of the Geological Society of America: ...
The Novaculite, together with minor amounts of the conformably underlying Missouri Mountain Formation (Silu- rian) and conformably overlying Stanley Shale, is exposed for about 2,000 ft (609 m) along the east side of the highway. Additional ...
O.T. Hayward, 1988
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Geological Survey Professional Paper
All are of secondary origin, having formed as local concentrations of manganese oxides deposited from ground water that had previously leached the manganese from manganese-bearing carbonate minerals in the novaculite and perhaps ...
Geological Survey (U.S.), 1984
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Paleotectonic investigations of the Mississippian System in ...
Novaculite apparently grades westward into the lower part of the Stanley Shale ( B. R. Haley and C. G. Stone, oral commun., 1972). In the Ouachita Mountains area, the upper boundary of interval B is placed at the top of the upper division of  ...
Lawrence Carey Craig, Carol Waite Connor, Augustus K. Armstrong, 1979
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Soil survey
The Missouri Mountain Shale is of Silurian age and lies between the Arkansas novaculite and the Polk Creek Shale. It is typically a red, green, or buff shale or slate with minor novaculite and sandy conglomerate layers. It is generally poorly  ...
United States. Bureau of Soils, United States. Bureau of Plant Industry, United States. Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering, 1989
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Bibliography of U.S. Geological Survey Reports on Uranium ...
21, T. 3 B., R. 17 W. 147378 0.002 0.001 Grab sample, medium- to dark-gray novaculite (see shale. pi. 8). Mlddle(T) division .. do 1471(1 .002 .002 Channel sample, 1-ft of tbe Arkansas dark-gray shale. novaculite. 42 Middle division of SWJi ...
Paul E. Soister, Dora R. Conklin, 1959
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Bibliography of the Geology of the Western Phosphate Field
Parmelee, C. W., and Harman, C. G., 1946, Southern Illinois -novaculite and novaculite gravel for making silica refractories: 111. Geol. Survey Rept Inv. 117, 55 p. Extensive deposits of novaculite and of novaculite gravel occur in Alexander ...
Robert A. Harris, 1954

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NOVACULITE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term novaculite is used in the context of the following news items.
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Southern Rock Racing Demonstrates Why Crawling Is for Babies
... his helmet, is ready for his timed run up a steep hill made up mostly of jagged, irregular, three-foot-tall saw teeth of almost translucent novaculite stone. «Car and Driver, Jan 15»
2
Double Crown Resources Welcomes New Mining and Oilfield …
... quartzite, hydraulic fracturing sand, novaculite, magnesite, gold, silver, barite, and clay. His expertise includes surface and underground mine ... «Business Wire, Aug 14»
3
Learning on site: Bald Eagle park festival celebrates American …
Marshall Rosengrant, of Greene, N.Y., took a large moose antler and knocked a small chunk of Arkansas novaculite rock out of a larger piece. «Centre Daily Times, Jun 14»
4
MSU Students Dig up Dirt on Ozarks Prehistoric Past
This rock is called novaculite, comes out of the Ouachita Mountains of Southwest, Central Arkansas." Where we might see moss, dirt and stone, ray sees the ... «OzarksFirst.com, Jun 14»
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Reader Tip: How to Sharpen a Knife with a Coffee Cup
and I would graciously explain about the grades of Arkansas novaculite, what each is for, and where to get them. I might even offer to send my ... «Field and Stream, Feb 14»
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Hobbyist finds therapy in 'flint knapping'
... recently sat hunched over in a chair outside with a buffalo leather pad over his knee as he began to chip away at curved novaculite, a silica ... «Beaumont Enterprise, Dec 13»
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Novaculite runs in Hot Springs' veins
Karen E. Segrave Knife sharpening kits made of Arkansas stone, or novaculite, await packaging at the Smith's Consumer Products plant. «NWAOnline, Jul 12»
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Supplier News
Founded in 1886 by the current president's great-grandfather, Smith's started as a stone company selling raw Novaculite stone, which is found in commercial ... «Gourmet Retailer, Feb 12»
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Destination Science: Caves, Hot springs, and Diamonds in the Ozarks
Native Americans dug systematically for Arkansas novaculite, a silica-rich mineral used for arrowheads some 10,000 years ago. It was the day ... «Discover Magazine, Aug 10»
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Discoveries might reveal origins of Southeastern NC's first inhabitants
Geologists said the rock, called black chert or novaculite, was previously thought to be available in vast quantities only in the mountains of ... «StarNewsOnline.com, May 10»

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