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Serpentine :: Serpentine (a.) Resembling a serpent; having the shape or qualities of a serpent; subtle; winding or turning one way and the other, like a moving serpent; anfractuous; meandering; sinuous; zigzag; as, serpentine braid..

Marmolite :: Marmolite (n.) A thin, laminated variety of serpentine, usually of a pale green color..

Sinuous :: Sinuous (a.) Bending in and out; of a serpentine or undulating form; winding; crooked.

Serpentinely :: Serpentinely (adv.) In a serpentine manner.

Snaky :: Snaky (a.) Of or pertaining to a snake or snakes; resembling a snake; serpentine; winding.

Serpentize :: Serpentize (v. i.) To turn or bend like a serpent, first in one direction and then in the opposite; to meander; to wind; to serpentine..

Asbestos :: Asbestos (n.) A variety of amphibole or of pyroxene, occurring in long and delicate fibers, or in fibrous masses or seams, usually of a white, gray, or green-gray color. The name is also given to a similar variety of serpentine..

Serpentinous :: Serpentinous (a.) Relating to, or like, serpentine; as, a rock serpentinous in character..

Retinalite :: Retinalite (n.) A translucent variety of serpentine, of a honey yellow or greenish yellow color, having a waxy resinlike luster..

Spiry :: Spiry (a.) Of a spiral form; wreathed; curled; serpentine.

Serpentine :: Serpentine (n.) A kind of ancient cannon.

Bowenite :: Bowenite (n.) A hard, compact variety of serpentine found in Rhode Island. It is of a light green color and resembles jade..

Serpentine :: Serpentine (n.) A mineral or rock consisting chiefly of the hydrous silicate of magnesia. It is usually of an obscure green color, often with a spotted or mottled appearance resembling a serpent's skin. Precious, or noble, serpentine is translucent and of a rich oil-green color..

Saponite :: Saponite (n.) A hydrous silicate of magnesia and alumina. It occurs in soft, soapy, amorphous masses, filling veins in serpentine and cavities in trap rock..

Creese :: Creese (n.) A dagger or short sword used by the Malays, commonly having a serpentine blade..

Cerolite :: Cerolite (n.) A hydrous silicate of magnesium, allied to serpentine, occurring in waxlike masses of a yellow or greenish color..

Picrolite :: Picrolite (n.) A fibrous variety of serpentine.

Metasomatism :: Metasomatism (n.) An alteration in a mineral or rock mass when involving a chemical change of the substance, as of chrysolite to serpentine; -- opposed to ordinary metamorphism, as implying simply a recrystallization..

Serpentine :: Serpentine (v. i.) To serpentize.

Verd Antique :: Verd antique () A mottled-green serpentine marble.

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