navite

noun

na·​vite

ˈnāˌvīt

plural -s

: a mineral consisting of a coarse-grained olivine-basalt with phenocrysts of altered olivine and a little augite and basic plagioclase in a holocrystalline groundmass of labradorite and augite

Word History

Etymology

German navit, from Latin Nava Nahe river, Germany + German -it -ite

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Rhymes for navite

• amit
• athlete
• backseat
• blackfeet
• broadsheet
• browbeat
• buckwheat
• compete
• compleat
• complete
• conceit
• concrete