Words that rhyme with rhyolite
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acolyte
n 1: someone who assists a priest or minister in a liturgical service; a cleric ordained in the highest of the minor orders in the Roman Catholic Church but not in the Anglican Church or the Eastern Orthodox Churches -
alight
adj 1: lighted up by or as by fire or flame; "forests set ablaze (or afire) by lightning"; "even the car's tires were aflame"; "a night aflare with fireworks"; "candles alight on the tables"; "houses on fire" [syn: ablaze(p), afire(p), aflame(p), aflare(p), alight(p), on fire(p)] v 1: to come to rest, settle; "Misfortune lighted upon him" [syn: alight, light, perch] 2: come down; "the birds alighted" [syn: alight, climb down] -
candlelight
n 1: the light provided by a burning candle [syn: candlelight, candle flame] -
coprolite
n 1: fossil excrement; petrified dung -
cosmopolite
n 1: a sophisticated person who has travelled in many countries [syn: cosmopolitan, cosmopolite] -
crystallite
n 1: any of numerous minute rudimentary crystalline bodies of unknown composition found in glassy igneous rock -
daylight
n 1: the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside; "the dawn turned night into day"; "it is easier to make the repairs in the daytime" [syn: day, daytime, daylight] [ant: dark, night, nighttime] 2: light during the daytime -
deadlight
n 1: a strong shutter over a ship's porthole that is closed in stormy weather -
delight
n 1: a feeling of extreme pleasure or satisfaction; "his delight to see her was obvious to all" [syn: delight, delectation] 2: something or someone that provides a source of happiness; "a joy to behold"; "the pleasure of his company"; "the new car is a delight" [syn: joy, delight, pleasure] v 1: give pleasure to or be pleasing to; "These colors please the senses"; "a pleasing sensation" [syn: please, delight] [ant: displease] 2: take delight in; "he delights in his granddaughter" [syn: delight, enjoy, revel] 3: hold spellbound [syn: enchant, enrapture, transport, enthrall, ravish, enthral, delight] [ant: disenchant, disillusion] -
electrolyte
n 1: a solution that conducts electricity; "the proper amount and distribution of electrolytes in the body is essential for health" -
firelight
n 1: the light of a fire (especially in a fireplace) -
flashlight
n 1: a small portable battery-powered electric lamp [syn: flashlight, torch] -
floodlight
n 1: light that is a source of artificial illumination having a broad beam; used in photography [syn: flood, floodlight, flood lamp, photoflood] v 1: illuminate with floodlights -
gaslight
n 1: light yielded by the combustion of illuminating gas -
halite
n 1: naturally occurring crystalline sodium chloride [syn: halite, rock salt] -
headlight
n 1: a powerful light with reflector; attached to the front of an automobile or locomotive [syn: headlight, headlamp] -
highlight
n 1: the most interesting or memorable part; "the highlight of the tour was our visit to the Vatican" [syn: highlight, high spot] 2: an area of lightness in a picture [syn: highlight, highlighting] v 1: move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent; "The introduction highlighted the speaker's distinguished career in linguistics" [syn: foreground, highlight, spotlight, play up] [ant: background, downplay, play down] 2: apply a highlighter to one's cheeks or eyebrows in order to make them more prominent; "highlight the area above your eyebrows" -
impolite
adj 1: not polite [ant: polite] -
lamplight
n 1: light from a lamp -
limelight
n 1: a focus of public attention; "he enjoyed being in the limelight"; "when Congress investigates it brings the full glare of publicity to the agency" [syn: limelight, spotlight, glare, public eye] 2: a lamp consisting of a flame directed at a cylinder of lime with a lens to concentrate the light; formerly used for stage lighting [syn: limelight, calcium light] -
metabolite
n 1: any substance involved in metabolism (either as a product of metabolism or as necessary for metabolism) -
moonlight
n 1: the light of the Moon; "moonlight is the smuggler's enemy"; "the Moon was bright enough to read by" [syn: moonlight, moonshine, Moon] v 1: work a second job, usually after hours; "The law student is moonlighting as a taxi driver" -
penlight
n 1: a small flashlight resembling a fountain pen -
polite
adj 1: showing regard for others in manners, speech, behavior, etc. [ant: impolite] 2: marked by refinement in taste and manners; "cultivated speech"; "cultured Bostonians"; "cultured tastes"; "a genteel old lady"; "polite society" [syn: civilized, civilised, cultivated, cultured, genteel, polite] 3: not rude; marked by satisfactory (or especially minimal) adherence to social usages and sufficient but not noteworthy consideration for others; "even if he didn't like them he should have been civil"- W.S. Maugham [syn: civil, polite] [ant: rude, uncivil] -
proselyte
n 1: a new convert; especially a gentile converted to Judaism -
satellite
adj 1: surrounding and dominated by a central authority or power; "a city and its satellite communities" n 1: man-made equipment that orbits around the earth or the moon [syn: satellite, artificial satellite, orbiter] 2: a person who follows or serves another [syn: satellite, planet] 3: any celestial body orbiting around a planet or star v 1: broadcast or disseminate via satellite -
searchlight
n 1: a light source with reflectors that projects a beam of light in a particular direction -
sidelight
n 1: light carried by a boat that indicates the boat's direction; vessels at night carry a red light on the port bow and a green light on the starboard bow [syn: sidelight, running light] -
skylight
n 1: a window in a roof to admit daylight [syn: skylight, fanlight] -
socialite
n 1: a socially prominent person -
spotlight
n 1: a focus of public attention; "he enjoyed being in the limelight"; "when Congress investigates it brings the full glare of publicity to the agency" [syn: limelight, spotlight, glare, public eye] 2: a lamp that produces a strong beam of light to illuminate a restricted area; used to focus attention of a stage performer [syn: spotlight, spot] v 1: move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent; "The introduction highlighted the speaker's distinguished career in linguistics" [syn: foreground, highlight, spotlight, play up] [ant: background, downplay, play down] 2: illuminate with a spotlight, as in the theater -
starlight
n 1: the light of the stars -
stoplight
n 1: a red light on the rear of a motor vehicle that signals when the brakes are applied to slow or stop [syn: stoplight, brake light] 2: a visual signal to control the flow of traffic at intersections [syn: traffic light, traffic signal, stoplight] -
streetlight
n 1: a lamp supported on a lamppost; for illuminating a street [syn: streetlight, street lamp] -
sunlight
n 1: the rays of the sun; "the shingles were weathered by the sun and wind" [syn: sunlight, sunshine, sun] -
taillight
n 1: lamp (usually red) mounted at the rear of a motor vehicle [syn: taillight, tail lamp, rear light, rear lamp] -
tantalite
n 1: a mineral consisting of tantalum oxide of iron and manganese that occurs with niobite or in coarse granite; an ore of tantalum -
torchlight
n 1: light from a torch or torches -
twilight
adj 1: lighted by or as if by twilight; "The dusky night rides down the sky/And ushers in the morn"-Henry Fielding; "the twilight glow of the sky"; "a boat on a twilit river" [syn: dusky, twilight(a), twilit] n 1: the time of day immediately following sunset; "he loved the twilight"; "they finished before the fall of night" [syn: twilight, dusk, gloaming, gloam, nightfall, evenfall, fall, crepuscule, crepuscle] 2: the diffused light from the sky when the sun is below the horizon but its rays are refracted by the atmosphere of the earth 3: a condition of decline following successes; "in the twilight of the empire" -
vermiculite
n 1: any of a group of yellow or brown hydrous silicate minerals having a micaceous structure -
zeolite
n 1: any of a family of glassy minerals analogous to feldspar containing hydrated aluminum silicates of calcium or sodium or potassium; formed in cavities in lava flows and in plutonic rocks -
jacklight
n 1: a light used as a lure in hunting or fishing at night v 1: hunt with a jacklight [syn: jacklight, jack] -
sodalite
n 1: a vitreous mineral consisting of sodium aluminum silicate and sodium chloride in crystalline form; occurs in igneous rocks -
aerolite
n 1: a stony meteorite consisting of silicate minerals -
carmelite
adj 1: of or relating to the Carmelite friars; "Carmelite monasteries" n 1: a Roman Catholic friar wearing the white cloak of the Carmelite order; mendicant preachers [syn: Carmelite, White Friar] -
cellulite
n 1: lumpy deposits of body fat especially on women's thighs etc. -
chrysolite
n 1: a brown or yellow-green olivine found in igneous and metamorphic rocks and used as a gemstone -
cryolite
n 1: a white mineral consisting of fluorides of aluminum and sodium; a source of fluorine [syn: cryolite, Greenland spar] -
kimberlite
n 1: a rare type of peridotite that sometimes contains diamonds; found in South Africa and Siberia -
lepidolite
n 1: a mineral of the mica group; an important source of lithium -
overflight
n 1: a flight by an aircraft over a particular area (especially over an area in foreign territory) -
theodolite
n 1: a surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and vertical angles, consisting of a small telescope mounted on a tripod [syn: theodolite, transit] -
amphibolite
n 1: a metamorphic rock composed chiefly of amphibole and plagioclase -
cristobalite
n 1: a white mineral consisting of silica; found in volcanic rocks -
spaceflight
n 1: a voyage outside the Earth's atmosphere [syn: spaceflight, space travel, spacefaring] -
graptolite
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heteroclite
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hoplite
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hyalite
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lowlight
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peine
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phonolite
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corallite
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featherlight
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marmolite
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oolite
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spherulite
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staurolite
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ichthyolite
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monothelite
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topazolite
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toxophilite
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variolite
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perlite
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nightlight
See also rhyolite definition
