Definitions For Feldspathoid

Adjective

(not comparable) (mineralogy) Resembling a feldspar.

See also

feldspathic

Noun

FELDSPATHOID. (countable and uncountable, plural FELDSPATHOIDs) (mineralogy) Any of a small group of igneous, plutonic, and volcanic minerals formed in magma that did not contain enough silica to satisfy all the chemical bonds. Feldspathoids are silica-poor variants of the feldspar group.

Hyponyms

analcime, cancrinite, hauynite, kalsilite, lazurite, leucite, nepheline, nosean, sodalite

Derived terms

feldspathoidal

Alternative forms

foid

Etymology

from {{der + en + de + feldspat + feldspath + feldspar}} + oid.

Is Feldspathoid a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US NO
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary NO

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The word Feldspathoid is worth 22 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends

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