Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hawleyite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: haw-leyite
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A rare cadmium sulfide mineral in the sphalerite group.

Uncountable

Etymology

From Hawley + -ite, after James Edwin Hawley.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Hawley

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does hawleyite mean?: A rare cadmium sulfide mineral in the sphalerite group.
Where does hawleyite come from?: From Hawley + -ite, after James Edwin Hawley.

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