BROOKITES

Noun

brookites

plural of brookite

Source: Wiktionary


BROOKITE

Brook"ite, n. Etym: [Named from the English mineralogist, H.J.Brooke.] (Min.)

Definition: A mineral consisting of titanic oxide, and hence identical with rutile and octahedrite in composition, but crystallizing in the orthorhombic system.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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31 March 2025

IMPROVISED

(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”


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