crystalline
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/ˈkɹɪs.tə.lɪn/
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/ˈkɹɪs.tə.lɪn/ · /ˈkɹɪs.təˌlaɪn/ · /ˈkɹɪs.təˌliːn/
Definition of crystalline
7 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
- Of, relating to, or composed of crystals.
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adj
- Of, relating to, or composed of crystals.
- Having a regular three-dimensional molecular structure.
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Resembling crystal in being clear and transparent
“There the roſy-finger'd Spring, by the liquid mirror of a cryſtalline pool, was attiring her fair daughters in ſeven-fold ornaments, while the love-whiſpering breezes ſtole kiſſes as they paſſed, and fanned their glowing beauties.”
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Pure.
“not in his favoured midfield role, either but as a false No 9: the sort of role Guardiola only hands to his chosen, crystalline few: Mario Götze at Bayern Munich (less successfully), Lionel Messi at Barcelona (a little more so).”
noun
- (obsolete)Any crystalline substance.
- (obsolete)Aniline.
name
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A female given name of rare usage.
“Mr. and Mrs. George W. Jordan of Evergreen announce the engagement of their daughter, Crystalline Myra, to First Lt. Robert H. Rhodes, United States Army, son of Mr. L. B. Rhodes and the late Mrs. Rhodes of Effingham.”
“WACHTEL — Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Wachtel, Coeur d’Alene, are parents of a seven-pound, one-ounce daughter, Crystalline Jean, born Feb. 21.”
““I have an eight-month-old baby girl, Crystalline,” she [Yelonda Williams] said.”
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Etymology
From Middle English cristallyn, cristallyne, from Old French cristallin and its etymon Latin crystallinus, from Ancient Greek κρυστάλλινος (krustállinos), from κρύσταλλος (krústallos, “crystal”) + -ῐνος (-ĭnos, adjectival suffix). By surface analysis, crystal + -ine.
Words you can make from crystalline
200+ playable · top: STERICALLY (15 pts)
Best play sterically 15 points9-letter words
11 words8-letter words
38 words- ANCESTRY 13 pts
- CLAYIEST 13 pts
- CYANITES 13 pts
- LITERACY 13 pts
- RECTALLY 13 pts
- SALIENCY 13 pts
- SCANTILY 13 pts
- SECANTLY 13 pts
- INLAYERS 11 pts
- INTERLAY 11 pts
- LINEARLY 11 pts
- RALLYIST 11 pts
- SERIALLY 11 pts
- SILENTLY 11 pts
- TINSELLY 11 pts
- ARTICLES 10 pts
- CANISTEL 10 pts
- CANISTER 10 pts
- CARLINES 10 pts
- CENTRALS 10 pts
- CERATINS 10 pts
- CISTERNA 10 pts
- CLARINET 10 pts
- CLIENTAL 10 pts
- CREATINS 10 pts
- LANCIERS 10 pts
- RECITALS 10 pts
- SCANTIER 10 pts
- STERICAL 10 pts
- TACRINES 10 pts
- ENTRAILS 8 pts
- LATRINES 8 pts
- LITERALS 8 pts
- RATLINES 8 pts
- RETINALS 8 pts
- SLANTIER 8 pts
- TALLIERS 8 pts
- TRENAILS 8 pts
7-letter words
150 words- ACETYLS 12 pts
- ANTICLY 12 pts
- CARNEYS 12 pts
- CLARITY 12 pts
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- CLEANLY 12 pts
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- CLERISY 12 pts
- CLYSTER 12 pts
- CRYSTAL 12 pts
- CYANITE 12 pts
- CYSTEIN 12 pts
- CYSTINE 12 pts
- LARCENY 12 pts
- LATENCY 12 pts
- LYRICAL 12 pts
- NECTARY 12 pts
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- SCANTLY 12 pts
- SCARILY 12 pts
- SECTARY 12 pts
- TREACLY 12 pts
- ALERTLY 10 pts
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- INLAYER 10 pts
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- REALITY 10 pts
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- CLIENTS 9 pts
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- LACIEST 9 pts
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- LATICES 9 pts
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- NARCIST 9 pts
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- SCANTER 9 pts
- SCARLET 9 pts
- SCLERAL 9 pts
- STEARIC 9 pts
- STENCIL 9 pts
- TACRINE 9 pts
- TALCIER 9 pts
- TANRECS 9 pts
- TINCALS 9 pts
- TRANCES 9 pts
- AINSELL 7 pts
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- ANESTRI 7 pts
- ANTLERS 7 pts
- ANTSIER 7 pts
- ELASTIN 7 pts
- ENTAILS 7 pts
- INSTALL 7 pts
- LATRINE 7 pts
- LENTILS 7 pts
- LINTELS 7 pts
- LINTERS 7 pts
- LITERAL 7 pts
- NAILERS 7 pts
- NAILSET 7 pts
- NASTIER 7 pts
- RALLIES 7 pts
- RALLINE 7 pts
- RATINES 7 pts
- RATLINE 7 pts
- RATLINS 7 pts
- REALIST 7 pts
- RELIANT 7 pts
- RENAILS 7 pts
- RENTALS 7 pts
- RETAILS 7 pts
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- TAILLES 7 pts
- TALLIER 7 pts
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- TENAILS 7 pts
- TILLERS 7 pts
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