a.
A rare mineral having a velvet-black color and submetallic luster. It is a niobate of uranium, iron, and the yttrium and cerium metals.
Next Wordn.
Discharge from obligation or responsibility, as from debt, penalty, or claim of any kind; acquittance. →
a.
Belonging to, or consisting of, allegory; of the nature of an allegory; describing by resemblances; figurative. →
superl.
Composed of valuable or costly materials or ingredients; procured at great outlay; highly valued; precious; sumptuous; costly; as, a rich dress; rich silk or fur; rich presents. →
n.
That form of homology due to common ancestry (phylogenetic homology), in opposition to homomorphy, to which genealogic basis is wanting. →