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Showing words for SPINEL using the English dictionary

6 Letter Words for Spinel

pensil, spinel, spline

5 Letter Words for Spinel

elsin, insep, lenis, liens, lines, lipse, nelis, penis, piles, pines, pleis, plies, silen, sline, slipe, snipe, speil, spiel, spile, spine

4 Letter Words for Spinel

epil, insp, ipse, isle, leis, lens, leps, lien, lies, line, lins, lipe, lips, lisp, neps, nies, nile, nils, nips, peni, pens, pien, pies, pile, pine, pins, pise, plie, seil, sepn, sien, sile, sine, sipe, slip, snip, spie, spin

3 Letter Words for Spinel

eli, els, enl, ens, epi, esp, ile, ins, ipl, ips, ise, isl, isn, lei, lep, les, lie, lin, lip, lis, lpn, nei, nep, nie, nil, nip, nis, pel, pen, pes, pie, pil, pin, pis, pli, psi, sei, sel, sen, sep, sie, sil, sin, sip, sle, spl

Definitions for Spinel

[1] any of a group of minerals composed principally of oxides of magnesium, aluminum, iron, manganese, chromium, etc., characterized by their hardness and octahedral crystals.
[2] a mineral of this group, essentially magnesium aluminate, MgAl2 O4 , some varieties being used as gems.
[3] any of a group of hard glassy minerals of variable colour consisting of oxides of aluminium, magnesium, chromium, iron, zinc, or manganese and occurring in the form of octahedral crystals: used as gemstones
[4] a hard, glassy mineral composed of magnesium-aluminium oxide found in metamorphosed limestones and many basic and ultrabasic igneous rocks. Formula: MgAl 2 O 4

Words nearby Spinel

spine-bashing, spine-chiller, spine-chilling, spine-tingling, spinebash, spinel, spinel ruby, spineless, spinescent, spinet, spingarn

Origin of Spinel

1520–30; < French spinelle < Italian spinella, equivalent to spin(a ) thorn (< Latin spīna ) + -ella -elle

Word origin for Spinel

C16: from French spinelle, from Italian spinella, diminutive of spina a thorn, from Latin; so called from the shape of the crystals