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tachylite

tachylite is the alternative form of tachylyte.

Meaning of tachylyte

Noun

tachylyte (countable and uncountable, plural tachylytes)

  1. A black, vitreous basalt of volcanic origin.

Forms of tachylite

pluraltachylites

Words formed from tachylite

Questions about tachylite

What is tachylite the alternative form of?
Tachylite is the alternative form of tachylyte.

Words near tachylite in the dictionary

  1. tachykinins
  2. tachylalia
  3. tachylalic
  4. tachylectin
  5. tachylectins
  6. tachylite
  7. tachylites
  8. tachylitic
  9. tachylogia
  10. tachylyte
  11. tachylytes

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