*elite*

n. [ L. ampelitis, Gr. 'ampeli^tis, fr. 'a`mpelos vine. ] (Min.) An earth abounding in pyrites, used by the ancients to kill insects, etc., on vines; -- applied by Brongniart to a carbonaceous alum schist. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a thermosetting plastic used in electric insulators and for making plastic ware and telephone receivers etc. [ trademark ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } a. Of or pertaining to the order of Carmelites. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Eccl. Hist.) A friar of a mendicant order (the Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel) established on Mount Carmel, in Syria, in the twelfth century; a White Friar. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A nun of the Order of Our lady of Mount Carmel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Daubrée, a French mineralogist. ] (Min.) A sulphide of chromium observed in some meteoric irons. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Delitescent. ] 1. Concealment; seclusion; retirement. [ 1913 Webster ]

The delitescence of mental activities. Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) The sudden disappearance of inflammation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Concealment; seclusion. [ 1913 Webster ]

The mental organization of the novelist must be characterized, to speak craniologically, by an extraordinary development of the passion for delitescency. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. delitescens, -entis, p. pr. of delitescere to lie hid. ] Lying hid; concealed. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., fr. élire to choose, L. eligere. See Elect. ] 1. A choice or select body; the flower; as, the élite of society. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. See Army organization, Switzerland. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Min.) A white crystallized mineral resin from the Fichtelgebirge, Bavaria. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A descendant of Ishmael (the son of Abraham and Hagar), of whom it was said, “His hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him.” Gen. xvi. 12. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One at enmity with society; a wanderer; a vagabond; an outcast. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. See Ismaelian. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. (Eccl.) One of a sect of Muslims who followed the practices of the family of Mohammed ben Ismael, of the house of Ali.

n. [ L. Israëlites, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_;, &unr_;, Israel, Heb. Yisrāēl, i. e., champion of God; sārāh to fight + ēl God. ] A descendant of Israel, or Jacob; a Hebrew; a Jew.

n. [ From Major von Knebel. ] (Min.) A mineral of a gray, red, brown, or green color, and glistening luster. It is a silicate of iron and manganese. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;; mo`nos alone, only + &unr_;, &unr_;, to will, be willing: cf. F. monothélite. ] (Eccl. Hist.) One of an ancient sect who held that Christ had but one will as he had but one nature. Cf. Monophysite. Gibbon. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. [ Gr. nefe`lh cloud: cf. F. néphéline. Cf. Nebula. ] (Min.) A mineral occuring at Vesuvius, in glassy hexagonal crystals; also elsewhere, in grayish or greenish masses having a greasy luster, as the variety elaeolite. It is a silicate of aluminia, soda, and potash. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Ottrez, on the borders of Luxembourg. ] (Min.) A micaceous mineral occurring in small scales. It is characteristic of certain crystalline schists. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. pimelh` fat. ] (Min.) An apple-green mineral having a greasy feel. It is a hydrous silicate of nickel, magnesia, aluminia, and iron. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to the style called preraphaelitism; as, a preraphaelite figure; a preraphaelite landscape. Ruskin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who favors or practices art as it was before Raphael; one who favors or advocates preraphaelitism. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Popularly, any modern artist thought to be a would-be restorer of early ideas or methods, as one of the German painters often called Nazarenes, or one who paints and draws with extreme minuteness of detail. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ Quinque- + literal. ] Consisting of five letters. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who advocates or adopts the principles of Raphaelism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From an English chemist, H.E. Roscoe + -lite. ] (Min.) A green micaceous mineral occurring in minute scales. It is essentially a silicate of aluminia and potash containing vanadium. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From the German mineralogist G. Rose + -lite. ] (Min.) A hydrous arsenite of cobalt, occuring in small red crystals, allied to erythrite. [ 1913 Webster ]