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- Iceland sparA transparent form of calcite, used to demonstrate the polarization of light.
- brown sparA ferruginous variety of dolomite, in part identical with ankerite.
- Derbyshire sparblue John (mineral)
- heavy sparNative barium sulphate; barite.
- K-sparpotassic feldspar
- pearl sparA crystallized variety of dolomite, having a pearly lustre.
- satin sparA fine fibrous variety of either calcite or gypsum, with a pearly luster.
- spar buoya tall, thin buoy that floats upright in the water and is characterized by a small water plane area and a large mass
- spar deckThe upper deck of a ship.
- spar torpedoA weapon consisting of a bomb placed at the end of a long pole, or spar, attached to a boat, and used by ramming the end of the spar into an enemy ship before detonating the bomb.
- spar-hawkAlternative form of sparrow hawk: The American kestrel or American sparrowhawk (Falco sparverius), a small falcon found in North and South America that preys on grasshoppers and small animals.
- fluor sparAlternative form of fluorspar: A widely occurring mineral comprising calcium fluoride plus or minus impurities, of various colours, used as a flux in steelmaking, and in the manufacture of glass, enamels and hydrofluoric acid.
- spar torpedoesplural of spar torpedo: A weapon consisting of a bomb placed at the end of a long pole, or spar, attached to a boat, and used by ramming the end of the spar into an enemy ship before detonating the bomb.
- spar torpedosplural of spar torpedo: A weapon consisting of a bomb placed at the end of a long pole, or spar, attached to a boat, and used by ramming the end of the spar into an enemy ship before detonating the bomb.
- dogtooth sparA speleothem composed of many acute-angled calcite crystals formed by mineral precipitation.
- Greenland sparSynonym of cryolite: The mineral sodium hexafluoroaluminate (Na₃AlF₆).
- ice sparA variety of feldspar remarkable for its transparent ice-like crystals.
- Labrador sparSynonym of labradorite: A plagioclase feldspar mineral, calcium sodium aluminum silicate, often very coarsely crystalline, used as a decorative stone for carvings and building façades.
- needle spararagonite
- spar decksplural of spar deck: The upper deck of a ship.
- spar-hawksplural of spar-hawk: The American kestrel or American sparrowhawk (Falco sparverius), a small falcon found in North and South America that preys on grasshoppers and small animals.
- schiller-sparAn altered variety of enstatite, exhibiting, in certain positions, a bronze-like luster.
- spar buoysplural of spar buoy: a tall, thin buoy that floats upright in the water and is characterized by a small water plane area and a large mass
- bitter spardolomite
- tabular sparwollastonite
Compound words 76
- sparrerSomeone who spars, a fighter
- fluorsparSynonym of fluorite: A widely occurring mineral comprising calcium fluoride plus or minus impurities, of various colours, used as a flux in steelmaking, and in the manufacture of glass, enamels and hydrofluoric acid.
- sparryabundant in spar (the mineral)
- multisparHaving more than one spar.
- unsparTo take the spars, stakes, bolts or bars from.
- intersparA strut between spars.
- microsparA form of neomorphosed micrite with very small crystals
- spariticRelating to or consisting of spar (well-defined crystals, usually carbonate).
- sparlessWithout spars.
- sparlikeResembling or characteristic of a spar.