Definition of Curite

1. Noun. (minerology) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing hydrogen, lead, oxygen, and uranium. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Curite

1. a radioactive mineral [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Curite

curio
curiologic
curios
curiosities
curiosity
curiosity killed the cat
curious
curiouser
curiousest
curiousity
curiously
curiously enough
curiousness
curiousnesses
curite (current term)
curites
curium
curium bromide
curiums
curl
curl-up
curl somebody's hair
curl someone's hair
curl up
curled
curled pondweed
curled up
curledness
curler

Literary usage of Curite

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Institutes of Justinian: With English Introduction, Translation, and Notes by Corpus juris civilis Institutiones, Thomas Collett Sandars (1859)
"The sanction of the curite was probably necessary to its validity, when the family of a member of the curia was affected. If the person adopted was sui ..."

2. Bulletin by Geological Survey of Western Australia (1905)
"In crystalline or irregular masses often coated with curite or malachite. Bed, opaque, metallic. ..."

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