| ADAMSITE | • adamsite n. An organic compound, diphenylaminechlorarsine, used as a riot-control agent. • Adamsite n. (US politics, historical) A supporter of John Quincy Adams (1767–1848), American statesman who served… • ADAMSITE n. a lung-irritating gas. |
| ANDESITE | • andesite n. (Geology) Any of a class of fine-grained intermediate igneous rock, of volcanic origin, containing mostly… • ANDESITE n. a volcanic rock found in the Andes, also ANDESYTE. |
| APPOSITE | • apposite adj. Strikingly appropriate or relevant; well suited to the circumstance or in relation to something. • apposite adj. Positioned at rest in respect to another, be it side-to-side, front-to-front, back-to-back, or even… • apposite adj. Related, homologous. |
| BOMBSITE | • bombsite n. A bomb site: a place where a bomb has exploded. • bomb␣site n. An area that an active bomb is contained in, normally sealed off by the authorities. • bomb␣site n. A building or other site destroyed by enemy aerial bombardment. |
| CAMPSITE | • campsite n. A place where one or more tents may be pitched for overnight stay in an outdoor area. • CAMPSITE n. an area suitable for camping. |
| CERUSITE | • cerusite n. Alternative form of cerussite. • CERUSITE n. native lead carbonate, also CERUSSITE. |
| DUMPSITE | • dumpsite n. A dump for garbage, usually a dump that is actively in use; or the location of such a dump. • DUMPSITE n. a place for dumping rubbish. |
| FUCHSITE | • fuchsite n. (Mineralogy) A green variety of muscovite. • FUCHSITE n. a brilliant green chromium mica. |
| GIBBSITE | • gibbsite n. (Mineralogy) A mineral with monoclinic crystals, usually white but can have different colors, Al(OH)3. • GIBBSITE n. a mineral, a hydrate of alumina. |
| HOMESITE | • homesite n. The plot of land on which a house is or can be built. • HOMESITE n. one's own site on the Internet. |
| JAROSITE | • jarosite n. (Mineralogy) A mineral with rhombohedral crystals, KFe33+(SO4)2(OH)6. • JAROSITE n. a sulphate of potassium and iron occurring as yellow or brown crusts on ferruginous ores. |
| LEWISITE | • lewisite n. An organoarsenic compound used as a chemical weapon. • LEWISITE n. an irritant and poison gas used for chemical warfare. |
| OPPOSITE | • opposite adj. Located directly across from something else, or from each other. • opposite adj. (Botany) Of leaves and flowers, positioned directly across from each other on a stem. • opposite adj. Facing in the other direction. |
| OUTASITE | • outasite adj. Alternative spelling of outasight. • OUTASITE adj. amazing, excellent, also OUTASIGHT. |
| PARASITE | • parasite n. (Derogatory) A person who lives on other people’s efforts or expense and gives little or nothing back. • parasite n. (Derogatory) A sycophant or hanger-on. • parasite n. (Biology) An organism that lives on or in another organism of a different species, deriving benefit… |
| TOWNSITE | • townsite n. In former British colonies, a tract of land authorized to be developed as a town and then surveyed and… • TOWNSITE n. the site of a town. |
| WELLSITE | • wellsite n. The site where a well is located. • wellsite n. (Mineralogy, obsolete) A supposed mineral, later reclassified as a mixture of phillipsite with harmotome. • WELLSITE n. the site of a well. |
| WORKSITE | • worksite n. A site where work occurs; usually used in reference to construction work. • WORKSITE n. an area where work takes place. |