What is the name meaning of GALENA. Phrases containing GALENA
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Boy/Male
Arabic
Stone of Heaven
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Devotee who Sings God's Praises
Boy/Male
Hindu
One of the kauravas
Girl/Female
Muslim
Fruitful, Fertile, Prolific
Boy/Male
Biblical
Father of peace.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a pet form of Gamel, from the Old Norse personal name Gamall (see Gamble).Americanized form of French Gamelin.
Biblical
watch;
Girl/Female
Tamil
Anshumati | அநà¯à®·à¯à®®à®¤à¯€
Brilliant, Wise
Girl/Female
Tamil
Hemavani | ஹேமாஂவாநீÂ
Golden words
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Impression; Mark; Beauty
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a.
Of or pertaining to characters developed by the use of heat; pertaining to the characters of minerals when examined before the blowpipe; as, the pyrognostic characters of galena.
n.
A variety of galena found in Derbyshire, England.
n.
An element which is combined with a metal, thus forming an ore. Thus, in galena, or lead ore, sulphur is a mineralizer; in hematite, oxygen is a mineralizer.
n.
False galena, or blende. See Blende (a).
n.
Lead sulphide; the principal ore of lead. It is of a bluish gray color and metallic luster, and is cubic in crystallization and cleavage.
n.
One of the elements, a heavy, pliable, inelastic metal, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished. It is both malleable and ductile, though with little tenacity, and is used for tubes, sheets, bullets, etc. Its specific gravity is 11.37. It is easily fusible, forms alloys with other metals, and is an ingredient of solder and type metal. Atomic weight, 206.4. Symbol Pb (L. Plumbum). It is chiefly obtained from the mineral galena, lead sulphide.
n.
A mineral, called also sphalerite, and by miners mock lead, false galena, and black-jack. It is a zinc sulphide, but often contains some iron. Its color is usually yellow, brown, or black, and its luster resinous.
n.
A remedy or antidose for poison; theriaca.
n.
A sulphide containing one atom of sulphur, and analogous to a monoxide; -- contrasted with a polysulphide; as, galena is a monosulphide.
n.
Galena; lead ore.
n.
A name given by English miners to sphalerite, or zinc blende; -- called also false galena. See Blende.
a.
Pertaining to, or containing, galena.
n.
Zinc sulphide; -- called also blende, black-jack, false galena, etc. See Blende (a).