Go to MSN Homeencarta®
Dictionary
Find
in
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Translations
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
Click to move up the list of words
tracheobronchial
tracheoesophageal
tracheole
tracheophyte
tracheoscopy
tracheostomy
tracheotomy
trachoma
trachyte
trachytic
tracing
tracing paper
track
track and field
track down
track event
track light
Click to move down the list of words
Also available:

World English Dictionary
Dictionnaire Français

trachyte
tra·chyte [ trá kt, tráy kt ]


noun 
Definition:
 
volcanic rock: a fine-grained volcanic rock, characterized by the presence of alkaline feldspar minerals
[Early 19th century. < Greek trakhus "rough" + -ite1]

tra·chy·toid [ trákə tòyd, tráyki tòyd ] adjective
Encarta® World English Dictionary [North American Edition] © & (P)2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Developed for Microsoft by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.
Advertisement
© 2009 Microsoft