n. An inner surface with a crust of tiny crystals.
n. An aggregation of calcium oxalate crystals found in certain plants.
n. A tiny yellow or white accumulation of extracellular material that builds up in Bruch's membrane of the eye.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A cavity in a rock, having its interior surface studded with crystals and sometimes filled with water; a geode.
n. One of a people and religious sect dwelling chiefly in the Lebanon mountains of Syria.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A rock-cavity lined with crystals; a geode, or, as miners call it, a vug.
n. One of a people and religious sect of Syria, living chiefly in the mountain regions of Lebanon and Anti-libanus and the district of Hauran.
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n. an adherent of an esoteric monotheistic religious sect living in the relative security of the mountains of Syria and Lebanon who believes that Al-hakim was an incarnation of God
Word Usage
"It was the first killing since a year in Lebanon. and Prime Minister Fuad Saniora had spoken to the druse leaders for peace."