See Also: bleary eye(medicine)
bleary(dictionary)
bleary(dictionary)

anorthosite (iou) and bleary (iou)


anorthosite (iou)



anorthosite noun. M19.
[from French anorthose plagioclase, (now) anorthoclase + -ITE1: see ANORTHIC.]
Geology. A granular igneous rock composed largely of a plagioclase (usu. labradorite).
anortho'sitic adjective of the Nature of anorthosite M20.

bleary (iou)



bleary adjective. LME.
[from BLEAR adjective + -Y1.]
(Of the eyes) dim, dull, filmy, full of sleep; gen. dim, misty, indistinct.
Comb.: bleary-eyed adjective having bleary eyes; half asleep; fig. dull of perception, short-sighted; bleary-eyedness the state or condition of being bleary-eyed.
blearily adverb E20.
bleariness noun LME.