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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a yellow mineral consisting of nickel sulfide; a minor source of nickel;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Millerite \Mil"ler*ite\, n. A believer in the doctrine of William Miller (d. 1849), who taught that the end of the world and the second coming of Christ were at hand. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Millerite \Mil"ler*ite\, n. [From W. H. Miller, of Cambridge, Eng.] (Min.) A sulphide of nickel, commonly occurring in delicate capillary crystals, also in incrustations of a bronze yellow; -- sometimes called hair pyrites. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

millerite n 1: a yellow mineral consisting of nickel sulfide; a minor source of nickel