bowieite

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noun

A rhodium-iridium-platinum sulfide mineral.

Scrabble 13
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Meanings

bowieite1

nounbowieite (uncountable)
  1. uncountablechemistryA rhodium-iridium-platinum sulfide mineral.

Bowieite2

nounBowieite (plural Bowieites)

plural Bowieites

  1. A fan of English musician and actor David Bowie (1947–2016).

    The glam following at Pip's led by a posse of Bowieites who were moving very cautiously towards punk, preferred a touch of showbiz flash and banter, while the more serious punks, to whom flash and banter was anathema, favoured the low key approach of Joy Division.

    2009, Lindsay Reade, The Life of Ian Curtis: Torn Apart, Omnibus Press, →ISBN

Origin

bowieite · noun

From Bowie + -ite, after Scottish geologist Stanley Bowie (1917–2008).

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Bowieite · noun

From (David) Bowie + -ite.

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APA

bowieite. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bowieite

MLA

“bowieite.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bowieite. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bowieite,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bowieite.

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