See Also: lithia(medicine)
lithia(1)(dictionary)
lithia(2)(dictionary)

ballet (oh) and lithia(1) (iou)


ballet (oh)




[Date: 1600-1700; Language: French; Origin: Italian balletto, from ballo 'Dance', from ballare; BALLERINA]
[C] a performance in which dancing and Music tell a story without any speaking
::We're going to the ballet tomorrow evening.
::I wanted to be a ballet dancer when I was a child.
[U] this type of dancing
[C] a group of ballet dancers who work together
::the Bolshoi ballet

lithia(1) (iou)



lithia noun1. E19.
[Alt. of LITHION after soda, potassa, etc.]
Chemistry. Lithium oxide, Li2O, a white hygroscopic alkaline solid.
Comb.: lithia-emerald = HIDDENITE; lithia-mica = LEPIDOLITE; lithia-tourmaline any variety of tourmaline which contains lithium; lithia water mineral water containing dissolved salts of lithium.