See Also: benitoite(dictionary)

off-kilter (oh) and benitoite (iou)


off-kilter (oh)



adj
not completely straight or correctly balanced
::The paintings were slightly off-kilter.
unusual in a strange or interesting way
::her off-kilter sense of humour

benitoite (iou)



benitoite noun. E20.
[from San Benito County, California + -ITE1.]
Mineralogy. A sapphire-blue hexagonal barium titanium silicate, sometimes of gem quality.