porphyritic

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   (of rocks) consisting of porphyry or containing large crystals in a fine groundmass of minerals

Questions about porphyritic

What does porphyritic mean?

porphyritic means "(of rocks) consisting of porphyry or containing large crystals in a fine groundmass of minerals".

How many syllables are in porphyritic?

porphyritic has 4 syllables: por-phy-rit-ic. The stress falls on "rit". In IPA it is /ˌpɔɹfɚˈɪtɪk/.

Is porphyritic a common word?

porphyritic is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with porphyritic?

1 word rhymes with porphyritic. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.