adamantine
21adamantine — ad•a•man•tine [[t]ˌæd əˈmæn tin, tɪn, taɪn[/t]] adj. 1) utterly unyielding or firm; hard 2) jew like a diamond in luster • Etymology: 1200–1250; ME < L adamantinus < Gk adamántinos. See adamant, ine I …
22adamantine — /ædəˈmæntaɪn/ (say aduh mantuyn) adjective 1. impenetrable. 2. like a diamond in lustre …
23adamantine — adjective 1. consisting of or having the hardness of adamant • Pertains to noun: ↑adamant 2. having the hardness of a diamond • Similar to: ↑hard 3. impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason he is adamant in his refusal to change his mind …
24adamantine layer — dental enamel …
25adamantine membrane — cuticula dentis …
26adamantine prisms — enamel prisms prismata adamantina; see under prisma …
27adamantine drill — noun : a tubular well drilling bit with hardened steel shot that revolve under the rim of the rotating tube …
28prismata adamantina — adamantine prisms: the structural units of the tooth enamel, consisting of parallel rods or prisms composed mainly of hydroxyapatite crystals and organic substance and held together with a cement substance, each prism being enveloped in a sheath …
29ntine — adamantine argentine bisontine brigantine brillantine byzantine cantine chryséléphantine clémentine dentine diamantine enfantine estudiantine feuillantine florentine galantine laborantine levantine sentine serpentine strophantine suintine tantine …
30Adamant — Adamantand similar words are used to refer to any especially hard substance, whether composed of diamond, some other gemstone, or some type of metal. Both adamant and diamond derive from the Greek word αδαμας ( adamas ), meaning untameable .… …
