Usually means: Sedimentary rock composed of diatoms.
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  1. diatomite: Merriam-Webster
  2. diatomite: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. diatomite: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. diatomite: Collins English Dictionary
  5. diatomite: Vocabulary.com
  6. diatomite: Wordnik
  7. diatomite: Wiktionary
  8. diatomite: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. diatomite: Dictionary.com
  10. Diatomite: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. diatomite: Rhymezone
  12. diatomite: FreeDictionary.org
  13. diatomite: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. diatomite: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. diatomite: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. diatomite: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. diatomite: Medical dictionary

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)
  2. diatomite: Natural History Terms

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (diatomite)

noun:  (geology) A fine, powdery earth formed from the skeletons of diatoms

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