lap·is

[lap-is, ley-pis]
noun, plural lap·i·des [lap-i-deez] .
1.
( italics ) Latin. stone (used in Latin names for minerals, gems, etc.)
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a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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He also noted the rich veins of silver and lapis lazuli.
Summer brings horizons of lapis lazuli at sunrise, burnt umber at sunset.
These are beautifully decorated, with white marble lattice and marble mosaics studded with green jade, lapis lazuli and agate.
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