Usually means: Lead sulfide, primary ore mineral.
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We found 30 dictionaries that define the word Galena:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. galena: Merriam-Webster
  2. galena: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Galena, galena: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. galena: Collins English Dictionary
  5. galena: Vocabulary.com
  6. Galena, galena: Wordnik
  7. Galena, galena: Wiktionary
  8. galena: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. galena: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. galena: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. galena: Dictionary.com
  12. Galena (disambiguation), Galena (mineral), Galena (singer), Galena: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Galena: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. galena: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. galena: Rhymezone
  16. Galena: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. galena: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  18. galena: FreeDictionary.org
  19. galena: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. Galena: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Galena (mineral), galena: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Galena (mineral), galena: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. baby names list (No longer online)

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Galena: Eric Weisstein's World of Chemistry
  2. GALENA: The Mineral Gallery

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. galena: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. Galena: Urban Dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Galena: Pottery Studio

(Note: See galenas as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Galena)

noun:  (mineralogy) A mineral, lead sulphide (PbS), mined as an ore for lead.
noun:  (medicine, obsolete) A remedy or antidote for poison; theriac
noun:  A place name for a number of United States towns and cities.
noun:  A small city in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska.
noun:  A city, the county seat of Jo Daviess County, Illinois. Named after the mineral galena.
noun:  A census-designated place in Floyd County, Indiana.
noun:  A city in Cherokee County, Kansas.
noun:  A town in Kent County, Maryland.
noun:  A small city, the county seat of Stone County, Missouri.
noun:  A ghost town in Lander County, Nevada.
noun:  A ghost town in Washoe County, Nevada.
noun:  A village in Delaware County, Ohio.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Grant County, Oregon, United States.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Lawrence County, South Dakota, United States.
noun:  A ghost town in Snohomish County, Washington.

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