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Arenaceous

Sandy or consisting largely of sand; of the nature of sand; easily disintegrating into sand; friable; as, arenaceous limestone.

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Sandy 92% connected

Consisting of, abounding with, or resembling, sand; full of sand; covered or sprinkled with sand; as, a sandy desert, road, or soil.

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Argillaceous 94% connected

Of the nature of clay; consisting of, or containing, argil or clay; clayey.

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Argillaceous 94% connected

Of the nature of clay; consisting of, or containing, argil or clay; clayey.

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Arenation noun · 78% connection

A sand bath; application of hot sand to the body.

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Arenose adjective · 78% connection

Sandy; full of sand.

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Arenulous adjective · 78% connection

Full of fine sand; like sand.

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Calcination noun · 78% connection

The act or process of disintegrating a substance, or rendering it friable by the action of heat, esp. by the expulsion of some volatil…

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Calcine verb · 78% connection

To reduce to a powder, or to a friable state, by the action of heat; to expel volatile matter from by means of heat, as carbonic acid…

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Calcite noun · 78% connection

a common mineral consisting of crystallized calcium carbonate; a major constituent of limestone

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Chalk noun · 78% connection

A soft, earthy substance, of a white, grayish, or yellowish white color, consisting of calcium carbonate, and having the same composit…

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Coral reef noun · 78% connection

a reef consisting of coral consolidated into limestone

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Crimp adjective · 78% connection

Easily crumbled; friable; brittle.

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Crumbly adjective · 78% connection

EAsily crumbled; friable; brittle.

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Dolomite noun · 78% connection

A mineral consisting of the carbonate of lime and magnesia in varying proportions. It occurs in distinct crystals, and in extensive be…

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Fulgurite noun · 78% connection

A vitrified sand tube produced by the striking of lightning on sand; a lightning tube; also, the portion of rock surface fused by a li…

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Gagger noun · 78% connection

A piece of iron imbedded in the sand of a mold to keep the sand in place.

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Glass verb · 78% connection

A vessel filled with running sand for measuring time; an hourglass; and hence, the time in which such a vessel is exhausted of its san…

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Greensand noun · 78% connection

A variety of sandstone, usually imperfectly consolidated, consisting largely of glauconite, a silicate of iron and potash of a green c…

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Horner noun · 78% connection

The British sand lance or sand eel (Ammodytes lanceolatus).

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Idocrase noun · 78% connection

a green or yellow or brown mineral consisting of a hydrated silicate; it occurs as crystals in limestone and is used a gemstone

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Lant noun · 78% connection

Any one of several species of small, slender, marine fishes of the genus Ammedytes. The common European species (A. tobianus) and the…

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