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Amphibole
noun · 78% connection
A common mineral embracing many varieties varying in color and in composition. It occurs in monoclinic crystals; also massive, general…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: quartzose, trachyte, igneous, rock, showing.
Andesite
noun · 78% connection
An eruptive rock allied to trachyte, consisting essentially of a triclinic feldspar, with pyroxene, hornblende, or hypersthene.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: quartzose, trachyte, igneous, rock, showing.
Basalt
noun · 78% connection
A rock of igneous origin, consisting of augite and triclinic feldspar, with grains of magnetic or titanic iron, and also bottle-green…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: quartzose, trachyte, igneous, rock, showing.
Biotite
noun · 78% connection
dark brown to black mica found in igneous and metamorphic rock
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: quartzose, trachyte, igneous, rock, showing.
Clinkstone
noun · 78% connection
An igneous rock of feldspathic composition, lamellar in structure, and clinking under the hammer. See Phonolite.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: quartzose, trachyte, igneous, rock, showing.
Crag
noun · 78% connection
A steep, rugged rock; a rough, broken cliff, or point of a rock, on a ledge.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: quartzose, trachyte, igneous, rock, showing.
Diabase
noun · 78% connection
A basic, dark-colored, holocrystalline, igneous rock, consisting essentially of a triclinic feldspar and pyroxene with magnetic iron;…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: quartzose, trachyte, igneous, rock, showing.
Diapir
noun · 78% connection
a domed rock formation where a core of rock has moved upward and pierced through the more brittle overlying strata
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: quartzose, trachyte, igneous, rock, showing.
Diorite
noun · 78% connection
An igneous, crystalline in structure, consisting essentially of a triclinic feldspar and hornblende. It includes part of what was call…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: quartzose, trachyte, igneous, rock, showing.
Ditroite
noun · 78% connection
An igneous rock composed of orthoclase, elaeolite, and sodalite.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: quartzose, trachyte, igneous, rock, showing.
Dolerite
noun · 78% connection
A dark-colored, basic, igneous rock, composed essentially of pyroxene and a triclinic feldspar with magnetic iron. By many authors it…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: quartzose, trachyte, igneous, rock, showing.
Domite
noun · 78% connection
A grayish variety of trachyte; -- so called from the Puy-de-Dome in Auvergne, France, where it is found.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: quartzose, trachyte, igneous, rock, showing.
Gabbro
noun · 78% connection
A name originally given by the Italians to a kind of serpentine, later to the rock called euphotide, and now generally used for a coar…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: quartzose, trachyte, igneous, rock, showing.
Grin
noun · 78% connection
The act of closing the teeth and showing them, or of withdrawing the lips and showing the teeth; a hard, forced, or sneering smile.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: quartzose, trachyte, igneous, rock, showing.
Homologous
adjective · 78% connection
Being of the same typical structure; having like relations to a fundamental type to structure; as, those bones in the hand of man and…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: quartzose, trachyte, igneous, rock, showing.
Homology
noun · 78% connection
Correspondence or relation in type of structure in contradistinction to similarity of function; as, the relation in structure between…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: quartzose, trachyte, igneous, rock, showing.
Horse
noun · 78% connection
A mass of earthy matter, or rock of the same character as the wall rock, occurring in the course of a vein, as of coal or ore; hence,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: quartzose, trachyte, igneous, rock, showing.
Hostile
adjective · 78% connection
Belonging or appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence, or a desire to thwart and…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: quartzose, trachyte, igneous, rock, showing.
