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Albite
noun · 78% connection
A mineral of the feldspar family, triclinic in crystallization, and in composition a silicate of alumina and soda. It is a common cons…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: stratified, applied, massive, rocks, granite.
Alluvial
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, contained in, or composed of, alluvium; relating to the deposits made by flowing water; washed away from one place and…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: stratified, applied, massive, rocks, granite.
Blouse
noun · 78% connection
A light, loose over-garment, like a smock frock, worn especially by workingmen in France; also, a loose coat of any material, as the u…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: stratified, applied, massive, rocks, granite.
Brash
noun · 78% connection
Broken and angular fragments of rocks underlying alluvial deposits.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: stratified, applied, massive, rocks, granite.
Clay
noun · 78% connection
A soft earth, which is plastic, or may be molded with the hands, consisting of hydrous silicate of aluminium. It is the result of the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: stratified, applied, massive, rocks, granite.
Deposit
verb · 78% connection
That which is deposited, or laid or thrown down; as, a deposit in a flue; especially, matter precipitated from a solution (as the sili…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: stratified, applied, massive, rocks, granite.
Deuterogenic
adjective · 78% connection
Of secondary origin; -- said of certain rocks whose material has been derived from older rocks.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: stratified, applied, massive, rocks, granite.
Diluvial
adjective · 78% connection
Effected or produced by a flood or deluge of water; -- said of coarse and imperfectly stratified deposits along ancient or existing wa…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: stratified, applied, massive, rocks, granite.
Drumlin
noun · 78% connection
A hill of compact, unstratified, glacial drift or till, usually elongate or oval, with the larger axis parallel to the former local gl…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: stratified, applied, massive, rocks, granite.
Electrolytic cell
noun · 78% connection
a cell containing an electrolyte in which an applied voltage causes a reaction to occur that would not occur otherwise (such as the br…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: stratified, applied, massive, rocks, granite.
Fossil
noun · 78% connection
The remains of an animal or plant found in stratified rocks. Most fossils belong to extinct species, but many of the later ones belong…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: stratified, applied, massive, rocks, granite.
Glaciate
verb · 78% connection
To produce glacial effects upon, as in the scoring of rocks, transportation of loose material, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: stratified, applied, massive, rocks, granite.
Gneiss
noun · 78% connection
A crystalline rock, consisting, like granite, of quartz, feldspar, and mica, but having these materials, especially the mica, arranged…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: stratified, applied, massive, rocks, granite.
Gneissoid
adjective · 78% connection
Resembling gneiss; having some of the characteristics of gneiss; -- applied to rocks of an intermediate character between granite and…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: stratified, applied, massive, rocks, granite.
Gold
noun · 78% connection
a soft yellow malleable ductile (trivalent and univalent) metallic element; occurs mainly as nuggets in rocks and alluvial deposits; d…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: stratified, applied, massive, rocks, granite.
Granitic
adjective · 78% connection
Like granite in composition, color, etc.; having the nature of granite; as, granitic texture.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: stratified, applied, massive, rocks, granite.
Hypogene
adjective · 78% connection
Formed or crystallized at depths the earth's surface; -- said of granite, gneiss, and other rocks, whose crystallization is believed o…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: stratified, applied, massive, rocks, granite.
Interstratified
adjective · 78% connection
Stratified among or between other bodies; as, interstratified rocks.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: stratified, applied, massive, rocks, granite.
