"Silicicalcareous" is a word in ENGLISH
Consisting of silica and calcareous matter.
still other winters average their rain months into a long, cold season of relentless sog and little color. At such times, looking out through the spattered glass, I feel, deep in some spongy, unignorable organ, that we will have floods, and damage, and losses; we will have gray till the cows come home, and there will be no more cows--they'll all just rot, drown, or simply wash away. We will have rain until the very hills dissolve. And when the dirty cotton swaddling of fog finally falls away, we will all be desperate for vital signs.
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A kind of plastic cement, or artificial stone, consisting chiefly of magnesia and silica; -- called also albolite.
Read the complete definitionA soft, heavy, brilliant glass, consisting essentially of a silicate of lead and potassium. It is used for tableware, and …
Read the complete definitionA vitreous compound, used by potters in glazing, consisting of lime, silica, borax, lead, and soda.
Read the complete definitionA mineral of a yellowish color, consisting chiefly of silica, glucina, manganese, and iron, with a little sulphur.
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Read the complete definitionA concretion in the joints of the bamboo, which consists largely or chiefly of pure silica. It is highly valued …
Read the complete definitionA pigment obtained, usually by roasting cobalt glance with sand or quartz, as a dark earthy powder. It consists of …
Read the complete definitionA mineral occurring in tetragonal crystals, usually of a brown or gray color. It consists of silica and zirconia. A …
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