"Silicify" is a word in ENGLISH
To convert into, or to impregnate with, silica, or
with the compounds of silicon.
To become converted into silica, or to be impregnated
with silica.
Sydney, don't leave Adrian because of me.""It's more complicated than that," I said automatically."It's really not," she said. "From everything I've seen and heard, you're just afraid. You've always controlled every detail of your life. When you couldn't-like with the Alchemists-you found a way to seize back that control.""There is nothing wrong with wanting control," I snapped."Except that we can't always have it, and sometimes that is a good thing. A great thing, even," she added. "And that's how it is with Adrian. No matter how hard you try, you aren't going to be able to control your feelings for him. You can't help loving him, and so you're running away. I'm just an excuse.
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Containing a high percentage of silica; -- opposed to basic.
Read the complete definitionA kind of plastic cement, or artificial stone, consisting chiefly of magnesia and silica; -- called also albolite.
Read the complete definitionSaid of crystalline rocks which contain a relatively low percentage of silica, as basalt.
Read the complete definitionA salt of metasilicic acid; -- so called because the ratio of the oxygen of the silica to the oxygen …
Read the complete definitionA mineral occurring in hexagonal crystals, also massive, generally of a yellow color, containing silica, alumina, lime, soda, and carbon …
Read the complete definitionHighly carbonized iron, the direct product of the blast furnace; -- used for making castings, and for conversion into wrought …
Read the complete definitionA mineral, composed of silica, magnesia, and iron, of a yellow to green color. It is common in certain volcanic …
Read the complete definitionThe basinlike opening or mouth of a volcano, through which the chief eruption comes; similarly, the mouth of a geyser, …
Read the complete definitionA sort of stone, found in the mines with the true alum rock, chiefly of silica and iron.
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 loose hydrated form of silica, a variety of opal, deposited in concretionary cauliflowerlike masses, around some hot springs and …
Read the complete definitionA hard, brittle, translucent, and commonly transparent substance, white or colored, having a conchoidal fracture, and made by fusing together …
Read the complete definitionA rare metallic element, of a silver white color, and low specific gravity (2.1), resembling magnesium. It never occurs naturally …
Read the complete definitionA mineral of a yellowish color, consisting chiefly of silica, glucina, manganese, and iron, with a little sulphur.
Read the complete definitionA red consisting of silica, borax, and soda, fused with oxide of copper and iron, and used in enamels, mosaics, …
Read the complete definitionA mineral of a brownish black color, related to titanite in form. It consists chiefly of silica, titanium dioxide, lime, …
Read the complete definitionA mineral related to the micas, but low in silica and yielding brittle folia with pearly luster.
Read the complete definitionA mineral consisting, like quartz, of silica, but inferior to quartz in hardness and specific gravity.
Read the complete definitionA division of Radiolaria including numerous minute marine species. The skeleton is composed of silica, and is often very elegant …
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