Usually means: Mineral formations hanging from ceilings.
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We found 33 dictionaries that define the word stalactite:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. stalactite: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. stalactite: Merriam-Webster
  3. stalactite: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. stalactite: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. stalactite: Collins English Dictionary
  6. stalactite: Vocabulary.com
  7. stalactite: Wordnik
  8. stalactite: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. stalactite: Wiktionary
  10. stalactite: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. stalactite: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. stalactite: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. stalactite: Dictionary.com
  14. stalactite: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. Stalactite: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Stalactite: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. stalactite: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. stalactite: Rhymezone
  19. Stalactite: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. stalactite: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. stalactite: FreeDictionary.org
  22. stalactite: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. stalactite: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. stalactite: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Science (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Illustrated Glossary of Geologic Terms (No longer online)
  2. stalactite: Dictionary of Geology
  3. Geography Dictionary (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Stalactite: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. CAVE AND KARST TERMINOLOGY (No longer online)

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)

(Note: See stalactites as well.)

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noun:  (geology) A secondary mineral deposit of calcium carbonate or another mineral, in shapes similar to icicles, that hangs from the roof of a cave.

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