n
Alternative form of anthill [A cone-shaped structure built from sediment and other available materials by ants or termites, and beneath which the colony nests.]
adj
sandy, gritty, full of sand.
adj
(obsolete) Full of fine sand.
n
The flow of ash from a volcano.
n
(geology) A type of sedimentary rock found at a seashore
n
Reduced mud found below the surface of sediments in lakes and rivers, the blackness of which is caused by the occurrence of metal sulphides.
n
Alternative form of chenier [A beach ridge consisting of sand or crushed shells raised above mudflats forming part of a strand plain]
adj
(of soil or earth) Characterized by the presence of clods
n
An off-white color that resembles the color of sand in a desert
n
Very fine mineral matter held in suspension in water.
adj
Having an incrustation
adj
(obsolete) Full of or covered with sand; sandy.
adj
Containing sand or grit; consisting of grit; caused by grit; full of hard particles.
n
(uncountable) A material (such as dirt, gravel, or snow) compressed into a hard, smooth surface for roads etc.
adj
Composed of a mix of sand, clay and earth.
n
A pack of crushed ice applied to the body in order to reduce pain or inflammation.
n
Sand coated with polydimethylsiloxane so that it never dries out, used as a plaything for its unusual physical properties.
n
(mining) a lenticular mass, nodule, or ball
n
(geology) A particle less than 62.5 microns in diameter, following the Wentworth scale
n
(soil science) An area where hard clay or similar material lies close to the surface in a shallow depression, limiting the ability of the ground to absorb water.
adj
(informal) Resembling or characteristic of petrol.
n
Alternative spelling of pykrete [A solid substance made of ice and sawdust, stronger than pure ice.]
n
A mixture of grit and salt (often calcium chloride) spread on the surface of roads to prevent the formation of ice during cold, damp weather
n
The essence of what it means to be a rock; the qualities that make a rock what it is.
adj
Abounding in, or full of, rocks; consisting of rocks.
n
A solid rock salt outflow from a salt dome or halite diapir, that slow flows away from the hill of salt downhill, filling valleys. The flowing salt is frequently colored by impurities within the salt depost.
n
(countable, obsolete) A single grain of sand.
n
Any artwork consisting mainly or wholly of sand.
n
Alternative form of sandur [(geology) A plain created by the outwash of glacial meltwater.]
n
(obsolete) sandalwood, especially the red sandalwood
adj
Approaching the nature of sand; loose; not compact.
n
Alternative form of sandur [(geology) A plain created by the outwash of glacial meltwater.]
n
(literary) time considered as a finite commodity that is gradually running out, as the sand in an hourglass
n
(geology) A plain created by the outwash of glacial meltwater.
n
Any of various blocks of sandstone found in various locations in southern England.
n
Alternative form of sanders (“sandalwood”) [(obsolete) sandalwood, especially the red sandalwood]
n
A deep groove made by glacial action or similar.
n
A rich slimy deposit in salt marshes and along the seashore, sometimes used as a manure.
adj
(obsolete) Full of strata of rock.
n
Sand consisting mainly of fragments of shells, and often containing a small proportion of organic matter.
n
mature trees, left standing to provide shelter to new saplings
adj
(of rock, ice, etc.) Having shelves.
adj
Having a noticeable amount of silt.
n
A fine white sand used in gardening.
n
(fiction) the sand or dust that the Sandman throws in people's eyes
n
A vent in the deep ocean floor from which a plume of superheated seawater, rich in minerals, erupts.
adj
Having had the stones removed.
n
Thus a kind of silt or sludge.
n
Land with sand containing tar.
n
glacial drift consisting of a mixture of clay, sand, pebbles and boulders
adj
gritty; sandy; rough; stony
n
Land with a stiff clayey soil that is white when dry.
Note: Concept clusters like the one above are an experimental OneLook
feature. We've grouped words and phrases into thousands of clusters
based on a statistical analysis of how they are used in writing. Some
of the words and concepts may be vulgar or offensive. The names of the
clusters were written automatically and may not precisely describe
every word within the cluster; furthermore, the clusters may be
missing some entries that you'd normally associate with their
names. Click on a word to look it up on OneLook.
Our daily word games Threepeat and Compound Your Joy are going strong. Bookmark and enjoy!
Today's secret word is 6 letters and means "Not working as originally intended." Can you find it?