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Syenitic :: Syenite (n.) A granular, crystalline, ingeous rock composed of orthoclase and hornblende, the latter often replaced or accompanied by pyroxene or mica. Syenite sometimes contains nephelite (elaeolite) or leucite, and is then called nephelite (elaeolite) syenite or leucite syenite..

Laccolith :: Laccolith (n.) A mass of igneous rock intruded between sedimentary beds and resulting in a mammiform bulging of the overlying strata.

Leucoxene :: Leucoxene (n.) A nearly opaque white mineral, in part identical with titanite, observed in some igneous rocks as the result of the alteration of titanic iron..

Grotto-work :: Grotto-work (n.) Artificial and ornamental rockwork in imitation of a grotto.

Rockery :: Rockery (n.) A mound formed of fragments of rock, earth, etc., and set with plants..

Naphtha :: Naphtha (n.) The complex mixture of volatile, liquid, inflammable hydrocarbons, occurring naturally, and usually called crude petroleum, mineral oil, or rock oil. Specifically: That portion of the distillate obtained in the refinement of petroleum which is intermediate between the lighter gasoline and the heavier benzine, and has a specific gravity of about 0.7, -- used as a solvent for varnishes, as a carburetant, illuminant, etc..

Manul :: Manul (n.) A wild cat (Felis manul), having long, soft, light-colored fur. It is found in the mountains of Central Asia, and dwells among rocks..

Tufa :: Tufa () A friable volcanic rock or conglomerate, formed of consolidated cinders, or scoria..

Alternant :: Alternant (v. t.) Composed of alternate layers, as some rocks..

Scout :: Scout (n.) A projecting rock.

Stick :: Stick (v. t.) Any long and comparatively slender piece of wood, whether in natural form or shaped with tools; a rod; a wand; a staff; as, the stick of a rocket; a walking stick..

Subhumerate :: Subhornblendic (a.) Containing hornblende in a scattered state; of or relating to rocks containing disseminated hornblende.

Exfoliation :: Exfoliation (n.) The scaling off of a bone, a rock, or a mineral, etc.; the state of being exfoliated..

Frock :: Frock (n.) A coarse gown worn by monks or friars, and supposed to take the place of all, or nearly all, other garments. It has a hood which can be drawn over the head at pleasure, and is girded by a cord..

Crocketing :: Crocketing (n.) Ornamentation with crockets.

Wiper :: Wiper (n.) A piece generally projecting from a rotating or swinging piece, as an axle or rock shaft, for the purpose of raising stampers, lifting rods, or the like, and leaving them to fall by their own weight; a kind of cam..

Scree :: Scree (n.) A pebble; a stone; also, a heap of stones or rocky debris..

Oil :: Oil (n.) Any one of a great variety of unctuous combustible substances, not miscible with water; as, olive oil, whale oil, rock oil, etc. They are of animal, vegetable, or mineral origin and of varied composition, and they are variously used for food, for solvents, for anointing, lubrication, illumination, etc. By extension, any substance of an oily consistency; as, oil of vitriol..

Shipwreck :: Shipwreck (n.) The breaking in pieces, or shattering, of a ship or other vessel by being cast ashore or driven against rocks, shoals, etc., by the violence of the winds and waves..

Huronian :: Huronian (a.) Of or pertaining to certain non-fossiliferous rocks on the borders of Lake Huron, which are supposed to correspond in time to the latter part of the Archaean age..

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