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Stratiform :: Stratified (a.) Having its substance arranged in strata, or layers; as, stratified rock..

Downthrow :: Downthrow (n.) The sudden drop or depression of the strata of rocks on one side of a fault. See Throw, n..

Countermine :: Countermine (n.) A stratagem or plot by which another sratagem or project is defeated.

Trapan :: Trapan (v. t.) To insnare; to catch by stratagem; to entrap; to trepan.

Dislocation :: Dislocation (n.) The displacement of parts of rocks or portions of strata from the situation which they originally occupied. Slips, faults, and the like, are dislocations..

Dip :: Dip (v. i.) To incline downward from the plane of the horizon; as, strata of rock dip..

Dakota Group :: Dakota group () A subdivision at the base of the cretaceous formation in Western North America; -- so named from the region where the strata were first studied.

Capture :: Capture (v. t.) To seize or take possession of by force, surprise, or stratagem; to overcome and hold; to secure by effort..

Understrata :: Understrata (pl. ) of Understratu.

Basin :: Basin (n.) An isolated or circumscribed formation, particularly where the strata dip inward, on all sides, toward a center; -- especially applied to the coal formations, called coal basins or coal fields..

Captive :: Captive (n.) A prisoner taken by force or stratagem, esp., by an enemy, in war; one kept in bondage or in the power of another..

Stratigraphic :: Stratigraphical (a.) Pertaining to, or depended upon, the order or arrangement of strata; as, stratigraphical evidence..

Subtle :: Subtle (superl.) Cunningly devised; crafty; treacherous; as, a subtle stratagem..

Sheet :: Sheet (v. t.) An extensive bed of an eruptive rock intruded between, or overlying, other strata..

Group :: Group (n.) An assemblage of objects in a certain order or relation, or having some resemblance or common characteristic; as, groups of strata..

Stratigraphic :: Stratify (v. t.) To form or deposit in strata, or layers, as substances in the earth; to arrange in strata..

Stratagemical :: Stratagem (n.) An artifice or trick in war for deceiving the enemy; hence, in general, artifice; deceptive device; secret plot; evil machination..

Want :: Want (v. i.) A depression in coal strata, hollowed out before the subsequent deposition took place..

Cunning :: Cunning (a.) The faculty or act of using stratagem to accomplish a purpose; fraudulent skill or dexterity; deceit; craft.

Circumvent :: Circumvent (v. t.) To gain advantage over by arts, stratagem, or deception; to decieve; to delude; to get around..

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