Definition of lias

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Lias (n.) The lowest of the three divisions of the Jurassic period; a name given in England and Europe to a series of marine limestones underlying the Oolite. See the Chart of Geology.

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Millenarian :: Millenarian (n.) One who believes that Christ will personally reign on earth a thousand years; a Chiliast.
Pateresfamilias :: Pateresfamilias (pl. ) of Paterfamilia.
Jurassic :: "Jurassic (a.) Of the age of the middle Mesozoic, including, as divided in England and Europe, the Lias, Oolite, and Wealden; -- named from certain rocks of the Jura mountains..
Paterfamilias :: Paterfamilias (n.) The head of a family; in a large sense, the proprietor of an estate; one who is his own master..
Glossarist :: Glossarist (n.) A writer of glosses or of a glossary; a commentator; a scholiast.
Dahlia :: Dahlia (n.) A genus of plants native to Mexico and Central America, of the order Compositae; also, any plant or flower of the genus. The numerous varieties of cultivated dahlias bear conspicuous flowers which differ in color..
Palliasse :: Palliasse (n.) See Paillasse.
Chiliastic :: Chiliastic (a.) Millenarian.
Alias :: Alias (adv.) At another time.
Gyrolepis :: Gyrolepis (n.) A genus of ganoid fishes, found in strata of the new red sandetone, and the lias bone beds..
Dahlias :: Dahlias (pl. ) of Dahli.
Scholiast :: Scholiast (n.) A maker of scholia; a commentator or annotator.
Sulphurate :: Sulphur (n.) Any one of numerous species of yellow or orange butterflies of the subfamily Pierinae; as, the clouded sulphur (Eurymus, / Colias, philodice), which is the common yellow butterfly of the Eastern United States..
Aliases :: Aliases (pl. ) of Alia.
Chiliasm :: Chiliasm (n.) The doctrine of the personal reign of Christ on earth during the millennium.
Alias :: Alias (n.) Another name; an assumed name.
Scholiastic :: Scholiastic (a.) Of or pertaining to a scholiast, or his pursuits..
Hicksite :: Hicksite (n.) A member or follower of the liberal party, headed by Elias Hicks, which, because of a change of views respecting the divinity of Christ and the Atonement, seceded from the conservative portion of the Society of Friends in the United States, in 1827..
Marlstone :: Marlstone (n.) A sandy calcareous straum, containing, or impregnated with, iron, and lying between the upper and lower Lias of England..
Alias :: Alias (n.) A second or further writ which is issued after a first writ has expired without effect.
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