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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Glossographer :: Glossographer (n.) A writer of a glossary; a commentator; a scholiast.
Chiliasm :: Chiliasm (n.) The doctrine of the personal reign of Christ on earth during the millennium.
Pateresfamilias :: Pateresfamilias (pl. ) of Paterfamilia.
Adder :: Adder (n.) A small venomous serpent of the genus Vipera. The common European adder is the Vipera (/ Pelias) berus. The puff adders of Africa are species of Clotho.
Blacksmith :: Blacksmith (n.) A fish of the Pacific coast (Chromis, / Heliastes, punctipinnis), of a blackish color..
Dahlias :: Dahlias (pl. ) of Dahli.
Alias :: Alias (adv.) At another time.
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..
Galliass :: Galliass (n.) Same as Galleass.
Glossarist :: Glossarist (n.) A writer of glosses or of a glossary; a commentator; a scholiast.
Chiliasm :: Chiliasm (n.) The millennium.
Scholiastic :: Scholiastic (a.) Of or pertaining to a scholiast, or his pursuits..
Liassic :: Liassic (n.) Same as Lias.
Liassic :: Liassic (a.) Of the age of the Lias; pertaining to the Lias formation.
Scholiast :: Scholiast (n.) A maker of scholia; a commentator or annotator.
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..
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..
Chiliast :: Chiliast (n.) One who believes in the second coming of Christ to reign on earth a thousand years; a milllenarian.
Gyrolepis :: Gyrolepis (n.) A genus of ganoid fishes, found in strata of the new red sandetone, and the lias bone beds..
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..
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