TUFFACEOUS

Meaning of TUFFACEOUS in English

ˌtəˈfāshəs adjective

Etymology: tuff + -aceous

: of, relating to, or resembling tuff

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

TUFFACEOUS — adjective see: tuff
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TUFFACEOUS — adj. of or related to tuff, of or related to a type of fragmental rock consisting of smaller volcanic ash …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
TUFFACEOUS — see tuff
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SHARD — noun see: shear Date: before 12th century 1. a piece or fragment of a brittle substance , shell , scale …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SHARD — I. ˈshärd, ˈshȧd noun also sherd ˈshərd, -ə̄d, -əid ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English sceard; akin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TUFF — tuff 1 /tuf/ , adj. Slang. tough (def. 13). tuff 2 — tuffaceous /tu fay"sheuhs/ , adj. /tuf/ , n. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SHARD — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English sceard; akin to Old English scieran to cut — more at shear Date: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SHARD — [shard] also sherd n [ME, fr. OE sceard; akin to OE scieran to cut--more at shear] (bef. 12c) 1 a: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
-ACEOUS — [-aceous] adj suffix [L -aceus] 1 a: characterized by: full of "setaceous" b: consisting of "diatomaceous": having the nature or …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
AGGLOMERATE — large, coarse, rock fragments associated with lava flow that are ejected during explosive volcanic eruptions. Although they closely resemble sedimentary …
Britannica English vocabulary
TUFF — n. rock formed by the consolidation of volcanic ash. tuffaceous adj. [ F tuf, tuffe f. It. tufo f. LL …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TUFF — n. rock formed by the consolidation of volcanic ash. Derivatives: tuffaceous adj. Etymology: F tuf, tuffe f. It. tufo f. …
Oxford English vocab
KENHSUITE — General Information: Chemical Formula: Hg3S2Cl2 Composition: (Molecular Weight = 736.81 gm) Mercury 81.67 % Hg Sulfur 8.70 % S Chlorine …
Mineralogy Database English vocab
FERRIERITE — General Information: Chemical Formula: (Na2,K2,Mg,Ca)3-5Mg[Al5-7Si27.5-31O72]·18(H2O) Environment: Alteration product of basalts and as a diagenetic material in rhyolitic tuffaceous sediments and …
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