Word Meanings - GEOCHEMISTRY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The study of the chemical composition of, and of actual or possible chemical changes in, the crust of the earth. -- Ge`o*chem"ic*al , a. --Ge`o*chem"ist , n.

Related words: (words related to GEOCHEMISTRY)

• EARTHLY-MINDED
  Having a mind devoted to earthly things; worldly-minded; -- opposed to spiritual-minded. -- Earth"ly-mind`ed*ness, n.
• EARTH FLAX
  A variety of asbestus. See Amianthus.
• CRUSTAL
  Relating to a crust.
• EARTHDIN
  An earthquake.
• CHEMICAL
  A substance used for producing a chemical effect; a reagent.
• ACTUALIZE
  To make actual; to realize in action. Coleridge.
• CRUSTINESS
  1. The state or quality of having crust or being like crust; hardness. 2. The quality of being crusty or surly. Old Christy forgot his usual crustiness. W. Irving.
• EARTHSTAR
  A curious fungus of the genus Geaster, in which the outer coating splits into the shape of a star, and the inner one forms a ball containing the dustlike spores.
• STUDY
  1. To apply the mind to; to read and examine for the purpose of learning and understanding; as, to study law or theology; to study languages. 2. To consider attentively; to examine closely; as, to study the work of nature. Study thyself; what rank
• EARTHBRED
  Low; grovelling; vulgar.
• ACTUAL
  1. Involving or comprising action; active. Her walking and other actual performances. Shak. Let your holy and pious intention be actual; that is . . . by a special prayer or action, . . . given to God. Jer. Taylor. 2. Existing in act or reality;
• CRUSTACEOUS
  Belonging to the Crustacea; crustacean. (more info) 1. Pertaining to, or of the nature of, crust or shell; having a crustlike shell.
• EARTHBANK
  A bank or mound of earth.
• CRUSTALOGY
  Crustaceology.
• CRUSTALOGIST
  One versed in crustalogy.
• EARTHQUAVE
  An earthquake.
• EARTHDRAKE
  A mythical monster of the early Anglo-Saxon literature; a dragon. W. Spalding.
• EARTHNUT
  A name given to various roots, tubers, or pods grown under or on the ground; as to: The esculent tubers of the umbelliferous plants Bunium flexuosum and Carum Bulbocastanum. The peanut. See Peanut.
• EARTHEN
  Made of earth; made of burnt or baked clay, or other like substances; as, an earthen vessel or pipe.
• EARTH SHINE
  See EARTH
• PROCRUSTESIAN
  See PROCRUSTEAN
• INCRUSTATION
  A covering or inlaying of marble, mosaic, etc., attached to the masonry by cramp irons or cement. (more info) 1. The act of incrusting, or the state of being incrusted. 2. A crust or hard coating of anything upon or within a body, as a deposit
• UNEARTHLY
  Not terrestrial; supernatural; preternatural; hence, weird; appalling; terrific; as, an unearthly sight or sound. -- Un*earth"li*ness, n.
• IATROCHEMICAL
  Of or pertaining to iatrochemistry, or to the iatrochemists.
• COMPOSSIBLE
  Able to exist with another thing; consistent. Chillingworth.
• CHILD STUDY
  A scientific study of children, undertaken for the purpose of discovering the laws of development of the body and the mind from birth to manhood.
• DECOMPOSITION
  1. The act or process of resolving the constituent parts of a compound body or substance into its elementary parts; separation into constituent part; analysis; the decay or dissolution consequent on the removal or alteration of some of