Word Meanings - GRAYWACKE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
A conglomerate or grit rock, consisting of rounded pebbles sand firmly united together. Note: This term, derved from the grauwacke of German miners, was formerly applied in geology to different grits and slates of the Silurian series; but it is
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A conglomerate or grit rock, consisting of rounded pebbles sand firmly united together. Note: This term, derved from the grauwacke of German miners, was formerly applied in geology to different grits and slates of the Silurian series; but it is now seldom used.
Related words: (words related to GRAYWACKE)
- APPLICABLE
Capable of being applied; fit or suitable to be applied; having relevance; as, this observation is applicable to the case under consideration. -- Ap"pli*ca*ble*ness, n. -- Ap"pli*ca*bly, adv. - UNITERABLE
Not iterable; incapable of being repeated. "To play away an uniterable life." Sir T. Browne. - ROUNDWORM
A nematoid worm. - DIFFERENTIALLY
In the way of differentiation. - ROUNDISH
Somewhat round; as, a roundish seed; a roundish figure. -- Round"ish*ness, n. - ROUNDABOUTNESS
The quality of being roundabout; circuitousness. - APPLICATIVE
Having of being applied or used; applying; applicatory; practical. Bramhall. -- Ap"pli*ca*tive*ly, adv. - CONSISTENTLY
In a consistent manner. - SERIES DYNAMO
A series-wound dynamo. A dynamo running in series with another or others. - FORMERLY
In time past, either in time immediately preceding or at any indefinite distance; of old; heretofore. - ROUNDFISH
Any ordinary market fish, exclusive of flounders, sole, halibut, and other flatfishes. A lake whitefish , less compressed than the common species. It is very abundant in British America and Alaska. - ROUND-UP
The act of collecting or gathering together scattered cattle by riding around them and driving them in. - APPLICANCY
The quality or state of being applicable. - DIFFERENTLY
In a different manner; variously. - PEBBLESTONE
A pebble; also, pebbles collectively. "Chains of pebblestone." Marlowe. - GERMANIZATION
The act of Germanizing. M. Arnold. - CONSIST
1. To stand firm; to be in a fixed or permanent state, as a body composed of parts in union or connection; to hold together; to be; to exist; to subsist; to be supported and maintained. He is before all things, and by him all things consist. Col. - APPLICABILITY
The quality of being applicable or fit to be applied. - UNITIVE
Having the power of uniting; causing, or tending to produce, union. Jer. Taylor. - CONSISTORIAN
Pertaining to a Presbyterian consistory; -- a contemptuous term of 17th century controversy. You fall next on the consistorian schismatics; for so you call Presbyterians. Milton. - MISGROUND
To found erroneously. "Misgrounded conceit." Bp. Hall. - GROUNDWORK
That which forms the foundation or support of anything; the basis; the essential or fundamental part; first principle. Dryden. - UNDERGROUND INSURANCE
Wildcat insurance. - UNAPPLIABLE
Inapplicable. Milton. - PLAYGROUND
A piece of ground used for recreation; as, the playground of a school. - GROUNDEN
p. p. of Grind. Chaucer. - REAPPLICATION
The act of reapplying, or the state of being reapplied. - INDIFFERENTLY
In an indifferent manner; without distinction or preference; impartially; without concern, wish, affection, or aversion; tolerably; passably. That they may truly and indifferently minister justice, to the punishment of wickedness and vice, and to