monadnock |
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(geol.) a mountain rising above an eroded plain.
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growen |
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weathered granite.
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levigate |
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to rub to a fine powder; to smooth.
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glacial meal |
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rock ground to dust by a glacier.
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corrade |
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v.t. (of a moving agent) to erode a substrate,
carrying particles along; v.i. to disintegrate
due to corrasion.
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detrition |
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n. wearing away by rubbing.
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einkanter |
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a rock having one face formed by windblown sand.
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glacial milk |
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pale-silted glacial runoff.
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dreikanter |
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a rock having three faces formed by windblown sand.
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talus |
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rock fragments at the base of a cliff.
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slickenside |
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(geol.) a rock face polished by grinding against
another.
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congelifraction |
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(geol.) the splitting of rock by frost.
(n. congelifract.)
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congeliturbation |
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(geol.) the heaving and churning of soil by frost.
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smeddum |
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(Scot.) fine powder or flour; alertness or vigor.
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