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Siliceous

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Containing, resembling, relating to, or consisting of silica.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. of, relating to, consisting of, or resembling silica

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Of or pertaining to silica; containing silica, or partaking of its nature.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

See silicious.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. relating to or containing or resembling silica

Word Usage

"The researchers found that while a vast majority of the minerals that make up ash are highly reactive and soon decay, about two percent by volume are made up of a stable group of minerals called siliceous aggregates."

Variant

silisious

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

silicious

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

silicious calcareous argillaceous marly ferruginous