Definition of Stalactites

1. n. A stalactite.

Definition of Stalactites

1. Noun. (plural of stalactite) ¹

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Definition of Stalactites

1. stalactite [n] - See also: stalactite

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stalactites

stakeholding
stakeholdings
stakehole
stakeholes
stakelike
stakeout
stakeouts
stakes
stakes of Zion
stakes out
staking
staking out
stalactical
stalactiform
stalactite
stalactites
stalactitic
stalactitical
stalactitiform
stalag
stalagmite
stalagmites
stalagmitic
stalagmitical
stalagmitically
stalagmometer
stalags
stalder
stalderite
stalders

Literary usage of Stalactites

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh by Royal Society of Edinburgh (1851)
"Verbal Notice of Siliceous Stalactites on Arthur's Seat. By Dr Fleming. Dr Fleming began by stating, that a paper of his, " On the Neptunian formation of ..."

2. Hawaii and Its Volcanoes by Charles Henry Hitchcock (1911)
"There are stalactites, stalagmites and various mouldings. ... Stalactites of peculiar shape abound: some are as slender as pipe stems, of uniform width, ..."

3. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1922)
"Rate of Formation of Copper-sulfate Stalactites BY GRAHAM JOHN MITCHELL, WARREN, ARIZ. (New York Meeting, February, 1921) IN May, 1919, a crosscut on the ..."

4. The Geology of England and Wales: A Concise Account of the Lithological by Horace Bolingbroke Woodward (1876)
"Stalactites and Stalagmites.—The deposits of Carbonate 6f lime found in the ... Those adhering to the roof or lining the walls are called Stalactites, ..."

5. Orr's Circle of the Sciences: A Series of Treatires on the Principles of by Richard Owen, Wm S Orr, John Radford Young, Alexander Jardine, Robert Gordon Latham, Edward Smith, William Sweetland Dallas (1855)
"But everywhere the most wonderful varieties of stalactites and crystals met our admiring ... Two stalactites, descending close to each other, arc tailed, ..."

6. Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall by Royal Geological Society of Cornwall (1818)
"Stalactites. At the forty fathom level, in the mine called " Little Bounds," at Cape Cornwall, a drift has been carried a considerable distance under the ..."

7. Essay on the Theory of the Earth by Georges Cuvier, Robert Jameson, Samuel Latham Mitchill (1818)
"Of Stalactites. Certain waters, after dissolving calcarious sub- stances by means of the superabundant carbonic acid with which they are impregnated, ..."

8. Essay on the Theory of the Earth by Georges Cuvier, Robert Jameson (1827)
"Stalactites. Certain waters, after dissolving calcareous substances by means of the superabundant carbonic acid with which they are impregnated, ..."

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