arenilitic
English
Etymology
Latin arena (“sand”) + Ancient Greek λίθος (líthos, “stone”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /əˌɹiːnɪˈlɪtɪk/
Adjective
arenilitic (not comparable)
- (geology) Of or pertaining to sandstone.
- arenilitic mountains
- 1799, Richard Kirwan, Geological Essays
- If among several strata of these , only one or two of sandstone occur, I still call the soil argillaceous, and not arenilitic. The soils about Whitehaven, and Newcastle, are of this sort
Translations
arenitic — see arenitic
References
arenilitic in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Anagrams
- interiliac