stalactite
Noun
-
A cylinder of calcium carbonate hanging from the roof of a limestone cave (synset 109466657)
is a type of: cylinder - a surface generated by rotating a parallel line around a fixed lineis a part of: cave - a geological formation consisting of an underground enclosure with access from the surface of the ground or from the seasubstance holonym: dripstone - the form of calcium carbonate found in stalactites and stalagmites
Found on Word Lists
Other Searches
- Rhyme: Dillfrog, RhymeZone
- Definition: Wiktionary, Dictionary.com, Wikipedia, Merriam-Webster, WordNet, Power Thesaurus
- Imagery: Google, Flickr, Bing