gneiss 
(nīs)
(nīs)n.
A banded or foliated metamorphic rock, usually of the same composition as granite.
[German Gneis, probably alteration of Middle High German ganeist, spark (from its appearance), from Old High German gneista.]
gneissic (nīsĭk), gneissoid′ (nīsoid′), gneissose′ (nīsōs′) adj.
- strategy
- Stratford
- Stratford-on-Avon
- Stratford-upon-Avon
- strath
- strathspey
- strati
- strati-
- straticulate
- straticulation
- stratification
- stratified charge engine
- stratiform
- stratify
- stratigraphic
- stratigraphical
- stratigraphically
- stratigraphy
- stratocracy
- stratocratic
- stratocumulus
- stratopause
- stratosphere
- stratospheric
- stratospherically