gompholiten.
/ˈɡɒmfəlʌɪt/ Geology.
(See quot. 1839.)
ΚΠ
1838 Penny Cycl. XI. 296/2.
1839 G. Roberts Dict. Geol. Gompholite, a conglomerate of the tertiary formation, in which the imbedded pebbles appear like nails in a baronial door.
1859 D. Page Handbk. Geol. Terms 182 Gompholite, a term applied by Brongniart to certain sandy conglomerates of the middle tertiary epoch.
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n.1838- occipitohyoid
- occipitomastoid
- occipitomental
- occipitootic
- occipitoparietal
- occipitoposterior
- occipitorbicular
- occipitoscapular
- occipitosphenoid
- occipitosphenoidal
- occipitotemporal
- occiput
- occiputs
- occise
- occision
- occitan
- occitanian
- occitanic
- occlude
- occluded
- occludent
- occludents
- occluder
- occludes
- occluding