stalactiticadj.
/ˌstalakˈtɪtɪk/ 1. Having the form or structure of a stalactite, resembling or pertaining to stalactites.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > rock formations > [adjective] > stiria > having the form of a stalactite
stalactitical1772
stalactitic1779
stalactital1789
stalactitiform1805
stalactiform1839
1779 Ann. Reg. 1778 Nat. Hist. 103/1 A kind of sparry stalactitick shell.
1799 R. Kirwan Geol. Ess. 127 Stalactitic concretions of modern formation.
1823 W. Buckland Reliq. Diluvianæ 49 A hollow stalactitic tube.
1830 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. I. 384 It is of a hard stalactitic nature.
1872 J. E. Erichsen Sci. & Art Surg. (ed. 6) II. xlviii. 188 Stalactitic masses of bone.
1886 G. P. Merrill in Ann. Rep. Smithsonian Inst. ii. (1889) 525 Stalactitic marble..is a marble which is formed by the deposit of lime carbonates from waters percolating into cavities or caves.
2. Covered with, containing or consisting of stalactites.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > rock formations > [adjective] > stiria > covered with stalactites
stalactitious1799
stalactitic1845
stalactited1891
1845 H. B. Hirst Poems 67 Stalactitic islands ever rise from out the waves of sound.
a1849 H. Coleridge Ess. & Marginalia (1851) I. 253 Stalactitic caves.
1849 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Geol. 272 The roof was very rough, though not stalactitic.
1872 W. S. Symonds Rec. Rocks ix. 351 A thin stalactitic floor, the results of the droppings of water.
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