melanocratic
adjective
mel·a·no·crat·ic
¦melənō¦kratik
of igneous rock
: having predominantly dark mineral constituents compare leucocratic, mesocratic
Word History
Etymology
melan- + Greek kratein to be strong, rule (akin to Greek kratos strength) + English -ic
- substantival
- substantivally
- substantivate
- substantivation
- substantive
- substantive due process
- substantive expression
- substantive genitive
- substantive right
- substantively
- substantiveness
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- substantivizations
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- substate