spodosol
/ˈspɒdə(ʊ)sɒl
/noun Soil Science
A soil of an order characterized by a spodic horizon and including most podzols.The soil is a spodosol formed on fine sand....
- As usual, I learned some new concepts with regard spodosols.
- The main weathering product in the spodosols of the study area is a mixed-layer dioctahedral mica/smectite.
Origin
1960s: from Greek spodos 'ashes' + -sol + Latin solum 'soil'.
- Peircean
- Peirce, Charles Sanders
- Peircian
- peise
- peishwa
- Peisistratean
- Peisistratid
- Peisistratus
- peisy
- pejorate
- pejoration
- pejorative
- pejoratively
- aslant
- a slap in the face
- a slap on the back
- a slap on the wrist
- (as) large as life
- asleep
- asleep at the wheel (or switch)
- ASLEF
- AS level
- a slice of life
- a slice of the action
- (as) light as a feather