|
NODE |
Nodule |
|
GEODE |
The cavity in such a nodule. |
|
SYCITE |
A nodule of flint, or a pebble, which resembles a fig. |
|
TEE |
The nodule of earth from which the ball is struck in golf. |
|
|
|
NODULAR |
Of, pertaining to, or in the form of, a nodule or knot. |
|
KNURL |
A contorted knot in wood; a crossgrained protuberance; a
nodule; a boss or projection. |
|
SEPTARIUM |
A flattened concretionary nodule, usually of limestone,
intersected within by cracks which are often filled with calcite,
barite, or other minerals. |
|
CONCRETION |
A mass or nodule of solid matter formed by growing
together, by congelation, condensation, coagulation, induration, etc.;
a clot; a lump; a calculus. |
|
|
|
COMEDO |
A small nodule or cystic tumor, common on the nose, etc.,
which on pressure allows the escape of a yellow wormlike mass of
retained oily secretion, with a black head (dirt). |
|
EAGLESTONE |
A concretionary nodule of clay ironstone, of the size
of a walnut or larger, so called by the ancients, who believed that the
eagle transported... |