📖 Definitions of "Fossae"
noun
- 1
A pit, groove, cavity, or depression.
- 2
A long, narrow, shallow depression on the body of an extraterrestrial body, such as a planet or moon.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Fossae"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| pararectal | (anatomy) Near or around the rectum. |
| syrtis majornoun | — |
| planitianoun | A low plain. |
| horsehead nebulanoun | A small dark nebula in the constellation Orion. |
| massifsnoun | A principal mountain mass. |
| geochronologynoun | (uncountable) The science of dating samples of rock or sediment. |
| eclogitenoun | (petrology) A coarse-grained metamorphic rock, a mixture of pyroxene, quartz, and feldspar with inclusions of red garnet. |
| evaporitenoun | The salty, crusty sediment that remains after salt water evaporates. |
| paleogenenoun | (geology) The Paleogene period. |
| tufanoun | Calcareous lime deposited by precipitation from a body of water, such as a hot spring. |
| phyllosilicatenoun | (mineralogy) Any silicate mineral having a crystal structure of parallel sheets of silicate tetrahedra. |
| noachiannoun | The Noachian geological period. |
| eridanusnoun | (astronomy) A large winter constellation of the northern sky. It lies near Orion and Cetus. |
| orogenynoun | (geology) The process of mountain building by the upward folding of the Earth's crust. |
| neogenenoun | (geology) The Neogene period. |
| metamorphic rocknoun | (geology) one of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth; consists of pre-existing rock mass in which new minerals or textures are formed at higher temperatures and greater pressures than those present on the Earth's surface. |
| pyroclasticnoun | A rock mostly composed of rock fragments of volcanic origin. |
| uraniannoun | (chiefly science fiction) An inhabitant of the planet Uranus. |
| serpensnoun | (astronomy) A large summer constellation of the northern sky said to resemble a snake. It is the only constellation consisting of two parts (Serpens Caput and Serpens Cauda) separated by the constellation Ophiuchus, representing the snake handler Asclepius. |
| plagioclasenoun | (mineralogy) Any of a group of aluminum silicate feldspathic minerals ranging in their ratio of calcium to sodium. |
🎨 Adjectives for "Fossae"
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🏷️ Nouns for "Fossae"
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📝 Common Phrases with "Fossae"
Words that come before
- nasalfossae
- thefossae
- cranialfossae
- temporalfossae
- iliacfossae
- glenoidfossae
- poplitealfossae
- supraclavicularfossae
- andfossae
- antecubitalfossae
- twofossae
- ischiorectalfossae
- posteriorfossae
- middlefossae
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