stalactite

stalactite is a 10-letter English word with 3 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A pendent cone or cylinder of calcium carbonate resembling an icicle in form and mode of attachment. Stalactites are found depending from the roof or sides of caverns, and are produced by deposition from waters which have percolated through, and partially dissolved, the overlying limestone rocks. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 14 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A pendent cone or cylinder of calcium carbonate resembling an icicle in form and mode of attachment. Stalactites are found depending from the roof or sides of caverns, and are produced by deposition from waters which have percolated through, and partially dissolved, the overlying limestone rocks.
2. noun. In an extended sense, any mineral or rock of similar form and origin; as, a stalactite of lava.
3. noun. a cylinder of calcium carbonate hanging from the roof of a limestone cave

Common word forms

stalactited, stalactites

Words from these letters

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