Fossil

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CL	AMBER	SY	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 3] A hard, generally yellow to brown translucent or transparent fossil resin from extinct coniferous trees of the pine genus, used for jewellery, decoration and later dissolved as a binder in varnishes. One variety, blue amber, appears blue rather than yellow under direct sunlight.
CL	AMBERS	—	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 3] A hard, generally yellow to brown translucent or transparent fossil resin from extinct coniferous trees of the pine genus, used for jewellery, decoration and later dissolved as a binder in varnishes. One variety, blue amber, appears blue rather than yellow under direct sunlight.
—	FOSSIL	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 3] A fossil word.
—	PINITE	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Any fossil wood which exhibits traces of having belonged to the pine family.
—	RETENE	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A hydrocarbon, polymeric with benzene, that is extracted from pine tar and also found in certain fossil resins.
—	BIOHERM	S	[n. -S] · a mass of marine fossils
—	BONEBED	S	[n. -S] · an area containing dinosaur fossils
—	COLLIER	SY	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A person who produces (e.g., digs, mines, gathers) or sells coal (the fossil fuel type), or transports it from underground, from the soil, or from a seashore.
—	CRINITE	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 4] A fossil crinoid.
—	FOSSILS	—	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] plural of fossil
—	HIRCINE	—	[a.] [Wiktionary - Sense 4] A fossil amorphous resin which, when burnt, gives off a pungent, hircinous aroma.
—	ICHNITE	S	[n. -S] · a fossil footprint / ----- { ichnite ichnolite § ichnites ichnolites }
—	MAMMOTH	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Any species of the extinct genus Mammuthus, of large, usually hairy, elephant-like mammals with long curved tusks and an inclined back, which became extinct with the last retreat of ice age glaciers during the late Pleistocene period, and are known from fossils, frozen carcasses, and Paleolithic cave paintings found in North America and Eurasia.
—	MYOMERE	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A block of zig-zagging W- or V-shaped muscle fibers commonly found in fish and chordate fossils.
—	SYNFUEL	S	[n. -S] · a fuel derived from fossil fuels
—	AMMONITE	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Any of an extinct group of cephalopods of the subclass Ammonoidea; a fossil shell of such an animal.
—	BIOHERMS	—	[n. -S] · a mass of marine fossils
—	BONEBEDS	—	[n. -S] · an area containing dinosaur fossils
—	CONODONT	S	[n. -S] · a fossil
—	CRINITES	—	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 4] A fossil crinoid.
—	CYNODONT	S	[n. -S] · a type of fossil reptile
—	DENDROID	S	[n. -S] · a fossil marine invertebrate (=dendroids)
—	ICHNITES	—	[n. -S] · a fossil footprint / ----- { ichnite ichnolite § ichnites ichnolites }
—	PALEOSOL	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A layer of fossil soil buried beneath other sediments or deposits.
—	RETINITE	S	[n. -S] · a fossil resin
—	SYNFUELS	—	[n. -S] · a fuel derived from fossil fuels
—	ACRITARCH	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Any small, non-acid-soluble (i.e. non-carbonate, non-siliceous) organic fossil that cannot be classified.
—	AEPYORNIS	—	[n. -ES] · © a gigantic bird found fossil in Madagascar~
—	BELEMNITE	S	[n. -S] · © a conical calcareous fossil, tapering to a point at the lower extremity, with a conical cavity at the other end, where it is ordinarily broken; but when perfect it contains a small chambered cone, called the phragmocone~, prolonged, on one side, into a delicate concave blade; the thunderstone
—	BIODIESEL	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Fuel for diesel engines made from renewable organic raw materials, as opposed to fossil hydrocarbons.
—	BIOSTROME	S	[n. -S] · a rock layer consisting of a deposit of organic material, such as fossils
—	CERATODUS	—	[n. -ES] · © a genus of ganoid fishes, of the order Dipnoi~, first known as Mesozoic fossil fishes; but recently two living species have been discovered in Australian~ rivers. They have lungs so well developed that they can leave the water and breathe in air. In Australia~ they are called salmon and baramunda~
—	CONODONTS	—	[n. -S] · a fossil
—	COPROLITE	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A fossil consisting of petrified dung.
—	CYNODONTS	—	[n. -S] · a type of fossil reptile
—	DENDROIDS	—	[n. -S] · a fossil marine invertebrate (=dendroids)
—	ENCRINITE	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A fossil crinoid, especially one belonging to, or resembling, the genus †Encrinus.
—	FOSSILISE	DS	[v. -ISED, -ISING, -ISES] · Derivative of fossilize «to convert or be converted into a fossil» / ----- { fossilise fossilised fossilises fossilising fossilize fossilized fossilizes fossilizing § fossilised fossilized }
—	FOSSILIZE	DS	[v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] To make into a fossil.
—	ICHNOLITE	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A fossil footprint; an ichnite.
—	ICHNOLOGY	—	[n. -GIES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A branch of paleontology concerned with the study of trace fossils such as footprints and burrows. Its subdisciplines include paleoichnology and neoichnology.
—	NONFOSSIL	—	[a.] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Not a fossil, or not a fossil fuel
—	NUMMULITE	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A protozoan from the Tertiary period, known only as fossils.
—	RELIQUIAE	—	[n.] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Remains, especially of fossil organisms.
—	RETINITES	—	[n. -S] · a fossil resin
—	SUBFOSSIL	S	[n. -S] A partially fossilized organism.
—	ACRITARCHS	—	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Any small, non-acid-soluble (i.e. non-carbonate, non-siliceous) organic fossil that cannot be classified.
—	BELEMNITES	—	[n. -S] · © a conical calcareous fossil, tapering to a point at the lower extremity, with a conical cavity at the other end, where it is ordinarily broken; but when perfect it contains a small chambered cone, called the phragmocone~, prolonged, on one side, into a delicate concave blade; the thunderstone
—	BIOSTROMES	—	[n. -S] · a rock layer consisting of a deposit of organic material, such as fossils
—	COPROLITES	—	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A fossil consisting of petrified dung.
—	DIPLODOCUS	—	[n. -ES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Any of several herbivorous sauropod dinosaurs, of the genus Diplodocus, known as fossils from the late Jurassic in North America.
—	ENCRINITES	—	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A fossil crinoid, especially one belonging to, or resembling, the genus †Encrinus.
—	FOSSILISED	—	[v. -ISED, -ISING, -ISES] · Derivative of fossilize «to convert or be converted into a fossil» / ----- { fossilise fossilised fossilises fossilising fossilize fossilized fossilizes fossilizing § fossilised fossilized }
—	FOSSILISES	—	[v. -ISED, -ISING, -ISES] · Derivative of fossilize «to convert or be converted into a fossil» / ----- { fossilise fossilised fossilises fossilising fossilize fossilized fossilizes fossilizing § fossilised fossilized }
—	FOSSILIZED	—	[v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] [Wiktionary - Sense 3] Having become a fossil; no longer productive.
—	FOSSILIZES	—	[v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] To make into a fossil.
—	GRAPTOLITE	S	[n. -S] · © one of numerous species of slender and delicate fossils, of the genus Graptolites and allied genera, found in the Silurian rocks. They belong to an extinct group «Graptolithina~» supposed to be hydroids
—	ICHNOLITES	—	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A fossil footprint; an ichnite.
—	NUMMULITES	—	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A protozoan from the Tertiary period, known only as fossils.
—	PALYNOLOGY	—	[n. -GIES] · the study of living and fossil pollen grains and plant spores
—	SMOKESTACK	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A conduit or group of conduits atop a structure allowing smoke to flow out, as on a steam locomotive, ship, factory, or power plant using fossil fuels.
—	AEPYORNISES	—	[n. -ES] · © a gigantic bird found fossil in Madagascar~
—	CERATODUSES	—	[n. -ES] · © a genus of ganoid fishes, of the order Dipnoi~, first known as Mesozoic fossil fishes; but recently two living species have been discovered in Australian~ rivers. They have lungs so well developed that they can leave the water and breathe in air. In Australia~ they are called salmon and baramunda~
—	FOSSILISING	—	[v. -ISED, -ISING, -ISES] · Derivative of fossilize «to convert or be converted into a fossil» / ----- { fossilise fossilised fossilises fossilising fossilize fossilized fossilizes fossilizing § fossilised fossilized }
—	FOSSILIZING	—	[v. -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] To make into a fossil.
—	GRAPTOLITES	—	[n. -S] · © one of numerous species of slender and delicate fossils, of the genus Graptolites and allied genera, found in the Silurian rocks. They belong to an extinct group «Graptolithina~» supposed to be hydroids
—	ICHNOLOGIES	—	[n. -GIES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A branch of paleontology concerned with the study of trace fossils such as footprints and burrows. Its subdisciplines include paleoichnology and neoichnology.
—	MACROFOSSIL	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Any fossil large enough to be examined without a microscope.
—	MADREPORITE	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 2] A fossil stony coral, or a deposit composed of the same.
—	MICROFOSSIL	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A microscopic fossil.
—	PALEOBOTANY	—	[n. -NIES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The branch of paleontology that deals with the study of plant fossils.
—	ARBORIZATION	S	[n. -S] · © the appearance or figure of a tree or plant, as in minerals or fossils; a dendrite
—	DIATOMACEOUS	—	[a.] · of, relating to, consisting of, or containing diatoms or their fossil remains
—	MACROFOSSILS	—	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Any fossil large enough to be examined without a microscope.
—	MADREPORITES	—	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 2] A fossil stony coral, or a deposit composed of the same.
—	MICROFOSSILS	—	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A microscopic fossil.
—	PALEOBIOLOGY	—	[n. -GIES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The branch of biology or paleontology concerned with the study of fossils of plants and animals
—	PALEONTOLOGY	—	[n. -GIES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The study of the forms of life existing in prehistoric or geologic times, especially as represented by fossils.
—	PALEOZOOLOGY	—	[n. -GIES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The branch of zoology dealing with fossils, and the creatures that were transformed into them
—	PALYNOLOGIES	—	[n. -GIES] · the study of living and fossil pollen grains and plant spores
—	PALYNOLOGIST	S	[n. -S] · Derivative of palynology «the study of living and fossil pollen grains and plant spores»
—	STROMATOLITE	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A laminated, columnar, rock-like structure constituting a large share of all fossils from 3.5 to 0.5 billion years ago, with some still being formed at present, some or all of which result from the deposit of minerals by microorganisms such as cyanobacteria.
—	VELOCIRAPTOR	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A small agile dinosaur, of the genus Velociraptor, having sickle-shaped claws. It is also thought to have had a feathered coat. Fossils have been found in Late Cretaceous deposits Mongolia and China (around 75-71 mya).
—	ARBORIZATIONS	—	[n. -S] · © the appearance or figure of a tree or plant, as in minerals or fossils; a dendrite
—	ARCHAEOPTERYX	—	[n. -ES] · © a fossil bird, of the Jurassic period, remarkable for having a long tapering tail of many vertebrae with feathers along each side, and jaws armed with teeth, with other reptilian characteristics
—	FOSSILIFEROUS	—	[a.] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] Containing fossils.
—	FOSSILISATION	S	[n. -S] · Derivative of fossilize «to convert or be converted into a fossil»
—	FOSSILIZATION	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The process of converting, or of being converted, into a fossil.
—	PALAEONTOLOGY	—	[n. PALAEONTOLOGIES] · the study of fossils to determine the structure and evolution of extinct animals and plants and the age and conditions of deposition of the rock strata in which they are found / ----- { palaeontology paleontology § palaeontologies paleontologies }
—	PALEOBOTANIES	—	[n. -NIES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The branch of paleontology that deals with the study of plant fossils.
—	PALEOBOTANIST	S	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] A botanist who specializes in paleobotany; someone who studies plant fossils.
—	PALYNOLOGICAL	—	[a.] · Derivative of palynology «the study of living and fossil pollen grains and plant spores» / ----- { palynologic palynological }
—	PALYNOLOGISTS	—	[n. -S] · Derivative of palynology «the study of living and fossil pollen grains and plant spores»
—	FOSSILISATIONS	—	[n. -S] · Derivative of fossilize «to convert or be converted into a fossil»
—	FOSSILIZATIONS	—	[n. -S] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The process of converting, or of being converted, into a fossil.
—	PALEONTOLOGIES	—	[n. -GIES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The study of the forms of life existing in prehistoric or geologic times, especially as represented by fossils.
—	ARCHAEOPTERYXES	—	[n. -ES] · © a fossil bird, of the Jurassic period, remarkable for having a long tapering tail of many vertebrae with feathers along each side, and jaws armed with teeth, with other reptilian characteristics
—	BIOSTRATIGRAPHY	—	[n. -PHIES] [Wiktionary - Sense 1] The study of the stratigraphic distribution of fossils.
—	PALAEONTOLOGIES	—	[n. PALAEONTOLOGIES] · the study of fossils to determine the structure and evolution of extinct animals and plants and the age and conditions of deposition of the rock strata in which they are found / ----- { palaeontology paleontology § palaeontologies paleontologies }
—	PALAEONTOLOGIST	—	[n. -S] · Derivative of palaeontology «the study of fossils to determine the structure and evolution of extinct animals and plants and the age and conditions of deposition of the rock strata in which they are found / ----- { palaeontologist paleontologist § paleontologists }

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