cretaceous
cretaceous is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Having the qualities of chalk;abounding with chalk; chalky; as, cretaceous rocks and formations. See Chalk. Cretaceous acid, an old name for carbonic acid. -- Cretaceous formation (Geol.), the series of strata of various kinds, including beds of chalk, green sand, etc., formed in the Cretaceous period; -- called also the chalk formation. See the Diagram under Geology. -- Cretaceous period (Geol.), the time in the latter part of the Mesozoic age during which the Cretaceous formation was deposited.
- 2.Of, pertaining to, or designating, the period of time following the Jurassic and preceding the Eocene.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- alabaster
- albata
- albification
- argent
- argentine
- barium
- blanc
- blanch
- bleach
- blond
- candid
- canescent
- carbonate
- ceruse
- chalk
- chalky
- creamy
- driven
- eburin
- etiolate
- etiolation
- fair
- high
- hoar
- hoary
- ivory
- lactescence
- lactescent
- lead
- light
- like
- lily
- metal
- milk
- niveous
- oxide
- paper
- pearl
- pearly
- render
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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