Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. An area of irregular limestone in which erosion has produced fissures, sinkholes, underground streams, and caverns.
Wiktionary
Etymologies
- From the Karst, a region of modern-day Slovenia typified by such landscape; from German Karst, from Slovene Kras. (Wiktionary)
- German, after the Karst, a limestone plateau near Trieste. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“The base, nested in karst on the southern edge of the Plain of Jars, was the headquarters for the CIA-funded Meo army commanded by General Vang Pao.”
“It is a classic example of contact karst between the limestone and impermeable rock and is the type location for the landforms and terms karst and doline (swallowhole).”
“The dissolving rock below the ground had a profound effect on the land above it, and the landscape, called karst, displayed unusual and distinctive features.”
“On a 3-2 vote, the Wisconsin State Senate Environment Committee has passed SB 632 which seeks to protect drinking water in the so-called karst areas of the Badger State.”
“Critics say the bill threatens some of the most ecologically unique areas of the Tongass forest, namely karst limestone habitat, as well as two subspecies: the Queen Charlotte goshawk and the Alexander Archipelago wolf.”
“HOMES has contended that the proposed farm is constructed on a delicate geological formation, karst, which is porous would allow animal waste to pollute underground aquifers and waterways.”
“The site has been fundamental to research on karst phenomena since the 19th century and it is from here that the geomorphological terms 'karst' and 'doline' originate.”
“The permit likely will force the dairy to address whether the land includes "karst”
“Lighthouse Reef System, Belize, 2000: The Blue Hole is a karst-eroded sinkhole, the result of the repeated collapses of a cave system formed during lower sea level stands”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘karst’.
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phrontistery - k
from phrontistery.info
kame, kamelaukion, kamik, kaneh, kava, kazachoc, keb, kebbie, keck, keckle, ked, kedge and 189 more...
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bilby's Words
pandemic, whirl, guffaw, ethereal, feisty, dunt, ephemeral, pule, flipergebet, prink, maunder, gammon and 1023 more...
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geologic
karst, meander, lapis lazuli, metasomatic, amphibole, metamorphic, ultrabasic, chilled margin, metavolcanic, subvolcanic, volcanic bomb, pyroclastic and 116 more...
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the earth
Planetary chaos: terrain, landscape and geology excluding rocks. (See "the geologist" list for the latter.)
butte, karst, caldera, mesa, laccolith, cwm, crater, alp, precipice, sierra, badlands, prairie and 122 more...
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Dain's Words
rabble, terminus, archaic, atavism, demiurge, waylay, syzygy, jocoserious, quark, entropy, cinnabar, shamble and 912 more...
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bertilak's Words
antidisestablishm..., feldercarb, wainscoting, eleemosynary, oxymoron, fuliginous, libration, lammergeier, saxifrage, ichor, lambent, smaragdine and 414 more...
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Word Gems
foist, coercion, abecedism, abiectic, abigeus, abiogenesis, ablaut, thunderstruck, dumbfounded, flabbergasted, filagree, blotto and 196 more...
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sionnach's Words
contumely, fomite, holmgang, poltroon, eleemosynary, obsidian, nugatory, grindcore, felch, recrudescent, pyx, parenteral and 3271 more...
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the omnibus
preponderance, idioglossia, acumen, heteronym, flux, anacoluthon, metonymy, impetus, constellation, exegesis, revelatory, cloistered and 877 more...
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the catch-all
inveigle, frontier, invective, quizzical, merit, proficiency, eleemosynary, ham-handed, circumspect, epergne, cobble, industriousness and 201 more...
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Favorite Five-Letter Words
Just what it sounds like. My favorites. Five letters.
ennui, barfy, samba, schwa, beefy, chunk, queef, spasm, skulk, bowel, elbow, fruit and 235 more...
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learning
A list of words whose meanings I am learning, either because a) I don't know the meaning b) I know the meaning, but could stand to better appreciate certain inflections or secondary meanings or c) ...
louche, educe, loam, cob, sclerotic, palliate, axial, syndicalist, ecumenical, sally, fatuous, parvenu and 1381 more...
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richardr's Words
marmoreal, osteology, tyromancy, metalepsis, idioglossia, tapinosis, epicaricacy, carromancy, rogation, senex, aulic, gemütlichkeit and 279 more...
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today's word
copemate, quiddity, ere, maugre, argal, cultivar, exurb, spokesmodel, rollick, logy, cadastral, corpulent and 259 more...
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Time Out New York
words looked up while copyediting for this magazine
tonsorial, nudnick, doyenne, lothario, ebon, compere, cloaca, carom, evince, jocosity, profligacy, favela and 110 more...
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Krst List
Krst words--etymology, historically, phonetically, etc.
I've mostly avoided people names (Christopher, etc), but Lampbane has a great list of them here.krst, christ, chi-rho, karast, kristos, cristos, crest, crust, cursed, khristós, crist, krista and 17 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for karst.
cryptofascistbbq NOUN:
An area of irregular limestone in which erosion has produced fissures, sinkholes, underground streams, and caverns. Aug 19, 2009
sionnach See burren. Dec 7, 2008
chained_bear See note on oxbow lake. Sep 25, 2008
rolig Named after the Karst (Kras) region in Slovenia. The adjectival form is karstic. Jan 2, 2008