Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A stalactite.
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- noun Plural form of
stalactite .
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Examples
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These rods are called stalactites, and they are so beautiful, as their minute crystals glisten when a light is taken into the cavern, that one of them near Tenby is called the
The Fairy-Land of Science Arabella B. Buckley 1884
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Perak is also home to several interesting Buddhist temples, including the Sam Poh Tong Temple, which is built into the edge of a cliff and incorporates the natural features, such as stalactites and stalagmites, into its design.
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This cave is a dangerous place for a well-inflated puffer fish, and you must help Pudge avoid all manner of obstacles such as stalactites, stalagmites, jellyfish, nautili and cuttlefish.
Pocket Gamer | www.pocketgamer.co.uk | Latest additions 2009
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This cave is a dangerous place for a well-inflated puffer fish, and you must help Pudge avoid all manner of obstacles such as stalactites, stalagmites, jellyfish, nautili and cuttlefish.
Pocket Gamer | www.pocketgamer.co.uk | Latest additions 2009
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These ice formations were known as ice stalactites until 1974, when Martin Seelye developed the now generally accepted theory of their formation.
Brinicle, Underwater Icicle, Captured Forming By Time-Lapse Camera (VIDEO) 2011
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It doesn't have legs on the bottom, but it's got those stalactites inside, so when you're braising it collects the liquid and drips back down.
Ruth Reichl 2011
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They stumbled through the passage that Caithe had found, trading the terrors of an underground river for the annoyance of stalactites hitting their faces and stalagmites jamming their toes.
GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011
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With the cones of rock stabbing up from the floor and down from the ceiling—stalactites and stalagmites, Umber called them—the tunnel looked eerily like a throat, and those pointed stones like teeth.
End of Time P. W. Catanese 2011
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In the kitchen, "sheetrock hung from the . . . ceiling like papier-mâché stalactites."
Childhood in a minor key Jonathan Yardley 2011
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In the kitchen, "sheetrock hung from the . . . ceiling like papier-mâché stalactites."
Childhood in a minor key Jonathan Yardley 2011
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