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Tufa :: Tufa () A friable volcanic rock or conglomerate, formed of consolidated cinders, or scoria..

Estufa :: Estufa (n.) An assembly room in dwelling of the Pueblo Indians.

Tofus :: Tofus (n.) Tufa. See under Tufa, and Toph..

Tuff :: Tuff (n.) Same as Tufa.

Tufaceous :: Tufaceous (a.) Pertaining to tufa; consisting of, or resembling, tufa..

Tophus :: Tophus (n.) Calcareous tufa.

Stuff :: Stufa (n.) A jet of steam issuing from a fissure in the earth.

Fiorite :: Fiorite (n.) A variety of opal occuring in the cavities of volcanic tufa, in smooth and shining globular and botryoidal masses, having a pearly luster; -- so called from Fiora, in Ischia..

Estufas :: Estufas (pl. ) of Estuf.

Trass :: Trass (n.) A white to gray volcanic tufa, formed of decomposed trachytic cinders; -- sometimes used as a cement. Hence, a coarse sort of plaster or mortar, durable in water, and used to line cisterns and other reservoirs of water..

Osteocolla :: Osteocolla (n.) A cellular calc tufa, which in some places forms incrustations on the stems of plants, -- formerly supposed to have the quality of uniting fractured bones..

Calc-tufa :: Calc-tufa (n.) See under Calcite.

Thinolite :: Thinolite (n.) A calcareous tufa, in part crystalline, occurring on a large scale as a shore deposit about the Quaternary lake basins of Nevada..

Volcanic :: Volcanic (a.) Produced by a volcano, or, more generally, by igneous agencies; as, volcanic tufa..

Tufa :: Tufa () A soft or porous stone formed by depositions from water, usually calcareous; -- called also calcareous tufa..

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