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Pearlstone :: Pearlstone (n.) A glassy volcanic rock of a grayish color and pearly luster, often having a spherulitic concretionary structure due to the curved cracks produced by contraction in cooling. See Illust. under Perlitic..

Concretive :: Concretive (a.) Promoting concretion.

Kernel :: Kernel (n.) A small mass around which other matter is concreted; a nucleus; a concretion or hard lump in the flesh.

Hippolith :: Hippolith (n.) A concretion, or kind of bezoar, from the intestines of the horse..

Dissolvent :: Dissolvent (n.) A remedy supposed capable of dissolving concretions in the body, such as calculi, tubercles, etc..

Septarium :: Septarium (n.) A flattened concretionary nodule, usually of limestone, intersected within by cracks which are often filled with calcite, barite, or other minerals..

Adarce :: Adarce (n.) A saltish concretion on reeds and grass in marshy grounds in Galatia. It is soft and porous, and was formerly used for cleansing the skin from freckles and tetters, and also in leprosy..

Gravel :: Gravel (n.) A deposit of small calculous concretions in the kidneys and the urinary or gall bladder; also, the disease of which they are a symptom..

Concretion :: Concretion (n.) A mass or nodule of solid matter formed by growing together, by congelation, condensation, coagulation, induration, etc.; a clot; a lump; a calculus..

Calculus :: Calculus (n.) Any solid concretion, formed in any part of the body, but most frequent in the organs that act as reservoirs, and in the passages connected with them; as, biliary calculi; urinary calculi, etc..

Lapidescence :: Lapidescence (n.) A stony concretion.

Globuliferous :: Globuliferous (a.) Bearing globules; in geology, used of rocks, and denoting a variety of concretionary structure, where the concretions are isolated globules and evenly distributed through the texture of the rock..

Chalkstone :: Chalkstone (n.) A chalklike concretion, consisting mainly of urate of sodium, found in and about the small joints, in the external ear, and in other situations, in those affected with gout; a tophus..

Concrete :: Concrete (n.) A compound or mass formed by concretion, spontaneous union, or coalescence of separate particles of matter in one body..

Calculous :: Calculous (a.) Of the nature of a calculus; like stone; gritty; as, a calculous concretion..

Cystolith :: Cystolith (n.) A concretion of mineral matter within a leaf or other part of a plant.

Geyserite :: Geyserite (n.) A loose hydrated form of silica, a variety of opal, deposited in concretionary cauliflowerlike masses, around some hot springs and geysers..

Travertine :: Travertine (n.) A white concretionary form of calcium carbonate, usually hard and semicrystalline. It is deposited from the water of springs or streams holding lime in solution. Extensive deposits exist at Tivoli, near Rome..

Concretion :: Concretion (n.) The process of concreting; the process of uniting or of becoming united, as particles of matter into a mass; solidification..

Lithocyst :: Lithocyst (n.) A sac containing small, calcareous concretions (otoliths). They are found in many Medusae, and other invertebrates, and are supposed to be auditory organs..

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