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stalagmite

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10 lettersPronunciation /stəˈlæɡˌmaɪt/Part of speech nounSorted aaegilmsttStarts with SEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. a cylinder of calcium carbonate projecting upward from the floor of a limestone cave

Word origin

From New Latin stalagmitēs, from Ancient Greek στάλαγμα (stálagma, “drop”) or σταλαγμός (stalagmós, “dripping”).

Used in a sentence

  • In one place, near at hand, a stalagmite had been slowly growing up from the ground for ages, builded by the water-drip from a stalactite overhead.
  • Molten roofing north, lead dripping down south, stand like those immobilized columns of arctic water west, stalagmites, monked and housed or stamped and dudleyed east, in school texts.

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