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Word entry · 8 letters

telluric

Best crossword clue

"Of the earth"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPart of speech adjectiveSorted ceillrtuStarts with TEnds with C2 clues
1T2E3L4L5U6R7I8C

Definitions

  1. of or relating to or inhabiting the land as opposed to the sea or air

Word origin

A borrowing of French tellurique, from Latin tellus (“earth; earthy”) and Tellus (“Earth, Gaia”) and -ique (forming adjectives). Subsequently also from tellurium, originally in telluric oxide from German Telluroxyd.

Used in a sentence

  • My sister always says she loves novels where you feel an elemental strength, primordial, telluric.
  • Other projects in progress at CRPL involve the study of audiofrequency tellurics (current induced in the earth) and earth conductivity measurements using atmospherics.

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01Of the earth8 letters
02Earth-related8 letters

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