Loesses is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 5 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.
You can make 68 anagrams from letters in loesses (eelosss).
1825-35; German Löss Swiss German lösch loose, slack (sch taken as a dial. equivalent of German s), akin to German lose loose
The thickest known deposit of loess, 335 meters, is on the loess Plateau in China.
So compact is the loess that there is no danger of a cave-in.
Many of the main roads over the loess are altered by the rains.
In Europe and in the Americas, accumulations of loess are generally from 20 to 30 meters thick.
By accenting the height of the ridges the loess also adds to the scenery of the county.
Many thousands of square miles of northern China are covered with loess.
A disadvantage of the loess lies in the readiness with which it washes.
An Aurignacian 'loess' station is that of Willendorf, Austria.
Wherever the rainfall is considerable these loess deposits have proved to have a high agricultural value.
Neither were the 'terraces' covered with the newer deposits of 'loess.'