Definitions for amygdaloid

amygdaloid a·myg·da·loid

Spelling: [uh-mig-duh-loid]
IPA: /əˈmɪg dəˌlɔɪd/

Amygdaloid is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 337 anagrams from letters in amygdaloid (aaddgilmoy).

Definitions for amygdaloid

noun

  1. a volcanic rock in which rounded cavities formed by the expansion of gas or steam have later become filled with deposits of various minerals.

adjective

  1. (of rocks) containing amygdules.
  2. almond-shaped.
  3. Anatomy. of or relating to an amygdala.

Origin of amygdaloid

1785-95; Latin amygdal(a) almond + -oid

Examples for amygdaloid

Among these lavas is the “pipe” amygdaloid of which many blocks have been transported great distances down the Vaal river.

It is found in connection with isolated blocks of amygdaloid, of primitive greenstone, and of petrosilex.

Masses of the two former minerals were also found imbedded in amygdaloid and trap-rock, thus denoting the parent beds of rock.

I have never yet seen a rock in which this earth was so abundant as in the amygdaloid of Scuir More.

The amygdaloidal masses, contained in the amygdaloid, are either entirely pistacite, or pistacite enclosing calc-spar.

The houses present a magnificent appearance, being built of porphyry and amygdaloid.

They are composed of clay mixed with gravel, and covered with a wall of amygdaloid.

I climb thy mountains of amygdaloid and porphyry—thy crags of quartz, that yield the white silver and the yellow gold.

Vesicular lava and amygdaloid are the chief ingredients of some of the best parts of Australia Felix.

amygdaloid occupies also a very large tract to the north, mingled with porphyries, conglomerates, and various other substances.

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