Definitions for micaceous

micaceous mi·ca·ceous

Spelling: [mahy-key-shuh s]
IPA: /maɪˈkeɪ ʃəs/

Micaceous is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 350 anagrams from letters in micaceous (acceimosu).

Definitions for micaceous

adjective

  1. consisting of, containing, or resembling mica.
  2. of or relating to mica.

Origin of micaceous

First recorded in 1765-75; mic(a) + -aceous

Examples for micaceous

Among the loose stones at the foot of the portage, I picked up a specimen of micaceous oxide of iron.

The separation of the mica in this case, or in that of micaceous sandstones, may be thus understood.

Allied to C. micaceus; differs in squamulose and not micaceous p.

As far as St. Florent the prevailing rocks are micaceous and beyond granitic.

The very soil, full of micaceous fragments, sparkles at our feet.

A pigment made of micaceous hematite was found in one of the Sikyatki paint jars.

The compass is useless on these hills, as they are composed of micaceous iron ore, with brown hematite, which is very magnetic.

Not ordinary black paint, but micaceous, and glittering when ground.

By far the largest portion of it is in the shape of the micaceous oxyde.

Her eyes flattened, distended, and sparked like micaceous rock in the dark.

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