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argentinosaur | argentite | argentous | argentry | argil | argillaceous | argillaceous rock | argilliferous | argillite | argillo-areenaceous | argillo-calcareous

argillaceous

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ar=gil=la=ceous

CIDE DICTIONARY

argillaceousa. [L. argillaceus, fr. argilla.].
     Of the nature of clay; consisting of, or containing, argil or clay; clayey.  [1913 Webster]
Argillaceous sandstone (Geol.), a sandstone containing much clay. -- Argillaceous iron ore, the clay ironstone. -- Argillaceous schist or state. See Argillite.

ROGET THESAURUS

argillaceous

Softness

N softness, pliableness, flexibility, pliancy, pliability, sequacity, malleability, ductility, tractility, extendibility, extensibility, plasticity, inelasticity, flaccidity, laxity, penetrability, clay, wax, butter, dough, pudding, alumina, argil, cushion, pillow, feather bed, down, padding, wadding, foam, mollification, softening, soft, tender, supple, pliant, pliable, flexible, flexile, lithe, lithesome, lissom, limber, plastic, ductile, tractile, tractable, malleable, extensile, sequacious, inelastic, aluminous, remollient, yielding, flabby, limp, flimsy, doughy, spongy, penetrable, foamy, cushiony, flaccid, flocculent, downy, edematous, oedematous, medullary, argillaceous, mellow, soft as butter, soft as down, soft as silk, yielding as wax, tender as chicken.


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