Associations to the word «Carboniferous»
Noun
- Lie
- Swamp
- Gorge
- Arthropod
- Deformation
- Carbonate
- Sub
- America
- Paleontology
- Pennant
- Mountain
- Clade
- Equator
- Lobe
- Czech
- Clay
- Geologist
- Assemblage
- Marble
- Superfamily
- Thickness
- Slate
- Uplift
- Granite
- Suture
- Vertebra
- Ural
- Gravel
- Upland
- Footprint
- Oceanic
- Yorkshire
- Early
- Continent
- Invertebrate
- Sill
- Scorpion
- Taxon
- Isotope
- Bristol
- Somerset
- Collision
- Shark
- Diversity
- Greenhouse
- Crust
- Warwickshire
- Ma
- Lava
- Subdivision
- Quartz
- Northumberland
- Wingspan
- Specimen
- Feeder
- Scotia
- Stem
- Scar
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
CARBONIFEROUS, adjective. (geology) of a geologic period within the Paleozoic era; comprises the lower, middle and upper Mississippian and lower, middle and upper Pennsylvanian epochs from about 345 to 280 million years ago, when coal was laid down
CARBONIFEROUS, proper noun. (geology) the Carboniferous period
CARBONIFEROUS, adjective. Containing or producing carbon
Dictionary definition
CARBONIFEROUS, noun. From 345 million to 280 million years ago.
CARBONIFEROUS, adjective. Of or relating to the Carboniferous geologic era; "carboniferous rock system".
CARBONIFEROUS, adjective. Relating to or consisting of or yielding carbon.
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.