Associations to the word «Diapir»

Wiktionary

DIAPIR, noun. (geology) An intrusion of a ductile rock into an overburden.

Dictionary definition

DIAPIR, noun. A domed rock formation where a core of rock has moved upward and pierced through the more brittle overlying strata.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne