English words starting with psam

Meanings of Psammite:

noun

Originally: †a fine or smooth-grained sandstone (obsolete). in later use: a sedimentary rock composed of medium-sized particles (commonly defined as those with a diameter between 1/16 mm and either 2 or 4 mm).

Meanings of Psammites:

noun

Originally: †a fine or smooth-grained sandstone (obsolete). in later use: a sedimentary rock composed of medium-sized particles (commonly defined as those with a diameter between 1/16 mm and either 2 or 4 mm).

Meanings of Psammitic:

adjective

Of the nature of or resembling psammite; consisting of or containing psammite; (of sandstone) consisting of fine rounded grains.

Meanings of Psammocarcinoma:

noun

A carcinoma containing psammoma bodies.

Meanings of Psammology:

noun

The scientific study of sand.

Meanings of Psammoma:

noun

A tumour, especially a meningioma, containing rounded, laminated, calcified concretions resembling grains of sand.

Meanings of Psammophile:

noun

A plant that thrives in sand or sandy soil. later also: an animal that lives in sand, or in a sandy habitat.

adjective

Growing or living in sand or sandy soil; = psammophilous .

Meanings of Psammophilous:

adjective

Growing or living in sand or sandy soil.

Meanings of Psammophis:

noun

A genus comprising the old world sand snakes, which are slender, fast-moving, back-fanged colubrid snakes of arid grassland, scrubland, and semidesert in africa and asia.

Meanings of Psammophyte:

noun

A plant restricted to sandy habitats; a psammophilous plant.

Meanings of Psammosere:

noun

A plant succession originating on sand.