English words for 'The study of meteorites'
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noun
- an especially luminous meteor (sometimes exploding)
- a ball of fire (such as the sun or a ball-shaped discharge of lightning)
- a highly energetic and indefatigable person
- the luminous center of a nuclear explosion
- A ball of fire, especially one associated with an explosion, or (fiction, mythology) thrown as a weapon.
- (astronautics) A bright glow caused by a spacecraft re-entering an atmosphere.
- (baseball) Synonym of fastball (“a high-speed pitch of a baseball”).
- (informal) A feisty, strong-willed person.
- (heraldry) A charge depicting a disc-shaped bombshell with flames emitted from the top, or sometimes from the top, bottom, and on either side.
- (weaponry, historical) A bag or ball filled with combustible material which is thrown as a weapon or to set something alight.
- (sailing) A class of sailing dinghy with a single trapeze and a symmetrical spinnaker, sailed by a crew of two.
- (astronomy) A meteor bright enough to cast shadows; a bolide.
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adj
- pertaining to or consisting of meteors or meteoroids
- Of, pertaining to, or originating from a meteor.
- like a meteor in speed or brilliance or transience
- of or pertaining to atmospheric phenomena, especially weather and weather conditions
- (by extension) Like a meteor in speed, brilliance, or ephemeralness.
- Influenced by the weather.
- (geology, of water) Originating in the atmosphere.
noun
- A meteor, especially a streak of light in the night sky, caused by a meteoroid burning up as it enters the Earth's atmosphere.
- a streak of light in the sky at night that results when a meteoroid hits the earth's atmosphere and air friction causes the meteoroid to melt or vaporize or explode
- The flowering plant Primula meadia (synonym Dodecatheon meadia).
- Any of several wild flowering plants in the genus Primula (synonym Dodecatheon), mostly found in Western North America.
noun
- a bowl-shaped depression formed by the impact of a meteorite or bomb
- a bowl-shaped geological formation at the top of a volcano
- (astronomy) A hemispherical pit created by the impact of a meteorite or other object.
- (Scotland, Ireland) Alternative form of creature.
- (geology) The basin-like opening or mouth of a volcano, through which the chief eruption comes; similarly, the mouth of a geyser, about which a cone of silica is often built up.
- (historical) Alternative spelling of krater (“vessel for mixing water and wine”).
- The pit left by the explosion of a mine or bomb.
- (informal, by extension) Any large, roughly circular depression or hole.
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noun
- an especially luminous meteor (sometimes exploding)
- a ball of fire (such as the sun or a ball-shaped discharge of lightning)
- a highly energetic and indefatigable person
- the luminous center of a nuclear explosion
- A ball of fire, especially one associated with an explosion, or (fiction, mythology) thrown as a weapon.
- (astronautics) A bright glow caused by a spacecraft re-entering an atmosphere.
- (baseball) Synonym of fastball (“a high-speed pitch of a baseball”).
- (informal) A feisty, strong-willed person.
- (heraldry) A charge depicting a disc-shaped bombshell with flames emitted from the top, or sometimes from the top, bottom, and on either side.
- (weaponry, historical) A bag or ball filled with combustible material which is thrown as a weapon or to set something alight.
- (sailing) A class of sailing dinghy with a single trapeze and a symmetrical spinnaker, sailed by a crew of two.
- (astronomy) A meteor bright enough to cast shadows; a bolide.
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verb
noun
- A meteor, especially a streak of light in the night sky, caused by a meteoroid burning up as it enters the Earth's atmosphere.
- a streak of light in the sky at night that results when a meteoroid hits the earth's atmosphere and air friction causes the meteoroid to melt or vaporize or explode
- The flowering plant Primula meadia (synonym Dodecatheon meadia).
- Any of several wild flowering plants in the genus Primula (synonym Dodecatheon), mostly found in Western North America.
noun
- a bowl-shaped depression formed by the impact of a meteorite or bomb
- a bowl-shaped geological formation at the top of a volcano
- (astronomy) A hemispherical pit created by the impact of a meteorite or other object.
- (Scotland, Ireland) Alternative form of creature.
- (geology) The basin-like opening or mouth of a volcano, through which the chief eruption comes; similarly, the mouth of a geyser, about which a cone of silica is often built up.
- (historical) Alternative spelling of krater (“vessel for mixing water and wine”).
- The pit left by the explosion of a mine or bomb.
- (informal, by extension) Any large, roughly circular depression or hole.
verb
noun
name
adj
- pertaining to or consisting of meteors or meteoroids
- Of, pertaining to, or originating from a meteor.
- like a meteor in speed or brilliance or transience
- of or pertaining to atmospheric phenomena, especially weather and weather conditions
- (by extension) Like a meteor in speed, brilliance, or ephemeralness.
- Influenced by the weather.
- (geology, of water) Originating in the atmosphere.