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| Domain | Definition |
Geography | Polygonal system of fractures, in a mud layer, formed by contraction due to drying out. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A. The filling of desiccation cracks in mud, customarily in sandstone; generally preserved as raised ridges (casts) arranged in polygonal patterns on the underside of a sandstone bed b. An irregular fracture in a crudely polygonal pattern, formed by the shrinkage of clay, silt, or mud, generally in the course of drying. Syn:sun crack; mud cast; shrinkage crack; desiccation crac. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "MUD CRACK"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | kontraktionsspalte (contraction fissure, desiccation crack, desiccation mark, fissure of retreat, sun crack). (various references) | |
Dutch | afkoelingsbarst (contraction fissure, desiccation crack, desiccation mark, fissure of retreat, sun crack). (various references) | |
Finnish | kutistumisrako (contraction fissure, desiccation crack, desiccation mark, fissure of retreat, sun crack), kuivumisrako (contraction fissure, desiccation crack, desiccation mark, fissure of retreat, sun crack). (various references) | |
French | fissure de retrait, fissure de dessication. (various references) | |
German | Kontraktionsriß (contraction fissure, desiccation crack, desiccation mark, fissure of retreat, sun crack), Kontraktionspalt (contraction fissure, desiccation crack, desiccation mark, fissure of retreat, sun crack), Kontraktionsbruch (contraction fissure, desiccation crack, desiccation mark, fissure of retreat, sun crack). (various references) | |
Greek | σχισμή συστολής (contraction fissure, desiccation crack, desiccation mark, fissure of retreat, sun crack). (various references) | |
Italian | fessura di contrazione (contraction fissure, desiccation crack, desiccation mark, fissure of retreat, sun crack). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | udmay ackcray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | fenda de dissecação (contraction fissure, desiccation crack, desiccation mark, fissure of retreat, sun crack). (various references) | |
Swedish | torkspricka (contraction fissure, desiccation crack, desiccation mark, fissure of retreat, sun crack), kontraktionsspricka (contraction fissure, desiccation crack, desiccation mark, fissure of retreat, joint of retreat, shrinkage joint, sun crack). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-d-k-m-r-u" | |
-3 letters: amuck, crack, cruck, dumka, mudra. | |
-4 letters: arum, card, cark, cram, crud, curd, dark, dram, drum, duck, duma, dura, mack, marc, mark, maud, muck, mura, murk, rack, ruck. | |
-5 letters: amu, arc, ark, arm, auk, cad, cam, car, cud, cum, cur, dak, dam, mac, mad, mar, mud, rad, ram, rum, urd. | |
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