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quartzless

quartzless adjective: lacking quartz.

Adjective

quartzless (not comparable)

  1. Lacking quartz.
    • The majority of the Diorites are quartzless; but some contain Quartz, and are then termed Quartz-diorites.1885, Charles Lyell, The Student's Elements of Geology

Origin of quartzless

From quartz + -less.

Questions about quartzless

What does quartzless mean?
Quartzless means lacking quartz.
What part of speech is quartzless?
Quartzless is an adjective.

Words near quartzless in the dictionary

  1. quartzipsamment
  2. quartzipsamments
  3. quartzite
  4. quartzites
  5. quartzitic
  6. quartzless
  7. quartzlike
  8. quartzmonzonite
  9. quartzofeldspathic
  10. quartzofeldspatholithic
  11. quartzoid

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