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supercretaceous

supercretaceous is the alternative form of supracretaceous.

Meaning of supracretaceous

Adjective

supracretaceous (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Lying above the chalk.
    • supracretaceous soil

Origin of supercretaceous

From super- + cretaceous.

Questions about supercretaceous

What is supercretaceous the alternative form of?
Supercretaceous is the alternative form of supracretaceous.

Words near supercretaceous in the dictionary

  1. supercrat
  2. supercrats
  3. supercrescence
  4. supercrescences
  5. supercrescent
  6. supercretaceous
  7. supercrime
  8. supercrimes
  9. supercriminal
  10. supercriminals
  11. supercrip

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Adapted from Wiktionary: supercretaceous (page history and authors); supracretaceous (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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