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Cretaceous
Cretaceous Cre*ta"ceous, a. Also Cretacic Cre*tac"ic (Geol.)
Of, pertaining to, or designating, the period of time
following the Jurassic and preceding the Eocene.
CretaceousCretaceous Cre*ta"ceous (kr[-e]*t[=a]"sh[u^]s), a. [L.
cretaceus, fr. creta chalk. See Crayon.]
Having the qualities of chalk; abounding with chalk; chalky;
as, cretaceous rocks and formations. See Chalk.
Cretaceous acid, an old name for carbonic acid.
Cretaceous formation (Geol.), the series of strata of
various kinds, including beds of chalk, green sand, etc.,
formed in the Cretaceous period; -- called also the chalk
formation. See the Diagram under Geology.
Cretaceous period (Geol.), the time in the latter part of
the Mesozoic age during which the Cretaceous formation was
deposited. Cretaceous acidCretaceous Cre*ta"ceous (kr[-e]*t[=a]"sh[u^]s), a. [L.
cretaceus, fr. creta chalk. See Crayon.]
Having the qualities of chalk; abounding with chalk; chalky;
as, cretaceous rocks and formations. See Chalk.
Cretaceous acid, an old name for carbonic acid.
Cretaceous formation (Geol.), the series of strata of
various kinds, including beds of chalk, green sand, etc.,
formed in the Cretaceous period; -- called also the chalk
formation. See the Diagram under Geology.
Cretaceous period (Geol.), the time in the latter part of
the Mesozoic age during which the Cretaceous formation was
deposited. Cretaceous formationCretaceous Cre*ta"ceous (kr[-e]*t[=a]"sh[u^]s), a. [L.
cretaceus, fr. creta chalk. See Crayon.]
Having the qualities of chalk; abounding with chalk; chalky;
as, cretaceous rocks and formations. See Chalk.
Cretaceous acid, an old name for carbonic acid.
Cretaceous formation (Geol.), the series of strata of
various kinds, including beds of chalk, green sand, etc.,
formed in the Cretaceous period; -- called also the chalk
formation. See the Diagram under Geology.
Cretaceous period (Geol.), the time in the latter part of
the Mesozoic age during which the Cretaceous formation was
deposited. Cretaceous periodCretaceous Cre*ta"ceous (kr[-e]*t[=a]"sh[u^]s), a. [L.
cretaceus, fr. creta chalk. See Crayon.]
Having the qualities of chalk; abounding with chalk; chalky;
as, cretaceous rocks and formations. See Chalk.
Cretaceous acid, an old name for carbonic acid.
Cretaceous formation (Geol.), the series of strata of
various kinds, including beds of chalk, green sand, etc.,
formed in the Cretaceous period; -- called also the chalk
formation. See the Diagram under Geology.
Cretaceous period (Geol.), the time in the latter part of
the Mesozoic age during which the Cretaceous formation was
deposited. Cretaceously
Cretaceously Cre*ta"ceous*ly, adv.
In a chalky manner; as chalk.
Cretacic
Cretaceous Cre*ta"ceous, a. Also Cretacic Cre*tac"ic (Geol.)
Of, pertaining to, or designating, the period of time
following the Jurassic and preceding the Eocene.
Cretan
Cretan Cre"tan (kr[=e]"tan), a.
Pertaining to Crete, or Candia. -- n. A native or inhabitant
of Crete or Candia.
Cretan rockroseRockrose Rock"rose`, n. (Bot.)
A name given to any species of the genus Helianthemum, low
shrubs or herbs with yellow flowers, especially the European
H. vulgare and the American frostweed, H. Canadense.
Cretan rockrose, a related shrub (Cistus Creticus), one
of the plants yielding the fragrant gum called ladanum. DecretalDecretal De*cre"tal, a. [L. decretalis, fr. decretum. See
Decree.]
Appertaining to a decree; containing a decree; as, a decretal
epistle. --Ayliffe. DecretalDecretal De*cre"tal, n. [LL. decretale, neut. of L.
decretalis. See Decretal, a.]
1. (R. C. Ch.) An authoritative order or decree; especially,
a letter of the pope, determining some point or question
in ecclesiastical law. The decretals form the second part
of the canon law.
2. (Canon Law) The collection of ecclesiastical decrees and
decisions made, by order of Gregory IX., in 1234, by St.
Raymond of Pennafort. Excreta
Excreta Ex*cre"ta, n. pl. [L.]
Matters to be excreted.
Secretage
Secretage Se"cret*age, n. [F.]
A process in which mercury, or some of its salts, is employed
to impart the property of felting to certain kinds of furs.
--Ure.
Secretarial
Secretarial Sec`re*ta"ri*al, a.
Of or pertaining to a secretary; befitting a secretary. [R.]
Secretarial, diplomatic, or other official training.
--Carlyle.
Secretary of the InteriorInterior In*te"ri*or, n.
1. That which is within; the internal or inner part of a
thing; the inside.
2. The inland part of a country, state, or kingdom.
Department of the Interior, that department of the
government of the United States which has charge of
pensions, patents, public lands and surveys, the Indians,
education, etc.; that department of the government of a
country which is specially charged with the internal
affairs of that country; the home department.
Secretary of the Interior, the cabinet officer who, in the
United States, is at the head of the Department of the
Interior. Secretaryship
Secretaryship Sec"re*ta*ry*ship, n.
The office, or the term of office, of a secretary.
SupercretaceousSupercretaceous Su`per*cre*ta"ceous, a. (Geol.)
Same as Supracretaceous. Supracretaceous
Supracretaceous Su`pra*cre*ta"ceous, a. (Geol.)
Lying above the chalk; Supercretaceous.
Undersecretary
Undersecretary Un`der*sec"re*ta*ry, n.
A secretary who is subordinate to the chief secretary; an
assistant secretary; as, an undersecretary of the Treasury.
Meaning of Creta from wikipedia
- The
Hyundai Creta, also
known as
Hyundai ix25 in China, is a
subcompact crossover SUV
produced by
Hyundai since 2014
mainly for
emerging markets, particularly...
- thal****ocracy
during ancient times. In Latin, the name of the
island became Creta. The
original Arabic name of
Crete was Iqrīṭiš (Arabic: اقريطش < (τῆς) Κρήτης)...
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Čreta may
refer to
several places in Slovenia:
Čreta, Hoče–Slivnica, a
settlement in the Muni****lity of Hoče–Slivnica
Čreta, Vransko, a
settlement in...
-
Creta Channel (or TV
Creta) is a
private regional television channel broadcast to the
majority of Crete. Its
programming is
split between TV
shopping and...
- Idomeneo, re di
Creta ossia Ilia e
Idamante (Italian for Idomeneus, King of Crete, or, Ilia and Idamante;
usually referred to
simply as Idomeneo, K. 366)...
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Arianna in
Creta ("Ariadne in Crete", HWV 32) is an
opera seria in
three acts by
George Frideric Handel. The Italian-language
libretto was
adapted by...
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ancient town of
Chersonasus was
important enough in the
Roman province of
Creta et
Cyrenaica early to
become a
Christian bishopric, a
suffragan of the metropolitan...
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Crete and
Cyrenaica (Latin:
Creta et Cyrenaica, Koinē Gr****: Κρήτη καὶ Κυρηναϊκή, romanized: Krḗtē kaì Kyrēnaïkḗ) was a
senatorial province of the Roman...
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Čreta (pronounced [ˈtʃɾeːta]) is a
small settlement in the Muni****lity of
Vransko in
central Slovenia. It lies in the
hills north of Vransko. The area...
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Introduced in
April 2021, it is a long-wheelbase
version of the
subcompact Creta,
whilst having additional third-row seating,
styling changes, and a different...
