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Diluvia
Diluvium Di*lu"vi*um, n.; pl. E. Diluviums, L. Diluvia. [L. diluvium. See Dilute, Deluge.] (Geol.) A deposit of superficial loam, sand, gravel, stones, etc., caused by former action of flowing waters, or the melting of glacial ice. Note: The accumulation of matter by the ordinary operation of water is termed alluvium.
Diluvial
Diluvial Di*lu"vi*al, a. [L. diluvialis. fr. diluvium.] 1. Of or pertaining to a flood or deluge, esp. to the great deluge in the days of Noah; diluvian. 2. (Geol.) Effected or produced by a flood or deluge of water; -- said of coarse and imperfectly stratified deposits along ancient or existing water courses. Similar unstratified deposits were formed by the agency of ice. The time of deposition has been called the Diluvian epoch.
Diluvialist
Diluvialist Di*lu"vi*al*ist, n. One who explains geological phenomena by the Noachian deluge. --Lyell.
Diluvian
Diluvian Di*lu"vi*an, a. [Cf. F. diluvien.] Of or pertaining to a deluge, esp. to the Noachian deluge; diluvial; as, of diluvian origin. --Buckland.
Diluviate
Diluviate Di*lu"vi*ate, v. i. [L. diluviare.] To run as a flood. [Obs.] --Sir E. Sandys.
Diluvium
Diluvium Di*lu"vi*um, n.; pl. E. Diluviums, L. Diluvia. [L. diluvium. See Dilute, Deluge.] (Geol.) A deposit of superficial loam, sand, gravel, stones, etc., caused by former action of flowing waters, or the melting of glacial ice. Note: The accumulation of matter by the ordinary operation of water is termed alluvium.
Diluviums
Diluvium Di*lu"vi*um, n.; pl. E. Diluviums, L. Diluvia. [L. diluvium. See Dilute, Deluge.] (Geol.) A deposit of superficial loam, sand, gravel, stones, etc., caused by former action of flowing waters, or the melting of glacial ice. Note: The accumulation of matter by the ordinary operation of water is termed alluvium.
Postdiluvian
Postdiluvian Post`di*lu"vi*an, n. One who lived after the flood.

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- accused him of false political crimes. Lattimore O., Isono F. 1982. The Diluv Khutagt: Memoirs and autobiography of a Mongol Buddhist Reincarnation in...
- December 1803.  Additional information needed De Hist. Restaurati post Diluv. Orbis ab Exitu Noæ ex Arcausque ad Dispeisionen Gentiuns (Tübingen, 1761);...
- 1970: History and Revolution in China. Lund: Studentlitteratur. 1982: The Diluv Khutagt: Memoirs and Autobiography of a Mongol Buddhist Reincarnation in...
- Drom, Fug, Ambul 10. Water Aqua, Mar, Flu, Sea, Und, Hydr, H2O, Hydra, diluv, antediluvian 11. Time Pre, Post, A.M., P.M.,chron, temp, daisy 12. Cutting...