A granitic fist. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Wachusett is mainly composed has rather obscure stratification, and hence may be called granitic gneiss. From Wordnik.com. [The Bay State Monthly — Volume 2, No. 1, October, 1884] Reference
Now, I don't mean to imply that oft-cited "granitic" adjective that is usually thrown around when Otto Klemperer is mentioned. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-07-01] Reference
Wales border, the fruit soils are all of granitic origin. From Wordnik.com. [Fruits of Queensland] Reference
Geographic note: 40 granitic and about 50 coralline islands. From Wordnik.com. [The 1996 CIA Factbook] Reference
Geography - note: 40 granitic and about 50 coralline islands. From Wordnik.com. [The 2001 CIA World Factbook] Reference
Geography -- note: 40 granitic and about 50 coralline islands. From Wordnik.com. [The 1999 CIA Factbook] Reference
The granitic rocks included granite, gneisses, syenites and norite. From Wordnik.com. [New York at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis 1904 Report of the New York State Commission] Reference
Tree species for plantations in the granitic uplands of Puerto Rico. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 13] Reference
As a substitute, most rocks (both granitic and volcanic) can be used. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 9] Reference
The bedrock is chiefly metamorphic, with massive granitic intrusions. From Wordnik.com. [Seward Peninsula Tundra - Meadow Province (Bailey)] Reference
She crossed her arms and sat back in her chair with a granitic finality. From Wordnik.com. [Tinker's Dam] Reference
As far as St. Florent the prevailing rocks are micaceous and beyond granitic. From Wordnik.com. [Itinerary through Corsica by its Rail, Carriage & Forest Roads] Reference
These mountains are granitic, and the river bottoms have a light, sandy soil. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol 6, No 5, November 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
The Seychelles Islands are the only mid-oceanic granitic islands in the world. From Wordnik.com. [Granitic Seychelles forests] Reference
· On the more granitic soils of the interior, apply to each coffee tree: in March. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 8] Reference
The soils of the granitic terrain are mostly Pachic Haplustolls and Ultic Haplustalfs. From Wordnik.com. [Point Reyes] Reference
On granitic rocks, the soils are mostly shallow Typic Xerorthents and Typic Haploxeralfs. From Wordnik.com. [Coastal Hills (Bailey)] Reference
"Another bottle of ale, please, and a granitic biscuit, and a pickle, by way of dessert.". From Wordnik.com. [Acadia or, A Month with the Blue Noses] Reference
On granitic uplands in Puerto Rico Casuarina equisetifolia grows faster than Pinus caribaea. From Wordnik.com. [1. Introduction] Reference
Going forward a mile or so to rejoin the cavalry I climbed the rugged granitic slopes of Surgham. From Wordnik.com. [Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan] Reference
Lapland, all of which are chiefly granitic in character, were among the first lands to be raised. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 69, July, 1863] Reference
Mahe Group is granitic, narrow coastal strip, rocky, hilly; others are coral, flat, elevated reefs. From Wordnik.com. [The 2004 CIA World Factbook] Reference
There are small areas of Eocene sedimentary, Mesozoic granitic, and Pre-Cretaceous metamorphic rocks. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Channel Islands (Bailey)] Reference
Other soils on which it has been recorded include pink granitic sands, red clay loams, and swampy soils. From Wordnik.com. [7. Other Promising Species] Reference
A patch of granitic and felsitic rocks form Parys Mountain, where copper and iron ochre have been worked. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1] Reference
Other soil types include gravels on ironstone ridges and light-red loams associated with granitic outcrops. From Wordnik.com. [7. Other Promising Species] Reference
Terrain: Mahe Group is granitic, narrow coastal strip, rocky, hilly; others are coral, flat, elevated reefs. From Wordnik.com. [Seychelles] Reference
Further inland, in the wheatbelt, populations occur at the base of many of the large, granitic rock outcrops. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 14] Reference
At least such has been the case in the granitic magma of which Mr. Wilson now possesses the solidified results. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement No. 822, October 3, 1891] Reference
Pines at this place occur of some size, but they are distinctly limited in this direction to the granitic formation. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries] Reference
It also occurs in riverine rainforests and on granitic soils, where it reaches 24 m in height with a diameter of 50 cm. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 8] Reference
Ecoregion 16 is mountainous, deeply dissected, partially glaciated, and characteristically underlain by granitic rocks. From Wordnik.com. [Ecoregions of Montana (EPA)] Reference
Whether it was granitic or porphyritic, I had no opportunity of examining, but incline to think it belonged to the latter. From Wordnik.com. [Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition.] Reference
In much of the West African savanna underlying granitic bedrock and many years of weathering have resulted in acidic soils. From Wordnik.com. [5. How plants live and grow] Reference
Metamorphic and pre-eruptive rock are widespread, with schists, marbles, amphybolite and granitic rocks in the central Elburz. From Wordnik.com. [Elburz Range forest steppe] Reference
Metasedimentary rocks are common; granitic rocks and associated management problems are less extensive than in the Idaho Batholith (16). From Wordnik.com. [Ecoregions of Montana (EPA)] Reference
In many areas late Precambrian outcrops of granitic gneisses and quartzite project from the surface as inselbergs (locally called kopjes). From Wordnik.com. [Southern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets] Reference
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