Noun : a concretion of melted candies. From Dictionary.com.
Most likely the structure is a sandy "concretion" that formed after the critter died, says the study. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com News] Reference
Coquina, of which the fort is built, is a kind of concretion of shell-fragments, often very beautiful. From Wordnik.com. [The Great South; A Record of Journeys in Louisiana, Texas, the Indian Territory, Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, and Maryland] Reference
Draw it off by piercing the lower part of the cask, and let it run till the concretion which is formed at the top, and is termed "mother of vinegar," begins to appear. From Wordnik.com. [Resources of the Southern Fields and Forests, Medical, Economical, and Agricultural. Being also a Medical Botany of the Confederate States; with Practical Information on the Useful Properties of the Trees, Plants, and Shrubs] Reference
But since concretion is a form of drying let us speak of the latter first. From Wordnik.com. [Meteorology] Reference
He calls her a 'concretion of disturbing beauty impinging on a possessive world.'. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-05-01] Reference
Another shell found in concretion, a large cowrie, may also prove to be Polynesian. From Wordnik.com. [Reclaiming the Bounty] Reference
If the concretion occurs within the aesthetic attitude, an aesthetic object is formed. From Wordnik.com. [Roman Ingarden] Reference
Hence concretion and disaggregation, drying and moistening, must have these two causes. From Wordnik.com. [Meteorology] Reference
And this one is not a concretion, but I threw it in to see if anyone is paying attention. From Wordnik.com. [Concretionary fun] Reference
The rock layer is just a solid version of the rocks, in what I believe is called a concretion. From Wordnik.com. [Road Map « Climate Audit] Reference
The symptoms produced by their presence vary in accordance with the situation of the concretion. From Wordnik.com. [Gilbertus Anglicus Medicine of the Thirteenth Century] Reference
By the time the concretion reached the orbit of Mars its rotation and velocity had slowed significantly. From Wordnik.com. [Invasion]
Blood, if it corrupt in the body, has a tendency to turn into pus, and pus may turn into a solid concretion. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Animals] Reference
Without even amendments or fertilizers, it could establish itself when planted directly into the user concretion. From Wordnik.com. [2 Case Studies] Reference
The specimen is preserved in a large, well-cemented sideritic concretion and is consequently only partly crushed. From Wordnik.com. [‘Angloposeidon’, the unreported story, part IV] Reference
A calcareous concretion is sometimes found in the centre of the nut, to which peculiar virtues have been attributed. From Wordnik.com. [The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.] Reference
This substance, which has been found to be a purely siliceous concretion, is possessed of peculiar optical properties. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"] Reference
These poetic nature miniatures are characterized by immediacy and concretion, combined with the strong capacity to create. From Wordnik.com. [Harry Martinson: Catching the Dewdrop, Reflecting the Cosmos] Reference
There was a recent article in the Colorado Springs Gazette about fellow paleoblogger Anthony and his adventures in concretion land. From Wordnik.com. [Concretionary fun] Reference
The guillotine is the concretion of the law; it is called vindicte; it is not neutral, and it does not permit you to remain neutral. From Wordnik.com. [Les Miserables] Reference
When you find a tooth with the characteristic concretion of tartar upon it, the first principle of surgery demands that you clean that tooth thoroughly. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 358, November 11, 1882] Reference
Progress in the development of the elements of taste and beauty, and the concretion of æsthetic principles with common sense in architectural design, are now everywhere apparent. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American, Volume XLIII., No. 25, December 18, 1880 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures.] Reference
"It seems likely to be some sort of abiotic concretion," he said. From Wordnik.com. [Durangoherald.com] Reference
East is a concretion found in the intestine of the Persian wild goat. From Wordnik.com. [More Science From an Easy Chair] Reference
Sixteen years before the concretion was passed she was known to have swallowed. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
The "eagle-stone" is also a concretion to which magical properties were ascribed. From Wordnik.com. [More Science From an Easy Chair] Reference
The silicious concretion obtained from the leaves is used as a polish in the form of polish paper. From Wordnik.com. [The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines] Reference
One object, a mere concretion, will have something about it suggesting an organ of the human body. From Wordnik.com. [Zuñi Fetiches Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-1881, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1883, pages 3-45] Reference
Molecule by molecule the rock is removed and the mineral of the concretion substituted in its place. From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of Geology] Reference
The concretion may in this way preserve intact the lamination lines or other structures of the rock. From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of Geology] Reference
It is an unhealthy intestinal concretion like bezoar-stone (see p. 64), only exceptionally produced. From Wordnik.com. [More Science From an Easy Chair] Reference
Some fossil, such as a leaf or shell, frequently forms the nucleus around which the concretion grows. From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of Geology] Reference
The bezoar-stone is probably a concretion formed in the intestine from some of the undigested portions of the goat's food. From Wordnik.com. [More Science From an Easy Chair] Reference
The substance called "ambergris" (grey amber), valued to-day as a perfume, is a fæcal concretion similar to a bezoar-stone. From Wordnik.com. [More Science From an Easy Chair] Reference
At one side of the concretion a piece had been broken off exposing an incisor tooth which represented the nucleus of the formation. From Wordnik.com. [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference
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