gneiss
Gneiss is a 6 letter word which starts with the letter G and ends with the letter S for which we found 1 definitions.
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| (n.) A crystalline rock consisting like granite of quartz feldspar and mica but having these materials especially the mica arranged in planes so that it breaks rather easily into coarse slabs or flags. Hornblende sometimes takes the place of the mica and it is then called hornblendic / syenitic gneiss. Similar varieties of related rocks are also called gneiss. |
Syllable Information
The word gneiss is a 6 letter word that has 1 syllable . The syllable division for gneiss is: gneiss
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