Crossword-Solution: SILURIAN
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Silurian | a. | Of or pertaining to the country of the ancient Silures; -- a term applied to the earliest of the Paleozoic eras, and also to the strata of the era, because most plainly developed in that country. |
| Silurian | n. | The Silurian age. |
We have 5 clues for the answer “SILURIAN”
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| Period in which early invertebrate land animals appeared | 1 answer |
| Of a geological period. | 2 answers |
| Geological era | 3 answers |
| LOWER Palaeozoic era, system of the | 3 answers |
| Geological period | 21 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
A moving of the mind or soul; excitement of the feelings,
whether pleasing or painful; disturbance or agitation of mind caused by
a specific exciting cause and manifested by some sensible effect on the
body.
Hint 2 anagram
NOMIOET
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A FEELING OF GREAT ELATION
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Sentences with SILURIAN (5)
Then by degrees, in the silurian period, the tops of the mountains began to appear, the islands emerged, then disappeared in partial deluges, reappeared, became settled, formed continents, till at length the earth became geographically arranged, as we see in the present day.
Therefore, any calm person, who is not blind or idiotic, can see that in the Old Oolitic Silurian Period,' just a million years ago next November, the Lower Mississippi River was upwards of one million three hundred thousand miles long, and stuck out over the Gulf of Mexico like a fishing-rod.
True, the billiard-tables were of the Old Silurian Period, and the cues and balls of the Post-Pliocene; but there was refreshment in this, not discomfort; for there is rest and healing in the contemplation of antiquities.
The age of Invertebrates, or the Silurian, when the life on the globe consisted distinctively of invertebrates.
Geologically the Andes are yet in a chaotic and formative condition; huge slides of Silurian slates and diorite are of frequent occurrence.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Chronicle, NYT.
Used 3 times in crossword archives (1967–2005).