azoic
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Scientists long ago clung to the "azoic hypothesis" about the deep -- the presumption that nothing could possibly be alive so far from the photosynthetic world.
From Washington Post ● May 16, 2010
The obelisks are all formed of granite, the foundation-stone of the globe, belonging to the oldest azoic formation, which laid down the first basis for the appearing of life.
From Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood by Hugh Macmillan
It is a mistake to call this lake azoic.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 78, April, 1864 by Various
The tertiary formation is followed by an azoic formation of gneiss, mica slate, and phylada with large intrusions of granite.
From Guatemala, the country of the future by Charles M. Pepper
The latter formation is found in other sections with precarboniferous limestone and also with crystalline limestone of the azoic age.
From Guatemala, the country of the future by Charles M. Pepper
