Thesaurus / overlying

overlying

synonyms for overlying

QUIZ

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There the quantity of barren overlying rock and earth is enormous, and detracts immensely from the value of the mines.

ASBESTOSROBERT H. JONES

Their geological formation is granite, with gneiss and mica slate, with clay slate, hornblende and primitive limestone overlying.

Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts.

Her ugly old face flushed through the overlying paint and powder.

How does unconformability prove a lapse of time between the accumulation of the underlying and overlying strata?

GEOLOGYJAMES GEIKIE

Whether the puncture should penetrate the overlying retina is still a disputed point.

In the human skull, overlying the nasal cavity, there are two thin plates of bone perforated with numerous small apertures.

The overlying skin is normal in color, or it may be light- or dark-brown or reddish.

The overlying skin gradually becomes of a sluggish or dark-red color.

The personal arms are relegated to a minor overlying shield at the lower point of the escutcheon.

SYNONYM OF THE DAY

OCTOBER 26, 1985