silica
Silicon dioxide.
Other meanings
Any of the silica group of the silicate minerals.
Related words
- aerosil
- biosilica
- felsic
- microsilica
- nanosilica
- organosilica
- silcrete
- silicalite
- silicasome
- siliciferous
- silicification
- silicify
Word history
From Latin "silex" (hard stone, flint).
Where this comes from
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