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interstitial
in·ter·sti·tial / ˌintərˈstishəl/ • adj. of, forming, or occupying interstices: the interstitial space. ∎ Ecol. (of minute animals) living in the spaces between individual sand grains in the soil or aquatic sediments: the interstitial fauna of marine sands. DERIVATIVES: in·ter·sti·tial·ly adv. |
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"interstitial." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "interstitial." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-interstitial.html "interstitial." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-interstitial.html |
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interstitial Pertaining to the spaces (interstices) between sedimentary particles.
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AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY. "interstitial." A Dictionary of Earth Sciences. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY. "interstitial." A Dictionary of Earth Sciences. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O13-interstitial.html AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY. "interstitial." A Dictionary of Earth Sciences. 1999. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O13-interstitial.html |
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interstitial Pertaining to the spaces (interstices) between sedimentary particles.
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MICHAEL ALLABY. "interstitial." A Dictionary of Ecology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MICHAEL ALLABY. "interstitial." A Dictionary of Ecology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O14-interstitial.html MICHAEL ALLABY. "interstitial." A Dictionary of Ecology. 2004. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O14-interstitial.html |
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interstitial •circumstantial, financial, substantial
•court-martial, impartial, marshal, martial, partial
•especial, special
•cadential, confidential, consequential, credential, deferential, differential, essential, evidential, existential, experiential, exponential, influential, intelligential, irreverential, jurisprudential, penitential, pestilential, potential, preferential, presidential, providential, prudential, quintessential, referential, residential, reverential, sapiential, sciential, sentential, sequential, tangential, torrential
•abbatial, facial, fascial, glacial, interracial, multiracial, palatial, primatial, racial, spatial
•artificial, beneficial, initial, interstitial, judicial, official, sacrificial, solstitial, superficial
•provincial • seneschal • equinoctial
•asocial, precocial, psychosocial, social
•crucial, fiducial
•bushel
•antenuptial, nuptial
•commercial, controversial, Herschel, inertial, infomercial
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"interstitial." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 27 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "interstitial." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 27, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-interstitial.html "interstitial." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 27, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-interstitial.html |
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