| monadnock | (geol.) a mountain rising above an eroded plain. | |
| growen | weathered granite. | |
| levigate | to rub to a fine powder; to smooth. | |
| glacial meal | rock ground to dust by a glacier. | |
| corrade | v.t. (of a moving agent) to erode a substrate, carrying particles along; v.i. to disintegrate due to corrasion. | |
| detrition | n. wearing away by rubbing. | |
| einkanter | a rock having one face formed by windblown sand. | |
| glacial milk | pale-silted glacial runoff. | |
| dreikanter | a rock having three faces formed by windblown sand. | |
| talus | rock fragments at the base of a cliff. | |
| slickenside | (geol.) a rock face polished by grinding against another. | |
| congelifraction | (geol.) the splitting of rock by frost. (n. congelifract.) | |
| congeliturbation | (geol.) the heaving and churning of soil by frost. | |
| smeddum | (Scot.) fine powder or flour; alertness or vigor. |