The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word OUTCROP , but the solution may also be STOSS which is one of the most recent solution (1969 in New York Times).
Geologist's term crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| OUTCROP | 50 % | 7 |
| STOSS | 50 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Geologist's term
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- outcrop
Crossword Answer definitions
OUTCROP noun- A piece of land that stands out (usually into water) from the land surrounding.
- A coming out of bedrock or of an unconsolidated deposit to the surface of the ground.
- The part of a rock formation that appears at the surface of the ground.
- (of a stratum) To come out to the surface of the ground.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result OUTCROP
- Exposed layer of rock
- Emergence
- Prospector's find.
- Geologist's term.
- Protruding bit of bedrock
- Precipice of exposed bedrock
- Protruding feature on a cliff
More clues leading to the result STOSS
- On the glacial side
- German sculptor and wood carver Veit
- ___side of a hill
- Glacier-facing side
- Opposed to lee.
- Facing direction from which a glacier moves.
- Opposed to ice: Geol.
- Fronting a glacier.
- Facing the direction whence a glacier moves: Geol.
- Noting the side, as of a hill, that receives the thrust of a glacier.