plume´less

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• less — less·est; less·ness; let·ter·less; li·cense·less; lid·less; life·less; life·less·ly; life·less·ness; light·less; light·less·ness; limb·less; lime·less; lim·it·less; line·less; lint·less; lip·less; list·less; list·less·ly; list·less·ness;… …   English syllables

• plume — de·plume; dis·plume; filo·plume; im·plume; plume; plume·less; plume·let; pul·vi·plume; re·plume; semi·plume; un·plume; pen·no·plume; …   English syllables

• Plume (hydrodynamics) — In hydrodynamics, a plume is a column of one fluid moving through another. Several effects control the motion of the fluid, including momentum, buoyancy and density difference. When momentum effects are more important than density differences and …   Wikipedia

• Plume moth — Taxobox name = Pterophoridae image width = 250px image caption = White Plume Moth, Pterophorus pentadactyla regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Lepidoptera subordo = Ditrysia superfamilia = Pterophoroidea familia =… …   Wikipedia

• plume bird — Snowy Snow y, a. 1. White like snow. So shows a snowy dove trooping with crows. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Abounding with snow; covered with snow. The snowy top of cold Olympus. Milton. [1913 Webster] 3. Fig.: Pure; unblemished; unstained; spotless …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Mantle plume — A superplume generated by cooling processes in the mantle.[1] A mantle plume is a hypothetical thermal diapir of abnormally hot rock that nucleates at the core mantle boundary and rises through the Earth s mantle. Such plumes were invoked in 1971 …   Wikipedia

• Iceland plume — The Iceland Plume is an upwelling of anomalously hot rock in the Earth s mantle beneath Iceland whose origin probably lies at the boundary between the core and the mantle at ca. 2880 km depth. It is generally thought to be the cause of the… …   Wikipedia

• plumeless — plume·less …   English syllables

• Plumeless — Plume less, a. Without plumes. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Earth Sciences — ▪ 2009 Introduction Geology and Geochemistry       The theme of the 33rd International Geological Congress, which was held in Norway in August 2008, was “Earth System Science: Foundation for Sustainable Development.” It was attended by nearly… …   Universalium