metamorphous
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I feel the metamorphous within myself, as well.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 29, 2014
Although there are many varieties of Cyprus wines, there is one prevailing rule: the white commanderia, a luscious high-flavoured wine, is grown upon the reddish chocolate-coloured soil of metamorphous rocks.
From Cyprus, as I Saw It in 1879 by Baker, Samuel White, Sir
We rode up precipitous paths edging upon deep chasms between these conical hills, and emerged upon metamorphous rocks and shale mingled in curious irregularity.
From Cyprus, as I Saw It in 1879 by Baker, Samuel White, Sir
They are variable mixtures of the metamorphous carbonates of protoxide of iron and lime.
From Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood by Macmillan, Hugh
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