sapropelic
adjective
sap·ro·pel·ic
1
: living in mud or ooze composed chiefly of decaying organic matter (as various freshwater protozoa)
2
: of, relating to, or derived from sapropel
the organic carbon may be humic (coaly) or sapropelic (bituminous)
F. J. Pettijohn
F. J. Pettijohn
Word History
Etymology
International Scientific Vocabulary sapropel + -ic
- circuitousness
- circuitousnesses
- circuitries
- circuitry
- circuits
- circuity
- circuity of action
- circulant
- circular
- circular canal
- circular canon
- circular dichroism
- circular error
- circular file
- circular flow
- circular function
- circular insanity
- circular knitting machine
- circular level
- circular measure
- circular mil
- circular note
- circular pitch
- circular plane
- circular psychosis