sarsen
noun
sar·sen
ˈsärsᵊn
plural -s
: a large loose residual mass of stone left after the erosion of a once continuous bed or layer
specifically : one of the large sandstone blocks scattered over the English chalk downs
called also druid stone
Word History
Etymology
short for sarsen stone, alteration of Saracen stone, i.e., a pagan stone or monument
- self-confirming
- self-confrontation
- self-congratulation
- self-congratulatory
- self-conscious
- self-consciously
- self-consciousness
- self-consecration
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- self-consequence
- self-consistency
- self-consistent
- paralegals
- paraleipses
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- paralepses
- paralepsis
- paralgesia
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- Paralichthys
- paralichthyses
- paralimnetic
- paralimnion
- paralinguistic