Riss
/rɪs
/noun [usually as modifier] Geology
1The penultimate Pleistocene glaciation in the Alps, possibly corresponding to the Saale of northern Europe.Gunz, Mindel, Riss and Wurm are the names of four ice ages.
1.1The system of deposits laid down during the Riss glaciation.
Origin
Early 20th century: from the name of a tributary of the River Danube in Germany.
- layout
- lay over
- layover
- layperson
- lay reader
- layshaft
- lay siege to
- lay sister
- lay someone low
- lay someone off
- lay someone open to
- lay someone out
- lay someone/thing to rest
- lay someone up
- lay something aside
- lay something at someone's door
- lay something bare
- lay something down
- lay something in/up
- lay something off
- lay something on
- lay something on the table
- lay something on thick (or with a trowel)
- lay something out
- lay something (to) waste