STALACTITE • FREE-TRANSLATOR.COM • Definition of Stalactite

... of the Trias; of the Jurassic; of the Cretaceous. Spongilla. Spongillopsis. Spongophyllum. Spore-eases, of Cryptogams in the Ludlow rocks; in the Coal. Squirrels. Stagonolepis. Staircase-shell. Stalactite. Stalagmite. Star-corals. Star-fishes. St Cassian Beds. Stephanophyllia. Stereognathus. Stigmaria; ficoides. Stonesfield Slate; Mammals of. Strata, contemporaneity of. Stratified rock. Streptelasma. Streptorhynchus. Stromatopora; rugosa; tuberculata. Strombodes; ...

— The Ancient Life History of the Earth • Henry Alleyne Nicholson

... middle of which, quite singularly, rises this lonely limestone mountain, full of holes and caves, about 1,000 metres long, 400 broad, and 100 high, with perpendicular walls. The caves are finely formed and have dome-shaped roofs, but few stalactite formations appear. Thousands of bats live there and the ground is covered with a thick layer of guano. From the viewpoint of natural beauty these caves are far inferior to the well-known cave of Kimanis in the Birang (on the River Berau, below the Kayan) with its extraordinarily beautiful stalactite ...

— Through Central Borneo: - An Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters - Between the Years 1913 and 1917 • Carl Lumholtz