Crossword clues for granitic
granitic
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Granitic \Gra*nit"ic\, a. [Cf. F. granitique.]
Like granite in composition, color, etc.; having the nature of granite; as, granitic texture.
Consisting of granite; as, granitic mountains.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
a. Of, pertaining to, or containing granite.
WordNet
adj. hard as granite; "a granitic fist" [syn: granitelike, rocklike, stony]
having austere inflexibility; "a flinty manner"; "granitic morality"; "his unyielding mouth and glassy eyes"- Marchette Chute [syn: flinty, unyielding]
Usage examples of "granitic".
The church steeple and the Chilian flag gleamed for an instant among the trees, and then the strait wound on between huge granitic masses which had an imposing effect.
Drawing on the hypothesis that continents had been formed initially from a single granitic mass that had been shattered under the weight of immense ice caps and pushed apart by polar material rushing in to ifil the gaps, they pointed to the size of the ice caps shown on the maps and stressed how much larger they were than anything previously supposed to have existed on Earth.