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Topic Options #127348 - 04/13/04 01:55 PM karst wwh Carpal Tunnel Registered: 01/18/01 Posts: 13858 Date: Tue Aug 25 00:04:28 EDT 1998 Subject: A.Word.A.Day--karst karst (karst) noun. An area of irregular limestone in which erosion has produced fissures, sinkholes, underground streams, and caverns. [German after the Karst, a limestone plateau near Trieste.] They occur in many areas. In U.S., Kentucky and Florida. The Pleasure Dome of Kubla Khan was built over one. Top Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview Hop to: General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Moderator:  Jackie  Print Topic Switch to Threaded Mode View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 8453 Members 16 Forums 13693 Topics 210095 Posts Max Online: 3341 @ 12/09/11 02:15 PM Newest Members zhangzhen, dene13, MariaAnastasia, MNPrasad, Krysto4 8453 Registered Users Who's Online 0 registered (), 43 Guests and 1 Spider online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters (30 Days) LukeJavan8 100 wofahulicodoc 70 endymion6 69 jenny jenny 61 teepee 23 Rhubarb Commando 22 Faldage 13 tsuwm 10 anddrewlee 6 Jackie 4 June Su M Tu W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

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