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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 8420 Members 16 Forums 13686 Topics 209713 Posts Max Online: 3341 @ 12/09/11 02:15 PM Newest Members Stephen A, fgjhgjk, Nora Francis, sabosophie, Lore Lorena 8419 Registered Users Who's Online 0 registered (), 42 Guests and 2 Spiders online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters (30 Days) LukeJavan8 82 jenny jenny 65 wofahulicodoc 47 endymion6 43 BranShea 35 Rhubarb Commando 27 Buffalo Shrdlu 19 Jackie 16 zmjezhd 15 Faldage 15 May 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 31

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