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Showing words for SHALE using the English dictionary
5 Letter Words for Shale
hales, halse, heals, helas, leash, selah, shale, sheal, shela
4 Letter Words for Shale
ales, haes, hale, hals, heal, hela, lahs, lase, lash, leas, sale, seah, seal, shea
3 Letter Words for Shale
aes, ahs, ale, als, ase, ash, asl, eas, ehs, ela, els, hae, has, hel, hes, lah, las, lea, les, sah, sal, sea, sel, sha, she, sla, sle
Definitions for Shale
[1] a rock of fissile or laminated structure formed by the consolidation of clay or argillaceous material.
[2] a dark fine-grained laminated sedimentary rock formed by compression of successive layers of clay-rich sediment
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Words nearby Shale
shaktism, shakuntala, shaky, shakyamuni, shalach manoth, shale, shale oil, shall, shall i compare thee to a summer's day?, shalloon, shallop
Origin of Shale
1740–50; origin uncertain; compare obsolete shale to split (said of stone), to shell, derivative of shale shell, husk, Old English scealu shell, husk; see scale2
Other words from Shale
shale·like , shal·ey , adjective
Word origin for Shale
Old English scealu shell ; compare German Schalstein laminated limestone; see scale 1 , scale ²