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testaceous(dictionary)
Salisbury(dictionary)
Salisbury(tourism)
Salisbury steak(dictionary)
John of Salisbury(encyclopedia)
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Salisbury Plain(dictionary)
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Salisbury Plain (oh) and testaceous (iou)


Salisbury Plain (oh)



a large piece of open country in southern England, used by the army as a Training area. Stonehenge, a structure of stone circles from 2500-1500 BC, is on Salisbury Plain.

testaceous (iou)



testaceous adjective. M17.
[Latin testaceus, formed as TEST noun3: see -ACEOUS.]
Having a shell, esp. a hard, calcareous, unarticulated shell. M17.
Of the Nature of shells; consisting of a shell or shelly material. M17.
b. Pharmacology. Of a medicinal powder: prepared from the shells of animals. E18-M19.
Of a dull brownish-red colour like that of unglazed pottery, as a tile, a flower-pot, etc. L17.