kieselguhr

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kieselguhr, from Kiesel (“pebble, gravel”) + Guhr (“guhr”).

noun

  1. Diatomaceous earth, a kind of soft rock containing the remains of diatoms; it absorbs nitroglycerine and is used to manufacture dynamite.

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