Having the qualities of chalk;abounding with chalk; chalky; as,cretaceous rocks and formations. See Chalk. Cretaceous acid, an oldname for carbonic acid.-- Cretaceous formation (Geol.), the series of strata of variouskinds, including beds of chalk, green sand, etc., formed in theCretaceous period; -- called also the chalk formation. See theDiagram under Geology.-- Cretaceous period (Geol.), the time in the latter part of theMesozoic age during which the Cretaceous formation was deposited.

]]>https://definedictionarymeaning.com/topic/12201/cretaceousRSS for NodeTue, 21 Jul 2026 20:51:43 GMTTue, 21 Mar 2017 19:34:15 GMT60Relating to or denoting the last period of the Mesozoic era, between the Jurassic and Tertiary periods.

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An [ancient] [creature] or person which should have been long dead.

A boring situation [which one] should have stopped persueing hours ago

]]>https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/262690https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/262690Sun, 10 May 2020 05:04:56 GMTsomething or someone that is too cool for any other word; alternative to saying cool because it is over-used

]]>https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/49577https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/49577Tue, 28 Mar 2017 04:30:22 GMTthat which is utterly ridiculous, exaggerated, or nonsensical.

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