SHALE Antonyms

• United States general who commanded United States forces in Europe from 1945 to 1949 and who oversaw the Berlin airlift (1898-1978)

• a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired

• United States politician responsible for the Missouri Compromise between free and slave states (1777-1852)

• water soaked soil; soft wet earth

• the dead body of a human being

• rectangular paving stone with curved top; once used to make roads

• pave with cobblestones

• plutonic igneous rock having visibly crystalline texture; generally composed of feldspar and mica and quartz

• something having the quality of granite (unyielding firmness)

• rock fragments and pebbles

• cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations

• cover with gravel

• be a mystery or bewildering to

• a sedimentary rock consisting mainly of calcium that was deposited by the remains of marine animals

• a hard crystalline metamorphic rock that takes a high polish; used for sculpture and as building material

• a small ball of glass that is used in various games

• a sculpture carved from marble

• paint or stain like marble

• a small smooth rounded rock

• colorless glass made of almost pure silica

• a hard glossy mineral consisting of silicon dioxide in crystal form; present in most rocks (especially sandstone and granite); yellow sand is quartz with iron oxide impurities

• a sedimentary rock consisting of sand consolidated with some cement (clay or quartz etc.)

• (formerly) a writing tablet made of slate

• thin layers of rock used for roofing

• a fine-grained metamorphic rock that can be split into thin layers

• a list of candidates nominated by a political party to run for election to public offices

• designate or schedule

• enter on a list or slate for an election

• cover with slate