Diapir
6 lettersnounrareUpdated June 2026
Definition
A dome-shaped geological structure formed when a mass of rock or salt forces its way upward through more brittle overlying strata.
“The geologists identified a salt diapir that had deformed the surrounding sedimentary layers over millennia.”
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di·a·pir
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Ends in the unusual -IR, contains three vowels (I, A, I) making it vowel-rich
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The P provides a small bonus, an obscure geological term that rewards specialist vocabulary
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