Recent Examples on the WebThe 21-square-mile British territory is known for its gorgeous pink-sand beaches, impressive golf courses overlooking the sea, underground caves with amazing stalactites and stalagmites, and more.—Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 19 May 2024 The principle is very similar to radiocarbon dating--the amount of daughter elements in a stalactite, for example, indicates how long that stalactite has been around--with the advantage that uranium-series dates can stretch back half a million years.—James Shreeve, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019 Thousands of dramatic stalactites and stalagmites, as well as deep, turquoise-colored cave pools, set the scene for a step back in time.—Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 31 Jan. 2024 Travelers can easily spend the entire day exploring these captivating caverns, admiring the mystical stalagmites and stalactites, and spotting wildlife like bats and cougars.—Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 1 Jan. 2024 The caverns include an underground river, delicate 'soda straw' formations, stalactites, stalagmites, columns, and huge areas of flowstone.—Bill Bowden, Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2023 The water levels seemed to drop precipitously – in images captured by Porsche Devol on September 2, only a small portion of a cave was visible and now photos show a vast entrance with rock formations and stalactites hanging from the ceiling.—Amanda Jackson, CNN, 30 Sep. 2023 There are millennia worth of stalactites, stalagmites, and, yes, even a few sharks.—Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 24 Aug. 2023 The visual released on Wednesday features the star in a gold sequined top surrounded by stalactites hanging from the roof of a cave.—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2022
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Word History
Etymology
New Latin stalactites, from Greek stalaktos dripping, from stalassein to let drip
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