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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)



240 words match “LITH”

CHROMOLITHOGRAPHY n.
Lithography adapted to printing in inks of various colors.
CHROMOPHOTOLITHOGRAPH n.
A photolithograph printed in colors.
COCCOLITH n.
One of a kind of minute, calcareous bodies, probably vegetable, often abundant in deep-sea mud.
CYATHOLITH n.
A kind of coccolith, which in shape resembles a minute cup widened at the top, and varies in size from
CYSTOLITH n. 2 definitions
A concretion of mineral matter within a leaf or other part of a plant.
CYSTOLITHIC a.
Relating to stone in the bladder.
DISCOLITH n.
One of a species of coccoliths, having an oval discoidal body, with a thick strongly refracting rim, and a thinner central portion. One of them measures about
ENTEROLITH n.
An intestinal concretion.
GASTROLITH n.
See Crab's eyes, under Crab.
GRANOLITHIC n.
A kind of hard artificial stone, used for pavements.
HIPPOLITH n.
A concretion, or kind of bezoar, from the intestines of the horse.
ICHNOLITHOLOGY n.
Same as Ichnology. Hitchcock.
LACCOLITE; LACCOLITH n.
A mass of igneous rock intruded between sedimentary beds and resulting in a mammiform bulging of the overlying strata. -- Lac`co*lit"ic, a.
MEGALITH n.
A large stone; especially, a large stone used in ancient building. -- Meg`a*lith"ic, a.
MICROLITH n.
Same as Microlite, 2.
MICROLITHIC a.
Formed of small stones.
MONOLITH n.
A single stone, especially one of large size, shaped into a pillar, statue, or monument.
MONOLITHAL a.
Monolithic.
MONOLITHIC a.
Of or pertaining to a monolith; consisting of a single stone.
NEOLITHIC a.
f or pertaining to, or designating, an era characterized by late remains in stone. The Neolithic era includes the latter half of the "Stone age;" the human relics which belong to it are associated with the remains of animals not yet extinct. The kitchen middens of Denmark, the lake dwellings of Switzerland, and the sto…
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