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of or pertaining to gravel, or renal calculi. Dunglison.

tes, and in the auditory organs of many invertebrates; an ear stone. Collectively, the otoliths are called ear sand and otoconite.

Of or pertaining to otoliths.

A relic of the Paleolithic era.

Of or pertaining to an era marked by early stone implements. The Paleolithic era (as proposed by Lubbock) includes the earlier half of the "Stone Age;" the remains belonging to it are for the most part of extinct animals, with relics of human beings.

A small calcareous concretion formed in a vein; a vein stone.

A lithographic picture or copy from a stone prepared by the aid of photography.

One who practices, or one who employs, photolithography.

Of or pertaining to photolithography; produced by photolithography.

The art or process of producing photolithographs.

One versed in phytolithology; a paleobotanist.

The branch of science which treats of fossil plants; -- usually called paleobotany, sometimes paleophytology.

Same as Pyrouric, or Cyanuric.

A minute calcareous rodlike structure found both at the surface and the bottom of the ocean; -- supposed by some to be a calcareous alga.

A concretion formed within the cavities of the nose.

A tubular structure found in Potsdam sandstone, and believed to be the fossil burrow of a marine worm.

To slide; to glide. [Prov. Eng.]

An undergarment worn by orthodox Jews, covering the chest and the upper part of the back. It has an opening for the head, and has tassels, called zizith, on its four corners.

Same as Trilithon. Mollett.

Pertaining to a trilith.