-lith

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-lith

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1. Rock; stone: xenolith.

2. Stone implement or structure: megalith.

3. Mineral concretion; calculus: cystolith.

[From Greek lithos, stone.]

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-lith

n combining form

indicating stone or rock: megalith. Compare -lite

[from Greek lithos stone]

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lith-

var. of litho-: lithops.

-lith

a combining form meaning “stone” (megalith), “stone tool” ( microlith), “mass of rock” (batholith; laccolith), “calcareous concretion, calculus” ( otolith; urolith).Compare -lite.

[see litho-]

Lith.

or Lith,

1. Lithuania.

2. Lithuanian.

lith.

1. lithograph.

2. lithographic.

3. lithography.

References in periodicals archive ?

Whilst he was in fact describing an actual geological feature--a laccolith which he saw as resembling a cactus [1]--he was also, tongue-in-cheek, commenting on what he saw as an absurd number of "-lith" words in the field of Geology.