Saturday, 22 August 2015

lith

acrolith        wooden statue with stone extremities
aerolith        stone that falls from the sky; meteorite
albolith        white cement formed from magnesia and silica
alvinolith      obsolete term for coprolith
amphibiolith    fossilized amphibian
anthropolith    fossilized human skeleton
asthenolith     body of magma formed in the asthenosphere of the earth
batholith       large mass of intruded igneous rock
biolith         rock formed by living creatures
broncholith     stone in the bronchial glands
brontolith      aerolith
bysmalith       cylinder of igneous rock that lifts overlying rock when forced upward
cardiolith      concretion in the heart
chalcolith
cholelith       gallstone
chololith       gallstone
chromolith      colour impression of a drawing on stone
coccolith       tiny calcareous plate whose fossils form chalk and limestone deposits
coprolith       ball of hardened feces
cyclolith       stone circle
cystolith       calcium carbonate that masses in cell wall of some plants
dacryolith      stone forming in the tear ducts
encephalolith   stone forming in the brain
endolith        coloured design on chemically prepared slab of marble or ivory
enterolith      stone forming in the stomach or intestines
eolith          stone naturally formed but thought to be manufactured
fecalith        stony heap or mass of feces
gastrolith      stone ingested by an animal to aid in digestion
hepatolith      gallstone
hippolith       concretion in the stomach of a horse
hydrolaccolith  mass of ice that thrusts up overlying soil to form a mound
hydrolith       calcium hydride
inolith         stone forming in fibrous tissue
laccolith       mass of igneous rock intruded between two sedimentary beds
megalith        large rough stone used as a monument
mesolith
microlith       very small stone tool
monolith        large single stone in form of monument, obelisk or column
neolith         stone tool or weapon associated with early farming peoples
nephrolith      kidney stone
odontolith      concretion made of dental tartar
oolith          small rounded limestone granule
ophthalmolith   concretion in the tear ducts
oscheolith      concretion in the scrotum
otolith         calcium concretion in inside of vertebrate's ear to aid in equilibrium
palaeotolith    stone tool supposedly of pre-paleolithic date
paleolith       stone tool associated with paleolithic peoples
peristalith     ancient stone circle
phacolith       lens-shaped intrusive mass of igneous rock between two strata
phlebolith      concretion in the veins
phonolith       igneous rock that makes a ringing noise when struck
photolith       image produced by transferring photograph to a lithographic plate
phytolith       fossilized plant
pisolith        pea-shaped stony concretion
pneumatolith    stone in the lung
polylith        prehistoric monument consisting of many stones
postholith      concretion or stone in the foreskin
prepalaeolith   stone tool supposedly of pre-paleolithic date
prostatolith    concretion in the prostate gland
protolith       precursor to a metamorphic rock
regolith        layer of loose rock and soil overlaying bedrock of a planet
rhinolith       concretion forming in the nasal cavity
sebolith        concretion forming in the sebaceous glands
sialolith       concretion forming in the salivary gland
spongolith      fossil sponge
statolith       small calcareous stone used by invertebrates to maintain equilibrium
stercolith      concretion forming around hardened feces
stromatolith    rock structure consisting of alternating igneous and
sedimentary layers
tonsillolith    concretion forming in the tonsils
trilith         stone monument of two upright and one transverse slab
tripolith       kind of cement
uranolith       meteoritic stone
ureterolith     concretion forming in the ureter
urolith         small stone in the urinary tract
uterolith       concretion forming in the uterus
xenolith        fragment of extraneous rock embedded in magma or another rock

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