ACROLITHIC | • acrolithic adj. Relating to, or like, an acrolith. • ACROLITHIC adj. pertaining to, or like, an acrolith, a statue with a wooden trunk and stone head and extremities. |
BATHOLITHIC | • batholithic adj. Containing or relating to batholith. • BATHOLITHIC adj. of or like a batholith, a large mass of intruded igneous rock. |
CHALCOLITHIC | • chalcolithic adj. Synonym of Eneolithic. • CHALCOLITHIC adj. of or relating to a period characterized by the use of both stone and bronze implements. |
ENDOLITHIC | • endolithic adj. Within rock. • ENDOLITHIC adj. living within or penetrating deeply into stony substances, e.g. endolithic lichens. |
EOLITHIC | • eolithic adj. (Archaeology) of or relating to the early period of the Stone Age marked by the use of eoliths. • EOLITHIC adj. of or like an eolith. |
GRANOLITHIC | • granolithic adj. Of or pertaining to a granolith. • GRANOLITHIC n. a stone composed of cement and granite chips. |
HELIOLITHIC | • heliolithic adj. Of a civilization characterized by megaliths and sun-worship. • HELIOLITHIC adj. of or relating to a civilization characterized by sun worship and megaliths. |
LACCOLITHIC | • laccolithic adj. Relating to laccoliths. • LACCOLITHIC adj. of or like a laccolith, a mass of igneous rock intruded between two sedimentary beds. |
MESOLITHIC | • Mesolithic adj. Of or referring to the Middle Stone Age (also the Mesolithic period or the Mesolithic age), a prehistoric… • Mesolithic n. Short for the Mesolithic period. |
MICROLITHIC | • microlithic adj. Formed of small stones. • MICROLITHIC adj. of or like a microlith. |
MONOLITHIC | • monolithic adj. Of or resembling a monolith. • monolithic adj. Consisting of a single chunk of hard material rather than an assembly of discrete parts. • monolithic adj. (Figurative) Having a massive, unchanging structure that does not permit individual variation. |
NEOLITHIC | • neolithic adj. Alternative spelling of Neolithic. • neolithic adj. (Informal) hopelessly outdated. • Neolithic prop.n. The New Stone Age, from circa 8500 to 4500 BCE. |
OTOLITHIC | • otolithic adj. Of or pertaining to an otolith. • OTOLITHIC adj. of or like an otolith, a calcium concretion in inside of vertebrate's ear to aid in equilibrium. |
PALAEOLITHIC | • palaeolithic adj. Alternative spelling of Paleolithic. • palæolithic adj. Alternative spelling of palaeolithic. • PALAEOLITHIC adj. of the earlier Stone Age, also PALEOLITHIC. |
PALEOLITHIC | • paleolithic adj. Alternative letter-case form of Paleolithic. • paleolithic adj. (Informal) Extremely outdated. • Paleolithic prop.n. A period that lasted from two and a half million years ago to 10,000 BC; the Old Stone Age. |
PROTOLITHIC | • protolithic adj. Relating to a protolith. • PROTOLITHIC adj. pertaining to earliest Stone Age. |
STATOLITHIC | • STATOLITHIC adj. of or like a statolith. |
UROLITHIC | • urolithic adj. Of or pertaining to a urolith. • UROLITHIC adj. of or like a urolith, a calculus in the urinary tract. |
XENOLITHIC | • xenolithic adj. Being or pertaining to a xenolith. • XENOLITHIC adj. of or like a xenolith, a rock fragment foreign to the igneous mass in which it occurs. |
ZOOLITHIC | • zoolithic adj. Relating to zooliths. • ZOOLITHIC adj. of or like a zoolite, a fossil animal. |