lithic
/ˈlɪθɪk
/adjective
1chiefly Archaeology & Geology Of the nature of or relating to stone.The excavation of lithic quarry sites presents archaeologists with logistical and analytical problems that are often not encountered at other site types....
- Compositionally, the most abundant types of lithic fragment are polycrystalline quartz varieties.
- Small lithic fragments comprise quartzite, gneiss and ubiquitous andesite.
2 Medicine, dated Relating to calculi.
Origin
Late 18th century: from Greek lithikos, from lithos 'stone'.
- watering hole
- watering-house
- watering pan
- watering party
- watering place
- watering pot
- watering slip
- watering snaffle
- watering stone
- water injection
- water-insoluble
- water-intoxicated
- water intoxication
- waterish
- water ivy
- water jacket
- water-jacketed
- water jacketing
- water jet
- water-jet propeller
- water-jet propulsion
- water-jet pump
- water joint
- water jump
- water jumper