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  • English Word Lithographic Definition Alt. of Lithographical
  • English Word Lithographical Definition Of or pertaining to lithography; made by lithography; as, the lithographic art; a lithographic picture.
  • English Word Lithographing Definition of Lithograph
  • English Word Lithography Definition The art or process of putting designs or writing, with a greasy material, on stone, and of producing printed impressions therefrom. The process depends, in the main, upon the antipathy between grease and water, which prevents a printing ink containing oil from adhering to wetted parts of the stone not covered by the design. See Lithographic limestone, under Lithographic.
  • English Word Lithoid Definition Alt. of Lithoidal
  • English Word Lithoidal Definition Like a stone; having a stony structure.
  • English Word Litholatry Definition The worship of a stone or stones.
  • English Word Lithologic Definition Alt. of Lithological
  • English Word Lithological Definition Of or pertaining to the character of a rock, as derived from the nature and mode of aggregation of its mineral contents.
  • English Word Lithological Definition Of or pertaining to lithology.
  • English Word Lithologically Definition From a lithological point of view; as, to consider a stratum lithologically.
  • English Word Lithologist Definition One who is skilled in lithology.
  • English Word Lithology Definition The science which treats of rocks, as regards their mineral constitution and classification, and their mode of occurrence in nature.
  • English Word Lithology Definition A treatise on stones found in the body.
  • English Word Lithomancy Definition Divination by means of stones.
  • English Word Lithomarge Definition A clay of a fine smooth texture, and very sectile.
  • English Word Lithonthriptic Definition Alt. of Lithonthryptic
  • English Word Lithonthryptic Definition Same as Lithontriptic.
  • English Word Lithontriptic Definition Having the quality of, or used for, dissolving or destroying stone in the bladder or kidneys; as, lithontriptic forceps.
  • English Word Lithontriptic Definition A lithontriptic remedy or agent, as distilled water.
  • English Word Lithontriptist Definition Same as Lithotriptist.
  • English Word Lithontriptor Definition See Lithotriptor.
  • English Word Lithophagous Definition Eating or swallowing stones or gravel, as the ostrich.
  • English Word Lithophagous Definition Eating or destroying stone; -- applied to various animals which make burrows in stone, as many bivalve mollusks, certain sponges, annelids, and sea urchins. See Lithodomus.
  • English Word Lithophane Definition Porcelain impressed with figures which are made distinct by transmitted light, -- as when hung in a window, or used as a lamp shade.
  • English Word Lithophosphor Definition A stone that becomes phosphoric by heat.
  • English Word Lithophosphoric Definition Pertaining to lithophosphor; becoming phosphoric by heat.
  • English Word Lithophotography Definition Same as Photolithography.
  • English Word Lithophyll Definition A fossil leaf or impression of a leaf.
  • English Word Lithophyse Definition A spherulitic cavity often with concentric chambers, observed in some volcanic rocks, as in rhyolitic lavas. It is supposed to be produced by expanding gas, whence the name.