A sac containing small, calcareous concretions (otoliths). They are found in many Medus/, and other invertebrates, and are supposed to be auditory organs.

Any one of several species of bivalves, which form holes in limestone, in which they live; esp., any species of the genus Lithodomus.

Like, or pertaining to, Lithodomus; lithophagous.

A genus of elongated bivalve shells, allied to the mussels, and remarkable for their ability to bore holes for shelter, in solid limestone, shells, etc. Called also Lithophagus.

Pertaining to, or designating, a crystalline, organic acid, resembling cholic acid, found in the biliary intestinal concretions (bezoar stones) common in certain species of antelope.

An explosive compound of nitroglycerin. See Nitroglycerin.

The doctrine or science of the origin of the minerals composing the globe.

Stone-producing; -- said of polyps which form coral.

An engraving on a gem.

One who curs or engraves precious stones.

Of or pertaining to the art of cutting and engraving precious stones.

The art of cutting and engraving gems.

A print made by lithography.

One who lithographs; one who practices lithography.

Of or pertaining to lithography; made by lithography; as, the lithographic art; a lithographic picture.

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.

Like a stone; having a stony structure.

The worship of a stone or stones.

Of or pertaining to the character of a rock, as derived from the nature and mode of aggregation of its mineral contents.

From a lithological point of view; as, to consider a stratum lithologically.

One who is skilled in lithology.

The science which treats of rocks, as regards their mineral constitution and classification, and their mode of occurrence in nature.

Divination by means of stones.

A clay of a fine smooth texture, and very sectile.

Same as Lithontriptic.

Having the quality of, or used for, dissolving or destroying stone in the bladder or kidneys; as, lithontriptic forc/ps. A lithontriptic remedy or agent, as distilled water.

Same as Lithotriptist.

See Lithotriptor.

Eating or swallowing stones or gravel, as the ostrich. 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.

Porcelain impressed with figures which are made distinct by transmitted light, as in a lamp shade or when hung in a window.

A stone that becomes phosphoric by heat.

Pertaining to lithophosphor; becoming phosphoric by heat.

Same as Photolithography.

A fossil leaf or impression of a leaf.

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.

A hard, or stony, plantlike organism, as the gorgonians, corals, and corallines, esp. those gorgonians having a calcareous axis. All the lithophytes except the corallines are animals.

Of or pertaining to lithophytes.

Lithophytic.

Any one of various species of moths belonging to the family Lithosid/. Many of them are beautifully colored.

The solid earth as distinguished from its fluid envelopes, the hydrosphere and atmosphere. The outer part of the solid earth, the portion undergoing change through the gradual transfer of material by volcanic eruption, the circulation of underground water, and the process of erosion and deposition. It is, therefore, regarded as a third mobile envelope comparable with the hydrosphere and atmosphere.

A kind of lithography by which the effect of a tinted drawing is produced, as if made with India ink.

A stone so formed by nature as to appear as if cut by art.

Pertaining to, or performed by, lithotomy.

One who performs the operation of cutting for stone in the bladder, or one who is skilled in the operation.

The operation, art, or practice of cutting for stone in the bladder.

The operation of crushing a stone in the bladder or urethra to reduce it to particles small enough to be voided; lithotrity. It may be performed with an instrument called lithotriptor or lithotrite (also called a lithoclast); or, more recently, may be accomplished by devices using ultrasonic waves to fragment the stones.

Same as Lithontriptic.

One skilled in breaking and extracting stone in the bladder.

An instrument for triturating the stone in the bladder; a lithotrite.

A lithotriptist.

The operation of breaking a stone in the bladder or urethrea into small pieces capable of being voided; lithotripsy.

To prepare for printing with plates made by the process of lithotypy. See Lithotypy.

Of, pertaining to, or produced by, lithotypy.

The art or process of making a kind of hard, stereotype plate, by pressing into a mold, taken from a page of type or other matter, a composition of gum shellac and sand of a fine quality, together with a little tar and linseed oil, all in a heated state.

Petrified wood.

A native, or one of the people, of Lithuania; also, the language of the Lithuanian people.

Easily bent; pliable.

Such as can be litigated.

A person engaged in a lawsuit.

To carry on a suit by judicial process.

of or pertaining to litigation.

One who litigates.

same as litigatious.

Inclined to initiate lawsuits; given to the practice of contending in law; fond of litigation.

In a litigious manner.

The state of being litigious; disposition to engage in or carry on lawsuits.

A dyestuff extracted from certain lichens (Roccella tinctoria, Lecanora tartarea, etc.), as a blue amorphous mass which consists of a compound of the alkaline carbonates with certain coloring matters related to orcin and orcein.

A genus of East African antelopes including the gerenuks.

See Littoral.

A diminution or softening of statement for the sake of avoiding censure or increasing the effect by contrast with the moderation shown in the form of expression; a form of understatement; as, / a citizen of no mean city,/ that is, of an illustrious city; or, /not bad/, meaning /good/.

An instrument for ascertaining the specific gravity of liquids.

Same as Liter.

A measure of capacity in the metric system, being a cubic decimeter, equal to 61.022 cubic inches, or 2.113 American pints, or 1.76 English pints.

To be supplied with litter as bedding; to sleep or make one's bed in litter.

one who helps carry a stretcher.

One who occupies himself with literature; a literary man; a literatus.

a bin (usually in or outside a public building) into which the public can put rubbish.

a person who litters public places with refuse.

having articles scattered about in a disorderly fashion.

a person who litters public places with refuse.

One of two or more animals born into the same litter.

Covered or encumbered with litter; consisting of or constituting litter.

In a small quantity or degree; not much; slightly; somewhat; -- often with a preceding it.

An old slang name for the pillory, stocks, etc., of a prison.

a quahog when young and small; frequently eaten raw.

The state or quality of being little; as, littleness of size, thought, duration, power, etc.

small or little relative to something else.

having or being distinguished by diminutive size.

Of or pertaining to a shore, as of the sea.

A genus of small pectinibranch mollusks, having thick spiral shells, abundant between tides on nearly all rocky seacoasts. They feed on seaweeds. The common periwinkle is a well-known example. See Periwinkle.

A smooth kind of cartridge paper used for making cards.

Forked, with the points slightly curved outward.

Having the form of a lituus; like a lituite.

Any species of ammonites of the genus Lituites. They are found in the Cretaceous formation.

Having indistinct spots, paler at their margins.

In the manner of a liturgy.

The science of worship; history, doctrine, and interpretation of liturgies.

One versed in liturgiology.

The science treating of liturgical matters; a treatise on, or description of, liturgies.

One who favors or adheres strictly to a liturgy.

An established formula for public worship, or the entire ritual for public worship in a church which uses prescribed forms; a formulary for public prayer or devotion. In the Roman Catholic Church it includes all forms and services in any language, in any part of the world, for the celebration of Mass.

A curved staff used by the augurs in quartering the heavens. An instrument of martial music; a kind of trumpet of a somewhat curved form and shrill note.

Such as can be lived.

Life.

Any fish of the family Poeciliiidae, small usually brightly-colored viviparous surface-feeding fishes of fresh or brackish warm waters, often used in mosquito control.

A plant (Sedum Telephium) with fleshy leaves, which has extreme powers of resisting drought; garden ox-pine.

Same as livable; as, liveable conditions. Opposite of unlivable.

Having life; -- used only in composition; as, long-lived; short-lived.

having residents; as, a house with a lived-in look.

See Livelihood.

Liveliness; appearance of life.

In a lively manner.

The quality or state of being lively or animated; sprightliness; vivacity; animation; spirit; as, the liveliness of youth, contrasted with the gravity of age.

Course of life; means of support; livelihood.

Whole; entire; long in passing; -- used of time, as day or night, in adverbial phrases, and usually with a sense of tediousness.

In a brisk, active, or animated manner; briskly; vigorously.

to make lively; -- sometimes used with up; as, to liven up the party with some music.

The quality of having animal life as distinguished from plant life.

The glossy ibis (Ibis falcinellus); -- said to have given its name to the city of Liverpool.

Having a color like liver; dark reddish brown.