Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter L - Page 40

Lithic (n.) A medicine which tends to prevent stone in the bladder.

Lithic (a.) Pertaining to or denoting lithium or some of its compounds.

Lithiophilite (n.) A phosphate of manganese and lithium; a variety of triphylite.

Lithium (n.) A metallic element of the alkaline group, occurring in several minerals, as petalite, spodumene, lepidolite, triphylite, etc., and otherwise widely disseminated, though in small quantities.

Litho () A combining form from Gr. li`qos, stone.

Lithobilic (a.) Pertaining to or designating an organic acid of the tartaric acid series, distinct from lithofellic acid, but, like it, obtained from certain bile products, as bezoar stones.

Lithocarp (n.) Fossil fruit; a fruit petrified; a carpolite.

Lithochromatics (n.) See Lithochromics.

Lithochromics (n.) The art of printing colored pictures on canvas from oil paintings on stone.

Lithoclast (n.) An instrument for crushing stones in the bladder.

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

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

Lithodomous (a.) Like, or pertaining to, Lithodomus; lithophagous.

Lithodomus (n.) 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.

Lithofellic (a.) 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.

Lithofracteur (n.) An explosive compound of nitroglycerin. See Nitroglycerin.

Lithogenesy (n.) The doctrine or science of the origin of the minerals composing the globe.

Lithogenous (a.) Stone-producing; -- said of polyps which form coral.

Lithoglyph (n.) An engraving on a gem.

Lithoglypher (n.) One who curs or engraves precious stones.

Lithoglyphic (a.) Of or pertaining to the art of cutting and engraving precious stones.

Lithoglyptics (n.) The art of cutting and engraving gems.

Lithographed (imp. & p. p.) of Lithograph

Lithographing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lithograph

Lithograph (v. t.) To trace on stone by the process of lithography so as to transfer the design to paper by printing; as, to lithograph a design; to lithograph a painting. See Lithography.

Lithograph (n.) A print made by lithography.

Lithographer (n.) One who lithographs; one who practices lithography.

Lithographic (a.) Alt. of Lithographical

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

Lithography (n.) 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.

Lithoid (a.) Alt. of Lithoidal

Lithoidal (a.) Like a stone; having a stony structure.

Litholatry (n.) The worship of a stone or stones.

Lithologic (a.) Alt. of Lithological

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

Lithological (a.) Of or pertaining to lithology.

Lithologically (adv.) From a lithological point of view; as, to consider a stratum lithologically.

Lithologist (n.) One who is skilled in lithology.

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

Lithology (n.) A treatise on stones found in the body.

Lithomancy (n.) Divination by means of stones.

Lithomarge (n.) A clay of a fine smooth texture, and very sectile.

Lithonthriptic (a. & n.) Alt. of Lithonthryptic

Lithonthryptic (a. & n.) Same as Lithontriptic.

Lithontriptic (a.) Having the quality of, or used for, dissolving or destroying stone in the bladder or kidneys; as, lithontriptic forceps.

Lithontriptic (n.) A lithontriptic remedy or agent, as distilled water.

Lithontriptist (n.) Same as Lithotriptist.

Lithontriptor (n.) See Lithotriptor.

Lithophagous (a.) Eating or swallowing stones or gravel, as the ostrich.

Lithophagous (a.) 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.

Lithophane (n.) Porcelain impressed with figures which are made distinct by transmitted light, -- as when hung in a window, or used as a lamp shade.

Lithophosphor (n.) A stone that becomes phosphoric by heat.

Lithophosphoric (a.) Pertaining to lithophosphor; becoming phosphoric by heat.

Lithophotography (n.) Same as Photolithography.

Lithophyll (n.) A fossil leaf or impression of a leaf.

Lithophyse (n.) 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.

Lithophyte (n.) 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.

Lithophytic (a.) Of or pertaining to lithophytes.

Lithophytous (a.) Lithophytic.

Lithosian (n.) Any one of various species of moths belonging to the family Lithosidae. Many of them are beautifully colored.

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

Lithotint (n.) A picture produced by this process.

Lithotome (n.) A stone so formed by nature as to appear as if cut by art.

Lithotome (n.) An instrument used for cutting the bladder in operations for the stone.

Lithotomic (a.) Alt. of Lithotomical

Lithotomical (a.) Pertaining to, or performed by, lithotomy.

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

Lithotomy (n.) The operation, art, or practice of cutting for stone in the bladder.

Lithotripsy (n.) The operation of crushing a stone in the bladder with an instrument called lithotriptor or lithotrite; lithotrity.

Lithotriptic (a. & n.) Same as Lithontriptic.

Lithotriptist (n.) One skilled in breaking and extracting stone in the bladder.

Lithotriptor (n.) An instrument for triturating the stone in the bladder; a lithotrite.

Lithotrite () Alt. of Lithotritor

Lithotritor () A lithotriptor.

Lithotritist (n.) A lithotriptist.

Lithotrity (n.) The operation of breaking a stone in the bladder into small pieces capable of being voided.

Lithotype (n.) A kind of stereotype plate made by lithotypy; also, that which in printed from it. See Lithotypy.

Lithotyped (imp. & p. p.) of Lithotype

Lithotyping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lithotype

Lithotype (v. t.) To prepare for printing with plates made by the process of lithotypy. See Lithotypy.

Lithotypic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or produced by, lithotypy.

Lithotypy (n.) The art or process of making a kind of hard, stereotypeplate, by pressing into a mold, taken from a page of type or other matter, a composition of gum shell-lac and sand of a fine quality, together with a little tar and linseed oil, all in a heated state.

Lithoxyl (n.) Petrified wood.

Lithuanian (a.) Of or pertaining to Lithuania (formerly a principality united with Poland, but now Russian and Prussian territory).

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

Lithy (a.) Easily bent; pliable.

Litigable (a.) Such as can be litigated.

Litigant (a.) Disposed to litigate; contending in law; engaged in a lawsuit; as, the parties litigant.

Litigant (n.) A person engaged in a lawsuit.

Litigated (imp. & p. p.) of Litigate

Litigating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Litigate

Litigate (v. t.) To make the subject of a lawsuit; to contest in law; to prosecute or defend by pleadings, exhibition of evidence, and judicial debate in a court; as, to litigate a cause.

Litigate (v. i.) To carry on a suit by judicial process.

Litigation (n.) The act or process of litigating; a suit at law; a judicial contest.

Litigator (n.) One who litigates.

Litigious (a.) Inclined to judicial contest; given to the practice of contending in law; guarrelsome; contentious; fond of litigation.

Litigious (a.) Subject to contention; disputable; controvertible; debatable; doubtful; precarious.

Litigious (a.) Of or pertaining to legal disputes.

Litigiously (adv.) In a litigious manner.

Litigiousness (n.) The state of being litigious; disposition to engage in or carry on lawsuits.

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