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litholatry |
lithologic |
lithological |
lithologically |
lithologist |
lithology
| lithomancer
| lithomancy
| lithomantic
| lithomarge
| lithonate
lithology
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun lithology has 1 sense
- lithology(n = noun.cognition) petrology - the branch of geology that studies rocks: their origin and formation and mineral composition and classification; Array is a kind of geomorphology, morphology
CIDE DICTIONARY
lithology, n. [Litho- + -logy: cf. F. lithologie.].
- The science which treats of rocks, as regards their mineral constitution and classification, and their mode of occurrence in nature. [1913 Webster]
- A treatise on stones found in the body. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
lithology, n. the science of the nature and composition of rocks.
Derivative
lithological adj.
ROGET THESAURUS
lithology
Inorganization
N inorganization, mineral world, mineral kingdom, unorganized matter, inorganic matter, brute matter, inanimate matter, mineralogy, geology, geognosy, geoscopy, metallurgy, metallography, lithology, oryctology, oryctography, inorganic, inanimate, inorganized, lithoidal, azoic, mineral.
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