| BATHOLITH | • batholith n. (Geology) A large irregular mass of intrusive igneous rock that has melted or forced itself into surrounding strata. • BATHOLITH n. a mass of igneous rock that has risen from a great depth, also BATHOLITE, BATHYLITE, BATHYLITH. |
| BATHYLITH | • BATHYLITH n. a mass of igneous rock that has risen from a great depth, also BATHOLITE, BATHOLITH, BATHYLITE. |
| CHOLELITH | • cholelith n. Synonym of gallstone. • CHOLELITH n. a gallstone. |
| COCCOLITH | • coccolith n. (Biology) A microscopic skeletal plate of calcite on the surface of certain marine phytoplankton; it… • coccolith n. (Mineralogy) Alternative form of coccolite (“diopside”). • COCCOLITH n. a small rounded body found in chalk formations, consisting of microscopic plates secreted by extinct algal plankton, also COCCOLITE. |
| COPROLITH | • coprolith n. Fecaloma. • coprolith n. (Rare) coprolite. • COPROLITH n. fossilized excrement, also COPROLITE. |
| CYCLOLITH | • CYCLOLITH n. a stone circle. |
| CYSTOLITH | • cystolith n. (Botany) A concretion of mineral matter within a leaf or other part of a plant. • cystolith n. (Medicine) A urinary calculus. • CYSTOLITH n. a hard mineralized ingrowth of the wall of cells in the epidermis of certain plants. |
| GRANOLITH | • granolith n. A paving stone made from granite chippings in a cement aggregate. • GRANOLITH n. a paving material consisting of a mixture of cement and crushed granite or granite chippings. |
| LACCOLITH | • laccolith n. (Geology) A mass of igneous or volcanic rock found within strata which forces the overlaying strata… • laccolith n. A mass similar to lopolith but concave up. • LACCOLITH n. a mass of igneous rock intruded between two sedimentary beds, also LACCOLITE. |
| MICROLITH | • microlith n. (Archaeology) A small stone tool. • microlith n. The microscopic acicular components of rocks. • MICROLITH n. a very small stone tool. |
| PALEOLITH | • paleolith n. A relic from the Paleolithic era. • PALEOLITH n. a Stone Age artifact, also PALAEOLITH. |
| PHACOLITH | • phacolith n. (Geology) A lens-shaped mass that occurs in an anticlinal crest or synclinal trough. • PHACOLITH n. an intrusive mass of igneous rock situated between strata at the top of an anticline or the bottom of a syncline. |
| PHYTOLITH | • phytolith n. A small particle of silica or mineral that occurs in many plants. • PHYTOLITH n. a microscopic particle in plants. |
| RHINOLITH | • rhinolith n. A calculus that forms in the nasal cavity. • RHINOLITH n. a concretion formed within the cavities of the nose. |
| SIALOLITH | • sialolith n. (Medicine, pathology) Technically, a calculus in the salivary ducts causing an obstruction. There are… • SIALOLITH n. a calculus in a salivary gland. |
| STATOLITH | • statolith n. A specialized form of amyloplast involved in graviperception by plant roots and most invertebrates. • STATOLITH n. a small calcareous stone used by invertebrates to maintain equilibrium. |