lithology

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: li=thol=o=gy

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.