lithic

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: lith=ic

CIDE DICTIONARY

lithic, a. [Gr. liqiko`s of or belonging to stones, fr. li`qos stone: cf. F. lithique.].

•  Of or pertaining to stone; as, lithic architecture.  [1913 Webster]
•  Pertaining to the formation of uric-acid concretions (stone) in the bladder and other parts of the body; as, lithic diathesis.  [1913 Webster]

Lithic acid (Old Med. Chem.), uric acid. See Uric acid, under Uric.

lithic, n. 

 A medicine which tends to prevent stone in the bladder.  [1913 Webster]

lithic, a. [From Lithium.].

 Pertaining to or denoting lithium or some of its compounds.  Frankland.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

lithic, adj.
1 of, like, or made of stone.
2 Med. of a calculus.

Etymology

Gk lithikos (as LITHIA)

ROGET THESAURUS

lithic

Hardness

N hardness, rigidity, renitence, renitency, inflexibility, temper, callosity, durity, induration, petrifaction, lapidification, lapidescence, vitrification, ossification, crystallization, stone, pebble, flint, marble, rock, fossil, crag, crystal, quartz, granite, adamant, bone, cartilage, hardware, heart of oak, block, board, deal board, iron, steel, cast iron, decarbonized iron, wrought iron, nail, brick, concrete, cement, hard, rigid, stubborn, stiff, firm, starch, starched, stark, unbending, unlimber, unyielding, inflexible, tense, indurate, indurated, gritty, proof, adamant, adamantine, adamantean, concrete, stony, granitic, calculous, lithic, vitreous, horny, corneous, bony, osseous, ossific, cartilaginous, hard as a rock, stiff as buckram, stiff as a poker, stiff as starch, stiff as as board.