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• -lite

  a combining form used in the names of minerals or fossils: aerolite; chrysolite. -lite combining form (in names of minerals) stone chrysolite compare -lith word origin -lite comb. form meaning “stone,” from fr. -lite, variant of -lithe, from gk. lithos “stone.”

• -lith

  a combining form meaning “stone” (acrolith; megalith; paleolith); sometimes occurring in words as a variant form of -lite (batholith; laccolith). -lith combining form indicating stone or rock megalith compare -lite word origin -lith suff. mineral concretion; calculus: cystolith.

• -lithic

  a combining form used in the names of cultural phases in archaeology characterized by the use of a particular type of tool: chalcolithic; neolithic. -lithic combining form (in anthropology) relating to the use of stone implements in a specified cultural period neolithic word origin

• -lived

  /-lɪvd/ adjective having or having had a life as specified short-lived

• -lock

  -lock combining word a stoppage or restriction of or by the indicated thing: gridlock/ job lock/ marriage lock/ timelock [1980+; modeled on gridlock; perhaps based on wrestling holds called locks]

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