-lings
variant of -ling2 .
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- -lipped
adjective having a lip or lips as specified tight-lipped
- -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