-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.”
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- -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]
- -log
variant of -logue: -n-log. -log combining form a us variant of -logue -logue combining form indicating speech or discourse of a particular kind travelogue, monologue word origin