Levallois
/ləˈvalwɑː
/noun [usually as modifier] Archaeology
A flint-working technique associated with the Mousterian culture of the Neanderthals, in which a flint is trimmed so that a flake of predetermined size and shape can be struck from it.
Derivatives
Levalloisean
Origin
Early 20th century: named after a suburb of northern Paris.
- lie off
- lie over
- lierne
- lie through one's teeth
- lie to
- Lie, Trygve Halvdan
- lieu
- lie up
- Lieut.
- lieutenancy
- lieutenant
- lieutenant colonel
- lieutenant commander
- lieutenant general
- lieutenant governor
- lieutenant governorship
- lieutenant junior grade
- Lieutenant of the Tower
- lie with
- life
- life-affirming
- life after death
- life-and-death
- bustard quail
- busted flush