| 单词 | lithomancy |
| 释义 | lith- /lith-/ or litho- /lith-ō-, -ə- or -o-/combining form
ORIGIN: Gr lithos stone lithˈate noun (obsolete) A urate lithīˈasis noun (Gr lithiāsis) formation of calculi in the body lithˈic adjective Relating to or obtained from stone or calculi lithificāˈtion noun lithˈify transitive verb To transform into stone lithistˈid noun Any of the Lithistˈida, hard stony sponges lithˈite noun A calcareous body secreted in an animal cell, esp with a sensory function lithochromatic /-ə-krō-matˈik or -krə-/ adjective lithochromatˈics singular noun The art or process of painting in oil on stone and taking impressions from the result lithˈochromy /-krō-mi/ noun
lithˈoclast noun (Gr klaein to crush) an instrument for crushing bladder-stones lithˈocyst /-ō-sist/ noun (Gr kystis a bladder) a sac containing a lithite lithodomous /-odˈə-məs/ adjective (Gr lithodomos a mason, from domos a dwelling) living in burrows in rocks Lithodˈomus noun The date-shell genus lithogenous /-ojˈi-nəs/ adjective Rock-building lithˈoglyph /-ə-glif/ noun (Gr glyphein to carve) an engraving on stone, esp a precious stone lithˈograph /-gräf/ noun (Gr graphein to write) a print produced by lithography, from stone (lithographic stone or slate a fine-grained slaty limestone), or a substitute (such as zinc or aluminium), with greasy ink transitive verb and intransitive verbTo print in this way lithographer /-ogˈrə-fər/ noun lithographic /-ə-grafˈik/ or lithographˈical adjective lithographˈically adverb lithogˈraphy noun A method of printing from a stone or metal plate that makes use of the immiscibility of oil and water, the image to be printed being receptive to the oil-based ink, and the rest of the plate to moisture, so that when ink comes into contact with the dampened plate, only the image prints lithˈoid or lithoidˈal adjective Like stone lithˈolapaxy noun (Gr lapaxis evacuation) the operation of crushing stone in the bladder and working it out litholˈatrous adjective litholatry /-olˈə-tri/ noun (Gr latreiā worship) stone-worship lithologˈic or lithologˈical adjective lithologˈically adverb litholˈogist noun litholˈogy noun
lithˈomancy /-man-si/ noun (Gr manteiā divination) divination by stones lithˈomarge /-ō-märj/ noun (L marga marl) a compact china clay lithophagous /-ofˈə-gəs/ adjective
lithˈophane /-ō-fān/ noun (Gr phainesthai to appear) porcelain with pictures showing through transparency lithophilous /-ofˈi-ləs/ adjective (Gr philos friend) growing, living or sheltering among stones lithophysa /-ō-fīˈsə/ noun (pl lithophyˈsae /-sē/) (Gr phȳsa bubble) a bladder-like spherulite (also lithˈophyse) lithˈophyte /-fīt/ noun
lithophytic /-fitˈik/ adjective lithˈopone /-ō-pōn/ noun (Gr ponos work) a white pigment of barium sulphate and zinc sulphide lithoprint /līˈthō-/ noun A print made by lithography lithˈosol noun Soil consisting mainly of recently weathered rock fragments lithˈosphere /-ō-sfēr/ noun (Gr sphaira sphere; geology) The rocky crust of the earth lithospheric /-sferˈik/ adjective lithˈotome /-ō-tōm/ noun (Gr tomia the operation of cutting) an instrument for lithotomy lithotomic /-tomˈ/ or lithotomˈical adjective lithotomist /-otˈəm-ist/ noun A surgeon who practises lithotomy lithotˈomous adjective Boring in rocks, as some molluscs lithotˈomy noun The surgical operation of removing a stone from a bodily organ, esp the bladder lithotripter, lithotrite, lithotrity, etc noun see under lithotripsy |
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