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Acrolithan
Acrolithan A*crol"i*than, Acrolithic Ac`ro*lith"ic, a. Pertaining to, or like, an acrolith.
Lithaemia
Lithaemia Li*th[ae]"mi*a, n. [NL., fr. Gr. li`qos stone + ? blood.] (Med.) A condition in which uric (lithic) acid is present in the blood.
Lithagogue
Lithagogue Lith"a*gogue, n. [Gr. li`qos stone + ? leading.] (Med.) A medicine having, or supposed to have, the power of expelling calculous matter with the urine. --Hooper.
litharge
Massicot Mas"si*cot, n. [F. massicot; E. masticot is a corruption.] (Chem.) Lead protoxide, PbO, obtained as a yellow amorphous powder, the fused and crystalline form of which is called litharge; lead ocher. It is used as a pigment.
Litharge
Litharge Lith"arge, n. [OE. litarge, F. litharge, L. lithargyrus, Gr. ? the scum or foam of silver; li`qos stone + ? silver. Litharge is found in silverbearing lead ore.] (Chem.) Lead monoxide; a yellowish red substance, obtained as an amorphous powder, or crystallized in fine scales, by heating lead moderately in a current of air or by calcining lead nitrate or carbonate. It is used in making flint glass, in glazing earthenware, in making red lead minium, etc. Called also massicot.
Lithargyrum
Lithargyrum Li*thar"gy*rum, n. [NL. See Litharge.] (Old Chem.) Crystallized litharge, obtained by fusion in the form of fine yellow scales.
Lithate
Lithate Lith"ate, n. (Old Med. Chem.) A salt of lithic or uric acid; a urate. [Obs.] [Written also lithiate.]
Monolithal
Monolithal Mon"o*lith`al, a. Monolithic.

Meaning of Litha from wikipedia

- ("the earlier Litha") and sē æftera līða ("the later Litha") with an intercalary third month of līða on leap years or Triliði ("three-Litha" years). In...
- Prominent Wiccan Aidan Kelly gave names to the Wiccan summer solstice (Litha) and equinox holidays (Ostara and Mabon) in 1974, which were then promoted...
- Litha Musyimi-Ogana (born 1959) is a Kenyan, who has worked as an international civil servant and development advisor for many years. Since 2022, she...
- Hrethmonath; April, Eosturmonath; May, Thrimilchi; June, Litha; July [is] also [called] Litha; August, Weodmonath; September, Helegmonath; October, Winterfilleth;...
- Cupidesthes lithas, the Volta ciliate blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. The species was first described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1890...
- Ǣrra Līða (Old English pronunciation: [ˈæːrˠːɑ ˈliːðɑ]; "first 'liða'") was the Anglo-Saxon name for the month of June. There are many theories as to what...
- Beltane/May Day (Celtic): 30 April – 1 May, Celtic first day of summer Litha (Norse): 21–22 June, summer solstice, Celtic midsummer Lughnasadh/Lammas...
- the extra month to summer, so that three months together bore the name ‘‘Litha’’; hence they called [the embolismic] year ‘‘Thrilithi’’. It had four summer...
- whole month took its name. When an intercalary month was needed, a third Litha month was inserted in mid-summer. The Coligny calendar (Gaulish/Celtic)...
- national team. He will compete in the 2024 Summer Olympics. His brother Litha also is the national under-21 hockey team. He made the 2021 FIH Hockey Junior...