"crust of the earth, solid part of the earth's surface," 1881, from or modeled on German Lithosphäre (1870s); see litho- "stone" + sphere.
lithodomous
lithograph
lithography
litholatry
lithology
lithosphere
lithotomy
lithotripsy
Lithuania
litigant
litigate
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