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Eolithic
Eolithic
n : the earliest part of the Stone Age marked by the earliest
signs of human culture [syn: {Eolithic Age}]


eolithic
eolithic
adj : of or relating to the earliest period of the Stone Age
(characterized by the use of eoliths)


Mesolithic
Mesolithic
n : middle part of the Stone Age beginning about 15,000 years
ago [syn: {Mesolithic Age}, {Epipaleolithic}]


mesolithic
mesolithic
adj : of or relating to a middle period of the Stone Age
(following the paleolithic)


monolithic
monolithic
adj 1: imposing in size or bulk or solidity; "massive oak doors";
"Moore's massive sculptures"; "the monolithic
proportions of Stalinist architecture"; "a monumental
scale" [syn: {massive}, {monumental}]
2: characterized by massiveness and rigidity and total
uniformity; "a monolithic society"; "a monolithic
worldwide movement"


Neolithic
Neolithic
n : latest part of the Stone Age beginning about 10,000 BC in
the middle east (but later elsewhere) [syn: {Neolithic
Age}, {New Stone Age}]


neolithic
neolithic
adj : of or relating to the most recent period of the Stone Age
(following the mesolithic); "evidence of neolithic
settlements"


xenolith
xenolith
n : (geology) a piece of rock of different origin from the
igneous rock in which it is embedded

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