Crossword clues for megalith
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Megalith \Meg"a*lith\, n. [Mega- + -lith; cf. F. m['e]galithe.] A large stone; especially, a large stone used in constructing ancient monuments. -- Meg`a*lith"ic, a.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
huge prehistoric stone, 1853, back-formation from megalithic.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context archaeology English) A construction involving one or several roughly hewn stone slabs of great size. 2 A large stone used in such a construction.
WordNet
n. memorial consisting of a very large stone forming part of a prehistoric structure (especially in western Europe) [syn: megalithic structure]
Wikipedia
A megalith is a large stone that has been used to construct a structure or monument, either alone or together with other stones. The word "megalithic" describes structures made of such large stones, utilizing an interlocking system without the use of mortar or concrete, as well as representing periods of prehistory characterised by such constructions. For later periods the term monolith, with an overlapping meaning, is more likely to be used.
The word "megalith" comes from the Ancient Greek "" ( transl. megas meaning "great") and "" (transl. lithos meaning "stone"). Megalith also denotes an item consisting of rock(s) hewn in definite shapes for special purposes. It has been used to describe buildings built by people from many parts of the world living in many different periods. A variety of large stones are seen as megaliths, with the most widely known megaliths not being sepulchral. The construction of these structures took place mainly in the Neolithic (though earlier Mesolithic examples are known) and continued into the Chalcolithic and Bronze Age.
Megalith is a fictional superhero, as well as the title of a comic book starring the hero published by Continuity Comics. Megalith first appeared in The Revengers #1 in 1985, which had him team up with Armour and Silver Streak. Later, Megalith starred in his own series.
Usage examples of "megalith".
Bolivar in his Megalith Man outfit might find it more than a little difficult to get back to the circus.
Which made me think of Believer, who was still hidden in the act in his role of Megalith Man.
Ivy at a critical moment in the negotiations although Cherry had worked under Cy at Megalith for ten years.
It was the last programme she had made directly for Megalith, so the mellifluous Byzantine presence of Cy Fredericks had made itself felt on her project.
After all no one at Megalith, not Jemima Shore and certainly not Cy Fredericks, wanted to be confronted by the sight of Franklyn Faber, emerging from obscurity alive and well, and flanked by libel lawyers.
On the other hand, for Cy Fredericks, whose company, Megalith, was televising the Awards, giving the Sunday Op due credit for its sponsorship came low on his list of priorities.
Machiavellian manner which would leave Megalith triumphant but deny Mack McGee the opportunity for a legitimate grievance.
My dreams welled up into the waking world, so that each sand-embedded megalith seemed part of endless rooms and corridors of pre-human masonry, carved and hieroglyphed with symbols that I knew too well from years of custom as a captive mind of the Great Race.
The megalith dwarfed her, standing three times her width and twice her height.
Yet he could not hold it so and, as his hand dropped, his wrist weak with the effort, the megalith settled back into its groove.
In Germany and Denmark, pottery found associated with megaliths is also decorated with double circles and these too are associated with the Great Goddess.
It may seem that the whole problem of the megaliths could more realistically be solved by assuming the possession of a high technology capable of dealing with all the aspects of megalithic construction.
There are also many physical remains which point to a different state of affairs - the Pyramids, Stonehenge and the other megaliths, the megalithic walls of Peru, and, at the other end of the scale, minute artifacts which do not seem to have been capable of manufacture without the aid of sophisticated techniques.
In the distance, Iblis could see the unending skyline of megaliths and monuments designed by the cymeks and built with human sweat and blood.
He stared across the sand at the two great megaliths, still dark in the shadow of the dune and ominous even to me.