chthon- +
(Greek: earth, of the earth, soil, dirt)
allochthon
A mass of rock hat has been transported a great distance from its original place of deposition, usually by tectonic forces; such as, over thrusting or gravity sliding.
allochthonous, allochthony
1. Not native to a particular habitat; pertaining to that which has emigrated or been imported from another environment.
2. A description of features of the landscape or elements of its geologic structure that have been moved to their current position by tectonic forces.
3. Exogenous; originating outside and transported into a given system or area.
4. In geology, referring to materials whose present site is away from their place of origin.
allochthonous coal
A type of coal formed from accumulated plant material that was transported from its place of growth and deposited elsewhere.
allochthonous stream
A stream that is flowing in a channel it did not itself form.
antichthon
1. A hypothetical earth which is counter to ours, or that is on the opposite side of the sun.
2. Inhabitants of opposite hemispheres.
antichthones
1. Hypothetical earths which are opposite to ours, or that are on the opposite side of the sun.
2. Referring to inhabitants of opposite hemispheres.
antichthones
In geography, a reference to those people who inhabit countries on opposite sides of the earth.
autochthon
1. The earliest known inhabitants of a place, or earliest known dwellers in any country; an aborigine.
2. Someone who is supposed to have risen, or have sprung, from the ground, or the soil he is currently inhabiting; a "son of the soil".
This title was assumed by the ancient Greeks, particularly the Athenians.
3. That which is original to a particular country, or which had its origin there.
4. Original inhabitants or products.
5. In ecology, an indigenous plant or animal.
6. In geology, a geological formation formed in the region where it is found.
autochthonal
Originating where it is found: "The autochthonal fauna of Australia includes the kangaroo."
autochthonic
A reference to anything that originates where it is found.
autochthonism
1. Originating where found; indigenous: autochthonous rocks; an autochthonous people; autochthonous folktales.
2. In biology, originating or formed in the place where found: an autochthonous blood clot.
autochthonous
1. Native to the place inhabited; indigenous.
2. Originating in the place where found.
3. A reference to a disease originating in the part of the body where found, or of a disease acquired in the place where the patient is.
4. In psychology, of or pertaining to ideas that arise independently of the individual's own train of thought and seem instead to have some alien or external agency as their source.
autochthony
1. Originating where found; indigenous: autochthonous rocks; an autochthonous people; autochthonous folktales.
2. In biology, originating or formed in the place where found; such as, an autochthonous blood clot.
3. Nativeness by virtue or originating or occurring naturally (as in a particular place).
catachthonian, catachthonic
A reference to being subterranean or underground.
chthon
Of the earth, the earth.
Cross references of word families related directly, or indirectly, to: "land, ground, fields, soil, dirt, mud, clay, earth (world)":
agra-;
agrest-;
agri-;
agro-;
argill-;
choro-;
epeiro-;
geo-;
glob-;
lut-;
myso-;
pedo-;
pel-;
rhyp-;
soil-;
sord-;
terr-.