Haven't been here for a while, but here I am with a simple question. Do we close the suffix "like" or leave it hyphenated? In other words, is it "stone-like" or "stonelike"? Thanks, everyone!
Check a dictionary for existing standards on any particular word. If there is no existing standard, I would favor the hyphenate.
Words such as "childlike" already exist, but with "stone-like" you are coining a new use, and you need the hyphen.