Alum stone
() A subsulphate of alumina and potash |
Amazon stone
(n.) A variety of feldspar, having a verdigris-green color. |
Arch stone
() A wedge-shaped stone used in an arch |
Barite
(n.) Native sulphate of barium, a mineral occurring in transparent, colorless, white to yellow crystals (generally tabular), also in granular form, and in compact massive forms resembling marble. It has a high specific gravity, and hence is often called heavy spar. It is a common mineral in metallic veins. |
Barium
(n.) One of the elements, belonging to the alkaline earth group |
Bitter spar
() A common name of dolomite |
Caen stone
() A cream-colored limestone for building, found near Caen, France. |
Calc-spar
(n.) Same as Calcite. |
Cawk
(n.) An opaque, compact variety of barite, or heavy spar. |
Cross-stone
(n.) See Harmotome, and Staurotide. |
Derbyshire spar
() A massive variety of fluor spar, found in Derbyshire, England, and wrought into vases and other ornamental work. |
Dry-stone
(a.) Constructed of uncemented stone. |
Fluor spar
() See Fluorite. |
Gravel-stone
(n.) A pebble, or small fragment of stone |
Grindle stone
() A grindstone. |
Heavy
(a.) Having the heaves. |
Heavy
(superl.) Heaved or lifted with labor |
Heavy
(superl.) Not easy to bear |
Heavy
(superl.) Laden with that which is weighty |
Heavy
(superl.) Slow |
Heavy
(superl.) Strong |
Heavy
(superl.) Loud |
Heavy
(superl.) Dark with clouds, or ready to rain |
Heavy
(superl.) Impeding motion |
Heavy
(superl.) Not raised or made light |
Heavy
(superl.) Not agreeable to, or suitable for, the stomach |
Heavy
(superl.) Having much body or strength |
Heavy
(superl.) With child |
Heavy
(adv.) Heavily |
Heavy
(v. t.) To make heavy. |
Heavy-armed
(a.) Wearing heavy or complete armor |
Heavy-haded
(a.) Clumsy |
Heavy-headed
(a.) Dull |
Heavy spar
() Native barium sulphate or barite, -- so called because of its high specific gravity as compared with other non-metallic minerals. |
Iceland spar
() A transparent variety of calcite, the best of which is obtained in Iceland. It is used for the prisms of the polariscope, because of its strong double refraction. Cf. Calcite. |
Jew's-stone
(n.) Alt. of Jewstone |
Perpend stone
() See Perpender. |
Perpent stone
() See Perpender. |
Portland stone
() A yellowish-white calcareous freestone from the Isle of Portland in England, much used in building. |
Pumice stone
() Same as Pumice. |
Purbeck stone
() A limestone from the Isle of Purbeck in England. |
Rhomb spar
() A variety of dolomite. |
Rocking-stone
(n.) A stone, often of great size and weight, resting upon another stone, and so exactly poised that it can be rocked, or slightly moved, with but little force. |
Ro-setta stone
() A stone found at Rosetta, in Egypt, bearing a trilingual inscription, by aid of which, with other inscriptions, a key was obtained to the hieroglyphics of ancient Egypt. |
Shiver-spar
(n.) A variety of calcite, so called from its slaty structure |
Spar
(n.) An old name for a nonmetallic mineral, usually cleavable and somewhat lustrous |
Spar
(v. t.) A general term any round piece of timber used as a mast, yard, boom, or gaff. |
Spar
(v. t.) Formerly, a piece of timber, in a general sense |
Spar
(v. t.) The bar of a gate or door. |
Spar
(v. t.) To bolt |
| stepping stone | any means of advancement, the job was just a stepping stone on his way to fame and riches |
spar
sparring | making the motions of attack and defense with the fists and arms, a part of training for a boxer |
| heavy lifting | difficult work, the boss hoped the plan would succeed but he wasn't willing to do the heavy lifting |
| barium enema | enema in which a contrast medium (usually barium sulfate) is injected into the rectum and Xays are taken to search for lesions |
stone crab
Menippe mercenaria | large edible crab of the southern coast of the United States (particularly Florida) |
stone curlew
thick-knee
Burhinus oedicnemus | large-headed large-eyed crepuscular or nocturnal shorebird of the Old World and tropical America having a thickened knee joint |
stonefly
stone fly
plecopteran | primitive winged insect with a flattened body, used as bait by fishermen, aquatic gilled larvae are carnivorous and live beneath stones |
stone marten
beech marten
Martes foina | Eurasian marten having a brown coat with pale breast and throat |
stone bass
wreckfish
Polyprion americanus | brown fish of the Atlantic and Mediterranean found around rocks and shipwrecks |
| abrading stone | a primitive stone artifact (usually made of sandstone) used as an abrader |
amphetamine sulfate
amphetamine sulphate | a sulfate derivative of amphetamine that is used as a stimulant for the central nervous system |
artillery
heavy weapon
gun ordnance | large but transportable armament |
| Blarney Stone | a stone in a castle in Ireland that is said to impart skill in flattery to anyone who kisses it |
bore bit
borer
rock drill
stone drill | a drill for penetrating rock |
capstone
copestone
coping stone
stretcher | a stone that forms the top of wall or building |
dextroamphetamine sulphate
Dexedrine | an isomer of amphetamine (trade name Dexedrine) used as a central nervous system stimulant |
dry wall
dry-stone wall | a stone wall made with stones fitted together without mortar |
| foundation stone | a stone laid at a ceremony to mark the founding of a new building |
jewel
gem
precious stone | a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry |
menhir
standing stone | a tall upright megalith, found primarily in England and northern France |
| paving stone | a stone used for paving |
pit
quarry
stone pit | a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate, a British term for `quarry' is `stone pit' |
revetment
revetement
stone facing | a facing (usually masonry) that supports an embankment |
| spar | a stout rounded pole of wood or metal used to support rigging |
| stone | building material consisting of a piece of rock hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose, he wanted a special stone to mark the site |
| stone wall | a fence built of rough stones, used to separate fields |
| stone | a lack of feeling or expression or movement, he must have a heart of stone, her face was as hard as stone |
| heavy | a serious (or tragic) role in a play |
| Rosetta Stone | a part of an inscribed granite stela that was originally about six feet tall and was set up in BC, the inscriptions in hieroglyphics and Demotic and Greek gave the first clues to the decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphics |
heavy metal
heavy metal music | loud and harsh sounding rock music with a strong beat, lyrics usually involve violent or fantastic imagery |
| spar buoy | a buoy resembling a vertical log |
ground swell
heavy swell | a broad and deep undulation of the ocean |
| stone crab | pale flesh with delicate texture and flavor, found in Florida but now very rare |
double creme
heavy whipping cream | cream with a fat content of % or more |
| heavy cream | contains more than % butterfat |
baryon
heavy particle | any of the elementary particles having a mass equal to or greater than that of a proton and that participate in strong interactions, a hadron with a baryon number of |
bladder stone
cystolith | a calculus formed in the bladder |
kidney stone
urinary calculus
nephrolith
renal calculus | a calculus formed in the kidney |
| rock stone | a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter, he threw a rock at me |
| stepping stone | a stone in a marsh or shallow water that can be stepped on in crossing |
| heavy hitter | an influential person who works hard to promote the causes they are interested in |
| heavy | an actor who plays villainous roles |
| stone breaker | someone who breaks up stone |
Stone
Edward Durell Stone | United States architect (-) |
| Stone Harlan Fiske Stone | United States jurist who served on the United States Supreme Court as chief justice (-) |
Stone I. F. Stone
Isidor Feinstein Stone | United States journalist who advocated liberal causes (-) |
| Stone Lucy Stone | United States feminist and suffragist (-) |
| Stone Oliver Stone | United States filmmaker (born in ) |
Stone Harlan Stone
Harlan F. Stone
Harlan Fisk Stone | United States jurist who was named chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in by Franklin D. Roosevelt (-) |
stone pine
umbrella pine European nut pine
Pinus pinea | medium-sized two-needled pine of southern Europe having a spreading crown, widely cultivated for its sweet seeds that resemble almonds |