Alum stone () A subsulphate of alumina and potash |
Amazon stone (n.) A variety of feldspar, having a verdigris-green color. |
Arch (n.) Any part of a curved line. |
Arch (n.) Usually a curved member made up of separate wedge-shaped solids, with the joints between them disposed in the direction of the radii of the curve |
Arch (n.) A flat arch is a member constructed of stones cut into wedges or other shapes so as to support each other without rising in a curve. |
Arch (n.) Any place covered by an arch |
Arch (n.) Any curvature in the form of an arch |
Arch (v. t.) To cover with an arch or arches. |
Arch (v. t.) To form or bend into the shape of an arch. |
Arch (v. i.) To form into an arch |
Arch- () A prefix signifying chief, as in archbuilder, archfiend. |
Arch (a.) Chief |
Arch (a.) Cunning or sly |
Arch (n.) A chief. |
-arch (a.) A suffix meaning a ruler, as in monarch (a sole ruler). |
Arch brick () A wedge-shaped brick used in the building of an arch. |
Arches () pl. of Arch, n. |
Arch stone () A wedge-shaped stone used in an arch |
Caen stone () A cream-colored limestone for building, found near Caen, France. |
Cross-stone (n.) See Harmotome, and Staurotide. |
Dry-stone (a.) Constructed of uncemented stone. |
Gravel-stone (n.) A pebble, or small fragment of stone |
Grindle stone () A grindstone. |
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. |
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. |
Rubble (n.) Water-worn or rough broken stones |
Rubble (n.) Rough stone as it comes from the quarry |
Rubble (n.) A mass or stratum of fragments or rock lying under the alluvium, and derived from the neighboring rock. |
Rubble (n.) The whole of the bran of wheat before it is sorted into pollard, bran, etc. |
Rustic (a.) Of or pertaining to the country |
Rustic (a.) Rude |
Rustic (a.) Coarse |
Rustic (a.) Simple |
Rustic (n.) An inhabitant of the country, especially one who is rude, coarse, or dull |
Rustic (n.) A rural person having a natural simplicity of character or manners |
Stepping-stone (n.) A stone to raise the feet above the surface of water or mud in walking. |
Stepping-stone (n.) Fig.: A means of progress or advancement. |
Stone (n.) Concreted earthy or mineral matter |
Stone (n.) A precious stone |
Stone (n.) Something made of stone. Specifically: - |
Stone (n.) The glass of a mirror |
Stone (n.) A monument to the dead |
Stone (n.) A calculous concretion, especially one in the kidneys or bladder |
Stone (n.) One of the testes |
stepping stone | any means of advancement, the job was just a stepping stone on his way to fame and riches |
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 |
gill arch branchial arch gill bar | one of the bony or cartilaginous arches on each side of the pharynx that support the gills of fishes and aquatic amphibians |
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 |
abutment arch | an arch supported by an abutment |
arch | (architecture) a masonry construction (usually curved) for spanning an opening and supporting the weight above it |
arch archway | a passageway under a curved masonry construction, they built a triumphal arch to memorialize their victory |
arch support | a support for the arch of the foot |
bell arch | a round arch resting on corbels |
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 |
broken arch | an arch with a gap at the apex, the gap is usually filled with some decoration |
camber arch | an arch with a straight horizontal extrados and a slightly arched intrados |
capstone copestone coping stone stretcher | a stone that forms the top of wall or building |
corbel arch | (architecture) an arch constructed of masonry courses that are corbelled until they meet |
drop arch | a blunt pointed arch drawn from two centers within the span |
dry wall dry-stone wall | a stone wall made with stones fitted together without mortar |
flat arch straight arch | an arch with mutually supporting voussoirs that has a straight horizontal extrados and intrados |
foundation stone | a stone laid at a ceremony to mark the founding of a new building |
Gothic arch | a pointed arch, usually has a joint (instead of a keystone) at the apex |
jewel gem precious stone | a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry |
lancet arch lancet | an acutely pointed Gothic arch, like a lance |
menhir standing stone | a tall upright megalith, found primarily in England and northern France |
Moorish arch horseshoe arch | a round arch that widens before rounding off |
ogee arch keel arch | a pointed arch having an S-shape on both sides |
paving stone | a stone used for paving |
pier arch | an arch supported on piers |
pit quarry stone pit | a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate, a British term for `quarry' is `stone pit' |
pointed arch | an arch with a pointed apex, characteristic of Gothic architecture |
proscenium arch | the arch over the opening in the proscenium wall |
rampant arch | an arch whose support is higher on one side than on the other |
revetment revetement stone facing | a facing (usually masonry) that supports an embankment |
Roman arch semicircular arch | a round arch drawn from a single center |
round arch | an arch formed in a continuous curve, characteristic of Roman architecture |
rowlock arch | an arch that is formed with more than one concentric row of voussoirs |
safety arch | an undecorated arch that is included in order to strengthen or support a construction |
scoinson arch sconcheon arch | an arch that supports part of the wall |
segmental arch | a shallow arch, an arch that is less than a semicircle |
shouldered arch | an arch consisting of a horizontal lintel supported at each end by corbels that project into the aperture |
skeen arch skene arch scheme arch diminished arch | an arch whose height is less than half its width |
skew arch | an arch whose jambs are not at right angles with the face |
steel arch bridge | a steel bridge constructed in the form of an arch |
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 |
threeentered arch basket-handle arch | a round arch whose inner curve is drawn with circles having three centers |
trefoil arch | a pointed arch having cusps in the intrados on either side of the apex |