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 |
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. |
Cliff limestone () A series of limestone strata found in Ohio and farther west, presenting bluffs along the rivers and valleys, formerly supposed to be of one formation, but now known to be partly Silurian and partly Devonian. |
Cross-stone (n.) See Harmotome, and Staurotide. |
Denmark satin () See under Satin. |
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. |
Fibrous (a.) Containing, or consisting of, fibers |
Fluor spar () See Fluorite. |
Gravel-stone (n.) A pebble, or small fragment of stone |
Grindle stone () A grindstone. |
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 |
Limestone (n.) A rock consisting chiefly of calcium carbonate or carbonate of lime. It sometimes contains also magnesium carbonate, and is then called magnesian or dolomitic limestone. Crystalline limestone is called marble. |
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. |
Satin (n.) A silk cloth, of a thick, close texture, and overshot woof, which has a glossy surface. |
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 |
Spar (v. t.) To To supply or equip with spars, as a vessel. |
Spar (v. i.) To strike with the feet or spurs, as cocks do. |
Spar (v. i.) To use the fists and arms scientifically in attack or defense |
Spar (v. i.) To contest in words |
Spar (n.) A contest at sparring or boxing. |
Spar (n.) A movement of offense or defense in boxing. |
Spar-hung (a.) Hung with spar, as a cave. |
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 |
spar sparring | making the motions of attack and defense with the fists and arms, a part of training for a boxer |
satin bowerbird satin bird Ptilonorhynchus violaceus | of southeast Australia, male is glossy violet blue, female is light grey-green |
limestone salamander Hydromantes brunus | similar to Shasta salamander, lives in cliff crevices and taluses |
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 |
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 |
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 |
satin | a smooth fabric of silk or rayon, has a glossy face and a dull back |
satin stitch | flat stitches worked so closely as to resemble satin |
satin weave | a weave in which the filling and warp threads intersect in such a way as to give a smooth compact surface with no distinguishable twill line |
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 |
fibrous tissue | tissue consisting of or containing fibers in both animals and plants |
fibrous astrocyte | star-shaped cells with long processes, found in the white matter of the brain and spinal cord |
suture sutura fibrous joint | an immovable joint (especially between the bones of the skull) |
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 |
spar buoy | a buoy resembling a vertical log |
stone crab | pale flesh with delicate texture and flavor, found in Florida but now very rare |
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 |
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 |
Swiss pine Swiss stone pine arolla pine cembra nut tree Pinus cembra | large five-needled European pine, yields cembra nuts and a resinous exudate |
stone pit endocarp | the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed, you should remove the stones from prunes before cooking |
cherry stone | the stone seed of a cherry |
lithops living stone stoneface stone-face stone plant stone life face flowering stone | any plant of the genus Lithops native to Africa having solitary yellow or white flowers and thick leaves that resemble stones |
living granite living rock stone mimicry plant | highly succulent stemless clump-forming plants with grey-green leaves similar in texture to lumps of granite, South Africa |