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 |
Caen stone () A cream-colored limestone for building, found near Caen, France. |
Calculus (n.) Any solid concretion, formed in any part of the body, but most frequent in the organs that act as reservoirs, and in the passages connected with them |
Calculus (n.) A method of computation |
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. |
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 |
Stone (n.) The hard endocarp of drupes |
Stone (n.) A weight which legally is fourteen pounds, but in practice varies with the article weighed. |
Stone (n.) Fig.: Symbol of hardness and insensibility |
Stone (n.) A stand or table with a smooth, flat top of stone, commonly marble, on which to arrange the pages of a book, newspaper, etc., before printing |
Stone (n.) To pelt, beat, or kill with stones. |
Stone (n.) To make like stone |
Stone (n.) To free from stones |
Stone (n.) To wall or face with stones |
Stone (n.) To rub, scour, or sharpen with a stone. |
Stone-blind (a.) As blind as a stone |
Stone-cold (a.) Cold as a stone. |
Stone-dead (a.) As dead as a stone. |
Stone-deaf (a.) As deaf as a stone |
Stone-hearted (a.) Hard-hearted |
Stone-horse (n.) Stallion. |
Stone-still (a.) As still as a stone. |
Stumbling-stone (n.) A stumbling-block. |
Urinary (a.) Of or pertaining to the urine |
Urinary (a.) Resembling, or being of the nature of, urine. |
Urinary (n.) A urinarium |
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 |
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 |
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 |
urinary retention | holding urine in the urinary bladder, he has a problem with urinary retention |
excretory organ urinary organ | an organ that separates waste substances from the blood and discharges them |
urogenital system urogenital apparatus urinary system urinary apparatus genitourinary system genitourinary apparatus systema urogenitale apparatus urogenitalis | the system that includes all organs involved in reproduction and in the formation and voidance of urine |
urinary tract | the organs and tubes involved in the production and excretion of urine |
urinary bladder | a membranous sac for temporary retention of urine |
calculus infinitesimal calculus | the branch of mathematics that is concerned with limits and with the differentiation and integration of functions |
differential calculus method of fluxions | the part of calculus that deals with the variation of a function with respect to changes in the independent variable (or variables) by means of the concepts of derivative and differential |
integral calculus | the part of calculus that deals with integration and its application in the solution of differential equations and in determining areas or volumes etc. |
calculus of variations | the calculus of maxima and minima of definite integrals |
propositional logic propositional calculus | a branch of symbolic logic dealing with propositions as units and with their combinations and the connectives that relate them |
predicate calculus functional calculus | a system of symbolic logic that represents individuals and predicates and quantification over individuals (as well as the relations between propositions) |
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 |
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 |
calculus concretion | a hard lump produced by the concretion of mineral salts, found in hollow organs or ducts of the body, renal calculi can be very painful |
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 |
sialolith salivary calculus | a stone formed in the salivary gland |
stepping stone | a stone in a marsh or shallow water that can be stepped on in crossing |
tartar calculus tophus | an incrustation that forms on the teeth and gums |
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 |