Alum stone
() A subsulphate of alumina and potash |
Amazon stone
(n.) A variety of feldspar, having a verdigris-green color. |
Amulet
(n.) An ornament, gem, or scroll, or a package containing a relic, etc., worn as a charm or preservative against evils or mischief, such as diseases and witchcraft, and generally inscribed with mystic forms or characters. [Also used figuratively.] |
Arch stone
() A wedge-shaped stone used in an arch |
Bead
(n.) A prayer. |
Bead
(n.) A little perforated ball, to be strung on a thread, and worn for ornament |
Bead
(n.) Any small globular body |
Bead
(n.) A bubble in spirits. |
Bead
(n.) A drop of sweat or other liquid. |
Bead
(n.) A small knob of metal on a firearm, used for taking aim (whence the expression to draw a bead, for, to take aim). |
Bead
(n.) A small molding of rounded surface, the section being usually an arc of a circle. It may be continuous, or broken into short embossments. |
Bead
(n.) A glassy drop of molten flux, as borax or microcosmic salt, used as a solvent and color test for several mineral earths and oxides, as of iron, manganese, etc., before the blowpipe |
Bead
(v. t.) To ornament with beads or beading. |
Bead
(v. i.) To form beadlike bubbles. |
Bead proof
() Among distillers, a certain degree of strength in alcoholic liquor, as formerly ascertained by the floating or sinking of glass globules of different specific gravities thrown into it |
Bead proof
() A degree of strength in alcoholic liquor as shown by beads or small bubbles remaining on its surface, or at the side of the glass, when shaken. |
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. |
Evil
(a.) Having qualities tending to injury and mischief |
Evil
(a.) Having or exhibiting bad moral qualities |
Evil
(a.) Producing or threatening sorrow, distress, injury, or calamity |
Evil
(n.) Anything which impairs the happiness of a being or deprives a being of any good |
Evil
(n.) Moral badness, or the deviation of a moral being from the principles of virtue imposed by conscience, or by the will of the Supreme Being, or by the principles of a lawful human authority |
Evil
(n.) malady or disease |
Evil
(adv.) In an evil manner |
Evil eye
() See Evil eye under Evil, a. |
Evil-eyed
(a.) Possessed of the supposed evil eye |
Evil-favored
(a.) Having a bad countenance or appearance |
Evil-minded
(a.) Having evil dispositions or intentions |
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. |
Stag-evil
(n.) A kind of palsy affecting the jaw of a horse. |
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 |
evil
immorality
wickedness
iniquity | morally objectionable behavior |
| evil eye | a look that is believed to have the power of inflicting harm |
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 |
amulet
talisman | a trinket or piece of jewelry usually hung about the neck and thought to be a magical protection against evil or disease |
| bead | a small ball with a hole through the middle |
beading
bead beadwork
astragal | a beaded molding for edging or decorating furniture |
| 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' |
quirk bead
bead and quirk | beading formed with a narrow groove separating it from the surface it decorates |
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 |
evil
evilness | the quality of being morally wrong in principle or practice, attempts to explain the origin of evil in the world |
| evil | that which causes harm or destruction or misfortune, the evil that men do lives after them, the good is oft interred with their bones- Shakespeare |
| 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 |
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 |
| evil spirit | a spirit tending to cause harm |
| 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 |
white baneberry
white cohosh
white bead
doll's eyes
Actaea alba | North American herb with white poisonous berries |
cat'slaw
catclaw
black bead
Pithecellodium unguisati | erect shrub with small if any spines having racemes of white to yellow flowers followed by curved pointed pods and black shiny seeds, West Indies and Florida |
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 |