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. |
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 |
Neolithic (a.) Of or pertaining to, or designating, an era characterized by late remains in stone. |
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. |
Young (superl.) Not long born |
Young (superl.) Being in the first part, pr period, of growth |
Young (superl.) Having little experience |
Young (n.) The offspring of animals, either a single animal or offspring collectively. |
stepping stone | any means of advancement, the job was just a stepping stone on his way to fame and riches |
young offspring | any immature animal |
young mammal | any immature mammal |
cub young carnivore | the young of certain carnivorous mammals such as the bear or wolf or lion |
young bird | a bird that is still young |
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 |
young fish | a fish that is young |
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 |
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 |
young youth | young people collectively, rock music appeals to the young, youth everywhere rises in revolt |
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 |
boyfriend fellow beau swain young man | a man who is the lover of a girl or young woman, if I'd known he was her boyfriend I wouldn't have asked |
girl miss missy young lady young woman fille | a young woman, a young lady of |
lass lassie young girl jeune fille | a girl or young woman who is unmarried |
stone breaker | someone who breaks up stone |
young buck young man | a teenager or a young adult male |
young person youth younker spring chicken | a young person (especially a young man or boy) |
young Turk | a young radical who agitates for reform |
Young Turk | a member of one or more of the insurgent groups in Turkey in the late th century who rebelled against the absolutism of Ottoman rule |
Simpson Sir James Young Simpson | Scottish obstetrician and surgeon who pioneered in the use of ether and discovered the anesthetic effects of chloroform (-) |
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 (-) |
Young Brigham Young | United States religious leader of the Mormon Church after the assassination of Joseph Smith, he led the Mormon exodus from Illinois to Salt Lake City, Utah (-) |
Young Cy Young Danton True Young | United States baseball player and famous pitcher (-) |
Young Edward Young | English poet (-) |