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 |
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. |
Sling (v. t.) An instrument for throwing stones or other missiles, consisting of a short strap with two strings fastened to its ends, or with a string fastened to one end and a light stick to the other. The missile being lodged in a hole in the strap, the ends of the string are taken in the hand, and the whole whirled rapidly round until, by loosing one end, the missile is let fly with centrifugal force. |
Sling (v. t.) The act or motion of hurling as with a sling |
Sling (v. t.) A contrivance for sustaining anything by suspension |
Sling (v. t.) A kind of hanging bandage put around the neck, in which a wounded arm or hand is supported. |
Sling (v. t.) A loop of rope, or a rope or chain with hooks, for suspending a barrel, bale, or other heavy object, in hoisting or lowering. |
Sling (v. t.) A strap attached to a firearm, for suspending it from the shoulder. |
Sling (v. t.) A band of rope or iron for securing a yard to a mast |
Sling (v. t.) To throw with a sling. |
Sling (v. t.) To throw |
Sling (v. t.) To hang so as to swing |
Sling (v. t.) To pass a rope round, as a cask, gun, etc., preparatory to attaching a hoisting or lowering tackle. |
Sling (n.) A drink composed of spirit (usually gin) and water sweetened. |
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 |
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 |
sling scarf bandage triangular bandage | bandage to support an injured forearm, consisting of a wide triangular piece of cloth hanging from around the neck |
sling | a simple weapon consisting of a looped strap in which a projectile is whirled and then released |
slingback sling | a shoe that has a strap that wraps around the heel |
slingshot sling catapult | a plaything consisting of a Y-shaped stick with elastic between the arms, used to propel small stones |
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 |
sling | a highball with liquor and water with sugar and lemon or lime juice |
brandy sling | a sling made with brandy |
gin sling | a sling made with gin |
rum sling | a sling made with rum |
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 |
stonecress stone cress | any Old World herb of the genus Aethionema, native of sunny limestone habitats |
stone bramble Rubus saxatilis | European trailing bramble with red berrylike fruits |
horse balm horseweed stoneroot stoneoot richweed stone root Collinsonia canadensis | erect perennial strong-scented with serrate pointed leaves and a loose panicle of yellowish flowers, the eastern United States |