Alum stone
() A subsulphate of alumina and potash |
Amazon stone
(n.) A variety of feldspar, having a verdigris-green color. |
Arch
(n.) Any part of a curved line. |
Arch
(n.) Usually a curved member made up of separate wedge-shaped solids, with the joints between them disposed in the direction of the radii of the curve |
Arch
(n.) A flat arch is a member constructed of stones cut into wedges or other shapes so as to support each other without rising in a curve. |
Arch
(n.) Any place covered by an arch |
Arch
(n.) Any curvature in the form of an arch |
Arch
(v. t.) To cover with an arch or arches. |
Arch
(v. t.) To form or bend into the shape of an arch. |
Arch
(v. i.) To form into an arch |
Arch-
() A prefix signifying chief, as in archbuilder, archfiend. |
Arch
(a.) Chief |
Arch
(a.) Cunning or sly |
Arch
(n.) A chief. |
-arch
(a.) A suffix meaning a ruler, as in monarch (a sole ruler). |
Arch brick
() A wedge-shaped brick used in the building of an arch. |
Arches
() pl. of Arch, n. |
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. |
Rubble
(n.) Water-worn or rough broken stones |
Rubble
(n.) Rough stone as it comes from the quarry |
Rubble
(n.) A mass or stratum of fragments or rock lying under the alluvium, and derived from the neighboring rock. |
Rubble
(n.) The whole of the bran of wheat before it is sorted into pollard, bran, etc. |
Rustic
(a.) Of or pertaining to the country |
Rustic
(a.) Rude |
Rustic
(a.) Coarse |
Rustic
(a.) Simple |
Rustic
(n.) An inhabitant of the country, especially one who is rude, coarse, or dull |
Rustic
(n.) A rural person having a natural simplicity of character or manners |
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 |
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 |
gill arch
branchial arch
gill bar | one of the bony or cartilaginous arches on each side of the pharynx that support the gills of fishes and aquatic amphibians |
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 |
| abutment arch | an arch supported by an abutment |
| arch | (architecture) a masonry construction (usually curved) for spanning an opening and supporting the weight above it |
| arch archway | a passageway under a curved masonry construction, they built a triumphal arch to memorialize their victory |
| arch support | a support for the arch of the foot |
| bell arch | a round arch resting on corbels |
| 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 |
| broken arch | an arch with a gap at the apex, the gap is usually filled with some decoration |
| camber arch | an arch with a straight horizontal extrados and a slightly arched intrados |
capstone
copestone
coping stone
stretcher | a stone that forms the top of wall or building |
| corbel arch | (architecture) an arch constructed of masonry courses that are corbelled until they meet |
| drop arch | a blunt pointed arch drawn from two centers within the span |
dry wall
dry-stone wall | a stone wall made with stones fitted together without mortar |
flat arch
straight arch | an arch with mutually supporting voussoirs that has a straight horizontal extrados and intrados |
| foundation stone | a stone laid at a ceremony to mark the founding of a new building |
| Gothic arch | a pointed arch, usually has a joint (instead of a keystone) at the apex |
jewel
gem
precious stone | a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry |
lancet arch
lancet | an acutely pointed Gothic arch, like a lance |
menhir
standing stone | a tall upright megalith, found primarily in England and northern France |
Moorish arch
horseshoe arch | a round arch that widens before rounding off |
ogee arch
keel arch | a pointed arch having an S-shape on both sides |
| paving stone | a stone used for paving |
| pier arch | an arch supported on piers |
pit
quarry
stone pit | a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate, a British term for `quarry' is `stone pit' |
| pointed arch | an arch with a pointed apex, characteristic of Gothic architecture |
| proscenium arch | the arch over the opening in the proscenium wall |
| rampant arch | an arch whose support is higher on one side than on the other |
revetment
revetement
stone facing | a facing (usually masonry) that supports an embankment |
Roman arch
semicircular arch | a round arch drawn from a single center |
| round arch | an arch formed in a continuous curve, characteristic of Roman architecture |
| rowlock arch | an arch that is formed with more than one concentric row of voussoirs |
| safety arch | an undecorated arch that is included in order to strengthen or support a construction |
scoinson arch
sconcheon arch | an arch that supports part of the wall |
| segmental arch | a shallow arch, an arch that is less than a semicircle |
| shouldered arch | an arch consisting of a horizontal lintel supported at each end by corbels that project into the aperture |
skeen arch
skene arch
scheme arch
diminished arch | an arch whose height is less than half its width |
| skew arch | an arch whose jambs are not at right angles with the face |
| steel arch bridge | a steel bridge constructed in the form of an arch |
| 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 |
threeentered arch
basket-handle arch | a round arch whose inner curve is drawn with circles having three centers |
| trefoil arch | a pointed arch having cusps in the intrados on either side of the apex |