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. |
Curlew (n.) A wading bird of the genus Numenius, remarkable for its long, slender, curved bill. |
Double (a.) Twofold |
Double (a.) Being in pairs |
Double (a.) Divided into two |
Double (a.) Having the petals in a flower considerably increased beyond the natural number, usually as the result of cultivation and the expense of the stamens, or stamens and pistils. The white water lily and some other plants have their blossoms naturally double. |
Double (adv.) Twice |
Double (a.) To increase by adding an equal number, quantity, length, value, or the like |
Double (a.) To make of two thicknesses or folds by turning or bending together in the middle |
Double (a.) To be the double of |
Double (a.) To pass around or by |
Double (a.) To unite, as ranks or files, so as to form one from each two. |
Double (v. i.) To be increased to twice the sum, number, quantity, length, or value |
Double (v. i.) To return upon one's track |
Double (v. i.) To play tricks |
Double (v. i.) To set up a word or words a second time by mistake |
Double (n.) Twice as much |
Double (n.) Among compositors, a doublet (see Doublet, 2.) |
Double (n.) That which is doubled over or together |
Double (n.) A turn or circuit in running to escape pursues |
Double (n.) Something precisely equal or counterpart to another |
Double (n.) A player or singer who prepares to take the part of another player in his absence |
Double (n.) Double beer |
Double (n.) A feast in which the antiphon is doubled, hat is, said twice, before and after the Psalms, instead of only half being said, as in simple feasts. |
Double (n.) A game between two pairs of players |
Double (n.) An old term for a variation, as in Bach's Suites. |
Double-acting (a.) Acting or operating in two directions or with both motions |
Double-bank (v. t.) To row by rowers sitting side by side in twos on a bank or thwart. |
Double-banked (a.) Applied to a kind of rowing in which the rowers sit side by side in twos, a pair of oars being worked from each bank or thwart. |
Double-barreled (a.) Alt. of -barrelled |
Double-beat valve () See under Valve. |
Double-breasted (a.) Folding or lapping over on the breast, with a row of buttons and buttonholes on each side |
Double-charge (v. t.) To load with a double charge, as of gunpowder. |
Double-charge (v. t.) To overcharge. |
Double dealer () One who practices double dealing |
Double dealing () False or deceitful dealing. See Double dealing, under Dealing. |
Double-decker (n.) A man-of-war having two gun decks. |
Double-decker (n.) A public conveyance, as a street car, with seats on the roof. |
Double-dye (v. t.) To dye again or twice over. |
Double-dyed (a.) Dyed twice |
Double-ender (n.) A vessel capable of moving in either direction, having bow and rudder at each end. |
Double-ender (n.) A locomotive with pilot at each end. |
Double-entendre (n.) A word or expression admitting of a double interpretation, one of which is often obscure or indelicate. |
Double-eyed (a.) Having a deceitful look. |
Double-faced (a.) Having two faces designed for use |
Double-faced (a.) Deceitful |
double fault | (tennis) two successive faults in serving resulting in the loss of the point |
double stopping | stopping two strings and producing two notes at the same time |
line-drive double line double | a double resulting from a line drive |
double two-base hit two-bagger two-baser | a base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base, he hit a double to deep centerfield |
stepping stone | any means of advancement, the job was just a stepping stone on his way to fame and riches |
double-blind procedure double-blind experiment double-blind study | an experimental procedure in which neither the subjects of the experiment nor the persons administering the experiment know the critical aspects of the experiment, a double-blind procedure is used to guard against both experimenter bias and placebo effects |
double leg circle | a gymnastic exercise performed on the pommel horse when the gymnast (with legs together) swings his legs in a circle while alternating hands on the pommels |
twin bill doubleheader double feature | two games instead of one (especially in baseball when the same two teams play two games on the same day) |
double dribble | an illegal dribble in basketball (the player uses both hands to dribble or the player starts to dribble a second time after coming to a stop) |
double Dutch | the difficult version of jump rope in which players jump over two ropes that are swung in a crisscross manner by two turners |
daily double | a single bet on two horse races in the same day |
double reverse | (American football) a running play in which a first reverse is followed by a second reverse |
double play | the act of getting two players out on one play |
double entry double-entry bookkeeping | bookkeeper debits the transaction to one account and credits it to another |
double cross doublerossing | an act of betrayal, he gave us the old double cross, I could no longer tolerate his impudent doublerossing |
duplicity double-dealing | acting in bad faith, deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another |
double blind | a test procedure in which the identity of those receiving the intervention is concealed from both the administrators and the subjects until after the test is completed, designed to reduce or eliminate bias in the results |
doubling double | raising the stakes in a card game by a factor of , I decided his double was a bluff |
double take | a delayed reaction indicating surprise |
double jeopardy | the prosecution of a defendant for a criminal offense for which he has already been tried, prohibited in the fifth amendment to the United States Constitution |
striped killifish mayfish may fish Fundulus majalis | black-barred fish of bays and coastal marshes of the Atlantic and Gulf Coast of the United States |
plateau striped whiptail Cnemidophorus velox | having distinct longitudinal stripes: of Colorado Plateau from Arizona to western Colorado |
California whipsnake striped racer Masticophis lateralis | a whipsnake of scrublands and rocky hillsides |
stone crab Menippe mercenaria | large edible crab of the southern coast of the United States (particularly Florida) |
striped button quail Turnix sylvatica | a variety of button quail having stripes |
curlew sandpiper Calidris Ferruginea | Old World sandpiper with a curved bill like a curlew |
curlew | large migratory shorebirds of the sandpiper family, closely related to woodcocks but having a downurved bill |
European curlew Numenius arquata | common Eurasian curlew |
Eskimo curlew Numenius borealis | New World curlew that breeds in northern North America |
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 |
striped hyena Hyaena hyaena | of northern Africa and Arabia and India |
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 |
eastern chipmunk hackee striped squirrel ground squirrel Tamias striatus | small striped semiterrestrial eastern American squirrel with cheek pouches |
striped muishond Ictonyx striata | ferret-sized muishond often tamed |
striped skunk Mephitis mephitis | most common and widespread North American skunk |
stone marten beech marten Martes foina | Eurasian marten having a brown coat with pale breast and throat |
striped bass striper Roccus saxatilis rockfish | marine food and game fish with dark longitudinal stripes, migrates upriver to spawn, sometimes placed in the genus Morone |
stone bass wreckfish Polyprion americanus | brown fish of the Atlantic and Mediterranean found around rocks and shipwrecks |
striped drum Equetus pulcher | a kind of drumfish |
striped mullet Mugil cephalus | most important commercial mullet in eastern United States |
striped marlin Makaira mitsukurii | Pacific food and game fish marked with dark blue vertical stripes |
abrading stone | a primitive stone artifact (usually made of sandstone) used as an abrader |
bass fiddle bass viol bull fiddle double bass contrabass string bass | largest and lowest member of the violin family |
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 |
a bus autobus coach charabanc double-decker jitney motorbus motorcoach omnibus passenger vehicle | a vehicle carrying many passengers, used for public transport, he always rode the bus to work |
capstone copestone coping stone stretcher | a stone that forms the top of wall or building |
contrabassoon contrafagotto double bassoon | the bassoon that is the largest instrument in the oboe family |
double bed | a bed wide enough to accommodate two sleepers |
double-bitted ax double-bitted axe Western ax Western axe | an ax that has cutting edges on both sides of the head |