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 |
Awl-shaped (a.) Shaped like an awl. |
Awl-shaped (a.) Subulate. See Subulate. |
Bell-shaped (a.) Having the shape of a wide-mouthed bell |
Boat-shaped (a.) See Cymbiform. |
Bristle-shaped (a.) Resembling a bristle in form |
Broken wind () The heaves. |
Caen stone () A cream-colored limestone for building, found near Caen, France. |
Carved (imp. & p. p.) of Carve |
Club-shaped (a.) Enlarged gradually at the end, as the antennae of certain insects. |
Comb-shaped (a.) Pectinate. |
Cross-stone (n.) See Harmotome, and Staurotide. |
Diamond-shaped (a.) Shaped like a diamond or rhombus. |
Dry-stone (a.) Constructed of uncemented stone. |
Egg-shaped (a.) Resembling an egg in form |
Fiddle-shaped (a.) Inversely ovate, with a deep hollow on each side. |
Globe-shaped (a.) Shaped like a globe. |
Gravel-stone (n.) A pebble, or small fragment of stone |
Grindle stone () A grindstone. |
Halberd-shaped (a.) Hastate. |
Helmet-shaped (a.) Shaped like a helmet |
Jew's-stone (n.) Alt. of Jewstone |
Kidney-shaped (a.) Having the form or shape of a kidney |
Lath-shaped (a.) Having a slender elongated form, like a lath |
Linear-shaped (a.) Of a linear shape. |
Lozenge-shaped (a.) Having the form of a lozenge or rhomb. |
Pear-shaped (a.) Of the form of a pear. |
Pebble (n.) A small roundish stone or bowlder |
Pebble (n.) Transparent and colorless rock crystal |
Pebble (v. t.) To grain (leather) so as to produce a surface covered with small rounded prominences. |
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. |
Saddle-shaped (a.) Shaped like a saddle. |
Saddle-shaped (a.) Bent down at the sides so as to give the upper part a rounded form. |
Saddle-shaped (a.) Bent on each side of a mountain or ridge, without being broken at top |
Salver-shaped (a.) Tubular, with a spreading border. See Hypocraterimorphous. |
Shaped (imp.) of Shape |
Shaped (p. p.) of Shape |
Spindle-shaped (a.) Having the shape of a spindle. |
Spindle-shaped (a.) Thickest in the middle, and tapering to both ends |
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 |
stepping stone | any means of advancement, the job was just a stepping stone on his way to fame and riches |
wind winding twist | the act of winding or twisting, he put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind |
wind | breath, the collision knocked the wind out of him |
second wind | the return of relatively easy breathing after initial exhaustion during continuous exertion |
fart farting flatus wind breaking wind | a reflex that expels intestinal gas through the anus |
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 |
aeolian harp aeolian lyre wind harp | a harp having strings tuned in unison, they sound when wind passes over them |
anemometer wind gauge wind gage | a gauge for recording the speed and direction of wind |
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 |
brilliant pebble | a code name for a small computerized heat-seeking missile that was supposed to intercept and destroy enemy missiles |
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 |
pinwheel pinwheel wind collector | a toy consisting of vanes of colored paper or plastic that is pinned to a stick and spins when it is pointed into the wind |
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 |
weathervane weather vane vane wind vane | mechanical device attached to an elevated structure, rotates freely to show the direction of the wind |
wind chime wind bell | a decorative arrangement of pieces of metal or glass or pottery that hang together loosely so the wind can cause them to tinkle |
wind farm wind park wind energy facility | a power plant that uses wind turbines to generate electricity |
wind instrument wind | a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath |
windmill aerogenerator wind generator | generator that extracts usable energy from winds |
wind rose | weather map showing the frequency and strength of winds from different directions |
wind tee | weather vane shaped like a T and located at an airfield |
wind tunnel | a structure resembling a tunnel where air is blown at known velocities for testing parts of aircraft |
wind turbine | a turbine that is driven by the wind |
stone | a lack of feeling or expression or movement, he must have a heart of stone, her face was as hard as stone |
second wind | renewed energy or strength to continue an undertaking, She had dinner and got a second wind to finish painting, the employers, initially taken by surprise at the pace of developments, regained their second wind |
windage wind deflection | the deflection of a projectile resulting from the effects of wind |
windage wind exposure | exposure to the wind (as the exposed part of a vessel's hull which is responsible for wind resistance) |
tube tube-shaped structure | (anatomy) any hollow cylindrical body structure |
normal curve bell-shaped curve Gaussian curve Gaussian shape | a symmetrical curve representing the normal distribution |
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 |
tip lead steer confidential information wind hint | an indication of potential opportunity, he got a tip on the stock market, a good lead for a job |
wind malarkey malarky idle words jazz nothingness | empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk, that's a lot of wind, don't give me any of that jazz |
windsock wind sock sock air sock air-sleeve wind sleeve wind cone drogue | a truncated cloth cone mounted on a mast, used (e.g., at airports) to show the direction of the wind |
stone crab | pale flesh with delicate texture and flavor, found in Florida but now very rare |
Wind Cave National Park | a national park in South Dakota featuring bison herds and limestone caverns |
bladder stone cystolith | a calculus formed in the bladder |
kidney stone urinary calculus nephrolith renal calculus | a calculus formed in the kidney |