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. |
Cobble
(n.) A fishing boat. See Coble. |
Cobble
(n.) A cobblestone. |
Cobble
(n.) Cob coal. See under Cob. |
Cobble
(v. t.) To make or mend coarsely |
Cobble
(v. t.) To make clumsily. |
Cobble
(v. t.) To pave with cobblestones. |
Cross-stone
(n.) See Harmotome, and Staurotide. |
Dry-stone
(a.) Constructed of uncemented stone. |
Gravel-stone
(n.) A pebble, or small fragment of stone |
Great
(superl.) Large in space |
Great
(superl.) Large in number |
Great
(superl.) Long continued |
Great
(superl.) Superior |
Great
(superl.) Endowed with extraordinary powers |
Great
(superl.) Holding a chief position |
Great
(superl.) Entitled to earnest consideration |
Great
(superl.) Pregnant |
Great
(superl.) More than ordinary in degree |
Great
(superl.) Older, younger, or more remote, by single generation |
Great
(n.) The whole |
Great-bellied
(a.) Having a great belly |
Great-grandchild
(n.) The child of one's grandson or granddaughter. |
Great-granddaughter
(n.) A daughter of one's grandson or granddaughter. |
Great-grandfather
(n.) The father of one's grandfather or grandmother. |
Great-grandmother
(n.) The mother of one's grandfather or grandmother. |
Great-grandson
(n.) A son of one's grandson or granddaughter. |
Great-hearted
(a.) High-spirited |
Great-hearted
(a.) Generous |
Great-heartedness
(n.) The quality of being greathearted |
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. |
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 |
| stepping stone | any means of advancement, the job was just a stepping stone on his way to fame and riches |
Peasant's Revolt
Great Revolt | a widespread rebellion in against poll taxes and other inequities that oppressed the poorer people of England, suppressed by Richard II |
| great care | more attention and consideration than is normally bestowed by prudent persons, the pilot exercised great care in landing |
World War I
World War
Great War
First World War
War to End War | a war between the allies (Russia, France, British Empire, Italy, United States, Japan, Rumania, Serbia, Belgium, Greece, Portugal, Montenegro) and the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, Bulgaria) from to |
great white shark
white shark
man-eater
man-eating shark
Carcharodon carcharias | large aggressive shark widespread in warm seas, known to attack humans |
blue shark
great blue shark
Prionace glauca | slender cosmopolitan, pelagic shark, blue body shades to white belly, dangerous especially during maritime disasters |
great bowerbird
Chlamydera nuchalis | large bowerbird of northern Australia |
great horned owl
Bubo virginianus | brown North American horned owl |
great grey owl
great gray owl
Strix nebulosa | large dish-faced owl of northern North America and western Eurasia |
giant kangaroo
great grey kangaroo
Macropus giganteus | very large greyish-brown Australian kangaroo formerly abundant in open wooded areas |
stone crab
Menippe mercenaria | large edible crab of the southern coast of the United States (particularly Florida) |
great blue heron
Ardea herodius | large American heron having bluish-grey plumage |
| great white heron Ardea occidentalis | large white heron of Florida and the Florida Keys |
| great white heron Casmerodius albus | widely distributed Old World white egret |
American egret
great white heron Egretta albus | a common egret of the genus Egretta found in America, it is a variety of the Old World white egret Casmerodius albus |
great bustard
Otis tarda | largest European land bird |
great snipe
woodcock snipe Gallinago media | Old World snipe larger and darker than the whole snipe |
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 |
black-backed gull
great black-backed gull
cob Larus marinus | white gull having a black back and wings |
great skua
Catharacta skua | large brown skua of the northern Atlantic |
great auk
Pinguinus impennis | large flightless auk of rocky islands off northern Atlantic coasts, extinct |
great crested grebe
Podiceps cristatus | large Old World grebe with black ear tufts |
| Great Dane | very large powerful smoothoated breed of dog |
| Great Pyrenees | bred of large heavyoated white dogs resembling the Newfoundland |
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 |
ant bear giant anteater
great anteater
tamanoir
Myrmecophaga jubata | large shaggy-haired toothless anteater with long tongue and powerful claws, of South America |
great ape
pongid | any of the large anthropoid apes of the family Pongidae |
stone bass
wreckfish
Polyprion americanus | brown fish of the Atlantic and Mediterranean found around rocks and shipwrecks |
great barracuda
Sphyraena barracuda | large (up to ft) greyish-brown barracuda highly regarded as a food and sport fish, may be dangerous to swimmers |
| 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 |
Chinese Wall
Great Wall
Great Wall of China | a fortification , miles long built across northern China in the rd century BC, it averages meters in width |
cobble
cobblestone
sett | rectangular paving stone with curved top, once used to make roads |
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 |
| great hall | the principal hall in a castle or mansion, can be used for dining or entertainment |
| great seal | the principal seal of a government, symbolizing authority or sovereignty |
| Great Seal of the United States | the seal of the United States government |
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' |
Pyramid
Great Pyramid
Pyramids of Egypt | a massive monument with a square base and four triangular sides, begun by Cheops around BC as royal tombs in ancient Egypt |
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 |