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. |
Historical
(a.) Of or pertaining to history, or the record of past events |
Jew's-stone
(n.) Alt. of Jewstone |
Overlooking
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overlook |
Park
(n.) A piece of ground inclosed, and stored with beasts of the chase, which a man may have by prescription, or the king's grant. |
Park
(n.) A tract of ground kept in its natural state, about or adjacent to a residence, as for the preservation of game, for walking, riding, or the like. |
Park
(n.) A piece of ground, in or near a city or town, inclosed and kept for ornament and recreation |
Park
(n.) A space occupied by the animals, wagons, pontoons, and materials of all kinds, as ammunition, ordnance stores, hospital stores, provisions, etc., when brought together |
Park
(n.) A partially inclosed basin in which oysters are grown. |
Park
(v. t.) To inclose in a park, or as in a park. |
Park
(v. t.) To bring together in a park, or compact body |
Pavilion
(n.) A temporary movable habitation |
Pavilion
(n.) A single body or mass of building, contained within simple walls and a single roof, whether insulated, as in the park or garden of a larger edifice, or united with other parts, and forming an angle or central feature of a large pile. |
Pavilion
(n.) A flag, colors, ensign, or banner. |
Pavilion
(n.) Same as Tent (Her.) |
Pavilion
(n.) That part of a brilliant which lies between the girdle and collet. See Illust. of Brilliant. |
Pavilion
(n.) The auricle of the ear |
Pavilion
(n.) A covering |
Pavilion
(v. t.) To furnish or cover with, or shelter in, a tent or tents. |
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. |
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 |
| 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 |
ballpark
park | a facility in which ball games are played (especially baseball games), take me out to the ballpark |
Belmont Park
Belmont | a racetrack for thoroughbred racing in Elmont on Long Island, site of the Belmont Stakes |
| 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 |
oyster bed
oyster bank
oyster park | a workplace where oysters are bred and grown |
| park | a gear position that acts as a parking brake, the put the car in park and got out |
| park bench | a bench in a public park |
pavilion
marquee | large and often sumptuous tent |
| 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 |
| 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 |
trailer camp
trailer park | a camp where space for house trailers can be rented, utilities are generally provided |
wind farm
wind park
wind energy facility | a power plant that uses wind turbines to generate electricity |
| stone | a lack of feeling or expression or movement, he must have a heart of stone, her face was as hard as stone |
historical linguistics
diachronic linguistics
diachrony | the study of linguistic change, the synchrony and diachrony of language |
| historical present | the use of the present tense to describe past actions or states |
| 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 |
historical document
historical paper
historical record | writing having historical value (as opposed to fiction or myth etc.) |
| stone crab | pale flesh with delicate texture and flavor, found in Florida but now very rare |
| National Park Service | an agency of the Interior Department responsible for the national parks |
| historical school | a school of th century German economists and legal philosophers who tried to explain modern economic systems in evolutionary or historical terms |
amusement park
funfair
pleasure ground | a commercially operated park with stalls and shows for amusement |
cemetery
graveyard
burial site
burial ground
burying ground
memorial park
necropolis | a tract of land used for burials |
| industrial park | a tract of land at a distance from city center that is designed for a cluster of businesses and factories |
| national park | a tract of land declared by the national government to be public property |
| Acadia National Park | a national park in Maine showing marine erosion and glaciation, includes seashore and also the highest point on the Atlantic coast |
| Arches National Park | a national park in Utah including mountains and the Colorado River gorge and huge rock formations caused by erosion |
| Badlands National Park | a national park in South Dakota having multicolored peaks and spires resulting from erosion, fossil sites |
| Big Bend National Park | a large national park in Texas featuring mountains and desert and canyons and wildlife |
| Biscayne National Park | a national park in Florida having underwater coral reefs and marine life |
| Bryce Canyon National Park | a national park in Utah having multicolored rock erosions |
| Canyonlands National Park | a national park in Utah having rock formations and ancient cliff dwellings, canyons of the Green River and the Colorado River |
| Capitol Reef National Park | a national park in Utah having colorful rock formations and desert plants and wildlife |
| Carlsbad Caverns National Park | a national park in New Mexico featuring what is probably the world's largest cavern with spectacular underground formations |
| Channel Islands National Park | a national park in California featuring sea birds and marine life |
| Crater Lake National Park | a national park in Oregon having the deepest lake in the United States in the crater of an extinct volcano |