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 |
Bark louse () An insect of the family Coccidae, which infests the bark of trees and vines. |
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. |
Flea-louse (n.) A jumping plant louse of the family Psyllidae, of many species. That of the pear tree is Psylla pyri. |
Gravel-stone (n.) A pebble, or small fragment of stone |
Grindle stone () A grindstone. |
Jew's-stone (n.) Alt. of Jewstone |
Louse (n.) Any one of numerous species of small, wingless, suctorial, parasitic insects belonging to a tribe (Pediculina), now usually regarded as degraded Hemiptera. To this group belong of the lice of man and other mammals |
Louse (n.) Any one of numerous small mandibulate insects, mostly parasitic on birds, and feeding on the feathers. They are known as Mallophaga, or bird lice, though some occur on the hair of mammals. They are usually regarded as degraded Pseudoneuroptera. See Mallophaga. |
Louse (n.) Any one of the numerous species of aphids, or plant lice. See Aphid. |
Louse (n.) Any small crustacean parasitic on fishes. See Branchiura, and Ichthvophthira. |
Louse (v. t.) To clean from lice. |
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. |
Sea louse () Any one of numerous species of isopod crustaceans of Cymothoa, Livoneca, and allied genera, mostly parasites on fishes. |
Sea wood louse () A sea slater. |
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 |
Stone (n.) To rub, scour, or sharpen with a stone. |
Stone-blind (a.) As blind as a stone |
Stone-cold (a.) Cold as a stone. |
Stone-dead (a.) As dead as a stone. |
Stone-deaf (a.) As deaf as a stone |
Stone-hearted (a.) Hard-hearted |
Stone-horse (n.) Stallion. |
Stone-still (a.) As still as a stone. |
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) |
sea louse sea slater | marine isopod crustacean |
whale louse | amphipod crustacean parasitic on cetaceans |
fish louse | a kind of copepod |
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 |
louse sucking louse | wingless usually flattened bloodsucking insect parasitic on warm-blooded animals |
common louse Pediculus humanus | head or body louse |
head louse Pediculus capitis | infests the head and body of humans |
body louse cootie Pediculus corporis | a parasitic louse that infests the body of human beings |
crab louse pubic louse crab Phthirius pubis | a louse that infests the pubic region of the human body |
bird louse biting louse louse | wingless insect with mouth parts adapted for biting, mostly parasitic on birds |
chicken louse shaft louse Menopon palladum Menopon gallinae | a louse parasitic on poultry |
louse fly hippoboscid | bloodsucking dipterous fly parasitic on birds and mammals |
plant louse louse | any of several small insects especially aphids that feed by sucking the juices from plants |
woolly aphid woolly plant louse | secretes a waxy substance like a mass of fine curly white cotton or woolly threads |
grape louse grape phylloxera Phylloxera vitifoleae | destructive to various grape plants |
jumping plant louse psylla psyllid | small active cicada-like insect with hind legs adapted for leaping, feeds on plant juices |
bark-louse bark louse | any of several insects living on the bark of plants |
booklouse book louse deathwatch Liposcelis divinatorius | minute wingless psocopterous insects injurious to books and papers |
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 |
onion thrips onion louse Thrips tobaci | injurious to onion plants and sometimes tobacco |
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 |
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 |
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 |
stone | a lack of feeling or expression or movement, he must have a heart of stone, her face was as hard as stone |
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 |
stone crab | pale flesh with delicate texture and flavor, found in Florida but now very rare |
bladder stone cystolith | a calculus formed in the bladder |
kidney stone urinary calculus nephrolith renal calculus | a calculus formed in the kidney |
rock stone | a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter, he threw a rock at me |
stepping stone | a stone in a marsh or shallow water that can be stepped on in crossing |
stone breaker | someone who breaks up stone |
worm louse insect dirt ball | a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect |
Stone Edward Durell Stone | United States architect (-) |
Stone Harlan Fiske Stone | United States jurist who served on the United States Supreme Court as chief justice (-) |
Stone I. F. Stone Isidor Feinstein Stone | United States journalist who advocated liberal causes (-) |
Stone Lucy Stone | United States feminist and suffragist (-) |