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. |
Cutter (n.) One who cuts |
Cutter (n.) That which cuts |
Cutter (n.) A fore tooth |
Cutter (n.) A boat used by ships of war. |
Cutter (n.) A fast sailing vessel with one mast, rigged in most essentials like a sloop. A cutter is narrower end deeper than a sloop of the same length, and depends for stability on a deep keel, often heavily weighted with lead. |
Cutter (n.) A small armed vessel, usually a steamer, in the revenue marine service |
Cutter (n.) A small, light one-horse sleigh. |
Cutter (n.) An officer in the exchequer who notes by cutting on the tallies the sums paid. |
Cutter (n.) A ruffian |
Cutter (n.) A kind of soft yellow brick, used for facework |
Dry-stone (a.) Constructed of uncemented stone. |
Gravel-stone (n.) A pebble, or small fragment of stone |
Grindle stone () A grindstone. |
Hay-cutter (n.) A machine in which hay is chopped short, as fodder for cattle. |
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. |
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 |
daisy cutter | a batted or served ball that skims along close to the ground |
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 |
Blarney Stone | a stone in a castle in Ireland that is said to impart skill in flattery to anyone who kisses it |
bolt cutter | an implement for cutting bolts |
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 |
cheese cutter | a kitchen utensil (board or handle) with a wire for cutting cheese |
cigar cutter | an implement for cutting the tip off of a cigar |
cookie cutter | a kitchen utensil used to cut a sheet of cookie dough into desired shapes before baking |
cutter cutlery cutting tool | a cutting implement, a tool for cutting |
cutter | a sailing vessel with a single mast set further back than the mast of a sloop |
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 |
fragmentation bomb antipersonnel bomb anti-personnel bomb daisy cutter | a bomb with onlytoper cent explosive and the remainder consisting of casings designed to break into many small high-velocity fragments, most effective against troops and vehicles |
glass cutter | a tool for cutting glass |
jewel gem precious stone | a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry |
linoleum knife linoleum cutter | a knife having a short stiff blade with a curved point used for cutting linoleum |
menhir standing stone | a tall upright megalith, found primarily in England and northern France |
paper cutter | a cutting implement for cutting sheets of paper to the desired size |
paving stone | a stone used for paving |
pipe cutter | a hand tool for cutting pipe |
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 |
tender ship's boat pinnace cutter | a boat for communication between ship and shore |
tile cutter | a cutter (tool for cutting) for floor tiles |
wire cutter | an edge tool used in cutting wire |
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 |
cutter | someone whose work is cutting (as e.g. cutting cloth for garments) |
cutter carver | someone who carves the meat |
garment cutter | someone who cuts cloth etc. to measure in making garments |
gem cutter | one who cuts and shapes precious stones |
glass cutter glassutter glassworker glazier glazer | someone who cuts flat glass to size |
glass cutter glassutter | someone who cuts or grinds designs on glass |
stone breaker | someone who breaks up stone |
stonecutter cutter | someone who cuts or carves stone |
Stone Edward Durell Stone | United States architect (-) |