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- Blarney Stone
- A stone set in to the upper wall of Blarney Castle in Ireland, which if kissed is supposed to bestow the gift of the gab or blarney
- Paper Scissors Stone
- The game Rock Paper Scissors
- Rosetta Stone
- A large inscribed stone found near Rosetta, Egypt, in 1799; later used as a basis for understanding many previously undecipherable examples of hieroglyphic writing
- Rosetta Stone
- (hence) Any source of information crucial to interpreting
My friend’s carefully-compiled notebook was the Rosetta Stone that opened understanding of the physics lectures.
- Scissors Paper Stone
- The game Rock Paper Scissors
- Smithfield stone
- A British unit of weight used in the meat trade, equal to 8 pounds (avoirdupois)
- Stone Age
- A broad prehistoric period during which humans widely used stone for toolmaking
- Stone Age
- Any extremely primitive or undeveloped era
- Stone Age
- The time a particular field was introduced and was in its earliest stages of development
- Tyndall stone
- A dolomitic limestone quarried in the vicinity of Tyndall, Manitoba, Canada, famous for its pervasive mottling and numerous fossils
More and more my father chooses to decorate the stone surfaces with elaborate cipher, even though Tyndall stone, with its mottled coloring, is thought to be resistant to fine carving.
- a rolling stone gathers no moss
- A person who does not keep active will grow mouldy
- a rolling stone gathers no moss
- A person who never settles in one place will never be successful
- alley stone
- A colloquial name for the mineral aluminite
- beat one's head against a stone wall
- to waste effort on a futile project
- benben stone
- A sacred stone found in solar temples in ancient Egypt
According to beliefs, the pyramidion on its apex represents the benben stone, an ancient object that was thought to receive the first rays of the rising sun.
- carved in stone
- unchangeable
Until you sign it, the terms of the contract aren't yet carved in stone.
- cast the first stone
- To act self-righteously in accusing another person, believing that one is blameless
I knew I couldn't cast the first stone as I knew I had weaknesses. ... (But) as a leader of the government trying to uphold the rule of law I have no choice but to move forward and say you cannot accept perjury in your highest officials.
- dry-stone
- Constructed by laying carefully selected stones on top of each other, and bedding them down with no mortar
- grape-stone
- The seed (pip) of a grape
- kidney stone
- A calculus in the kidney; (older term) kidney gravel
- kill two birds with one stone
- To solve two problems with one single action
Biking to work kills two birds with one stone. It saves money travelling and will help to lose weight.
- leave no stone unturned
- To do a task very carefully and thoroughly, not missing any step
James Sutherland insists Australia had no alternative but to cancel the tour. We have left no stone unturned in trying to ensure the tour could proceed as planned but at the end of the day the safety and security of our employees must come first..
- leave no stone unturned
- To search thoroughly for something, looking in every conceivable place
- philosopher's stone
- A substance able to turn base metals into gold or silver, usually by means of the application and distillation of another substance, usually mercury; also sometimes claimed to give immortality
- precious stone
- Any gem, such as a diamond or ruby, that is expensive because of its rarity or desirability; especially one set into a piece of jewelry
- pumice stone
- A piece of pumice; also used as a collective noun
in the midst a little riuer plaide / Emongst the pumy stones, which seemd to plaine / With gentle murmure, that his course they did restraine.
- pumy stone
- Obsolete form of pumice stone
- rai stone
- Any of a class of large, circular stone disks, carved out of limestone, in the island of Yap, Micronesia
- reading stone
- A hemisphere of glass used as a magnifier when placed with its flat side against a surface with text
- rolling stone
- A person who moves around a lot and never settles down
Like a rolling stone?.
- rolling stone
- A womanizer
- set in stone
- to make permanent, certain, or firm
The plan looks good, but don't set it in stone until we have discussed it a bit more.
- set in stone
- permanent; certain; firm
The decision won't be set in stone until we release the documents.
- standing stone
- A prehistoric monument consisting of an upright megalith; often in groups
- stepping stone
- A stone that can be stepped on in crossing something, especially a marsh or creek
- stepping stone
- To be as a stepping stone, a good place to begin or cross over to
Esperanto can make a good stepping stone language to Latin, which may be difficult for amateur linguists.
- stepping stone
- Something used as a way to progress to something or somewhere else
He was full of ambition, and force, and life, intending all sorts of great things, and meaning to make his position a stepping stone to all that was excellent in public life..
- stone
- (plural: stone) A unit of mass equal to 14 pounds. Used to measure the weights of people, animals, cheese, wool, etc. 1 stone ≈ 6.3503 kilograms
- stone
- A playing piece made of any hard material, used in various board games such as backgammon, and go
- stone
- To intoxicate, especially with narcotics. (Usually in passive)
- stone
- A hard, stone-like deposit
kidney stone.
- stone
- A 42-pound, precisely shaped piece of granite with a handle attached, which is bowled down the ice
- stone
- A hard earthen substance that can form large rocks and boulders
- stone
- As a stone (used with following adjective)
My father is stone deaf. This soup is stone cold.
- stone
- To remove a stone from (fruit etc.)
- stone
- The central part of some fruits, particularly drupes; consisting of the seed and a hard endocarp layer
a peach stone.
- stone
- To pelt with stones, especially to kill by pelting with stones
- stone
- A small piece of stone
- stone
- To form a stone during growth, with reference to fruit etc
- stone
- A gemstone, a jewel, especially a diamond
- stone
- A dull light grey or beige, like that of some stones
stone colour:.
- stone
- Of a dull light grey or beige, like that of some stones
- stone
- Constructed of stone
stone walls.
- stone
- Having the appearance of stone
stone pot.
- stone
- Absolutely, completely (used with following adjective)
I went stone crazy after she left.
- stone
- Complete, absolute, of the highest degree
stone free.
- stone bramble
- A plant species of the genus Rubus, Rubus saxatilis
- stone brambles
- plural form of stone bramble
- stone cold
- Very cold; lacking any semblance of warmth
I forgot to turn on the burner under the soup and found it sitting there, still stone cold, twenty minutes later.
- stone cold
- Certain; definite; obvious
Interest rate rise a 'stone-cold certainty' despite industry plea ().
- stone cold sober
- Completely sober. Not having taken any alcoholic drink at all for a long time
- stone crab
- The king crab
- stone crab
- The Florida stone crab
- stone curlew
- Several species of large terrestrial birds in the family Burhinidae
- stone curlews
- plural form of stone curlew
- stone dead
- Utterly dead
- stone deaf
- Utterly deaf
Years of working under such noisy conditions ultimately left him stone deaf.
- stone frigate
- a shore establishment of the Royal Navy and some Commonwhealth navies
- stone fruit
- Any fruit with a soft fleshy exterior surrounding a hard pit or stone containing the seed
- stone fruits
- plural form of stone fruit
- stone marten
- Martes foina; beech marten
- stone martens
- plural form of stone marten
- stone mulching
- The practice of covering plant roots with stone, in the manner of a mulch
In experiments, stone mulching decreases soil water evaporation, protects against wind and rain erosion, and reduces daily temperature fluctuation..
- stone pine
- A species of pine native of southern Europe, Pinus pinea
- stone soup
- A traditional Portuguese thick soup, sopa de pedra
Sopa de pedra (stone soup) is a marvellously thick country soup of numerous vegetables and meats. Adding the stone is optional.
- stone the crows
- Generalized expression of surprise or amazement, or just for emphasis
Why, stone the crows! I'll look yous up.
- stone's throw
- A short distance, roughly equivalent to how far a person can throw a stone
He came on looking upon the ground, and did not see Bathsheba till they were less than a stone's throw apart.
- stone-age
- Belonging in the Stone Age
- stone-cold
- Without emotion
He was a stone-cold killer, he didn't flinch, blink, or care as he took the shot.
- stone-cold
- Completely cold
By the time I returned to my desk, my tea was stone-cold'.
- stone-curlew
- Alternative spelling of stone curlew
- stone-fruit
- Attributive form of stone fruit, noun
It had a stone-fruit taste to it: it tasted something like a nectarine, actually.
- stone-mulching
- Attributive form of stone mulching, noun
- through-stone
- A horizontal slab acting as a gravestone
- turn to stone
- To become completely still; to stop all movement
The lions would creep up on their prey, but turn to stone when the prey looked in their direction.
- two birds with one stone
- any two things that were performed or completed at the same time by one action
- set in stone
- no longer changeable; "the agreement is not yet set in stone"
- bristol-stone
- {n} a kind of soft trifling diamond
- philsospher's-stone
- {n} a pretended stone that will turn all other metals into gold, a mystery
- stone
- {v} to pelt or kill with stones, to harden
- stone
- {n} a concretion of earth, as clay, lime, silex usually combined with some kind of air, and often with sulphur or a metal; stones are hard, insoluble in water, inductile and unmalleable; also a concretion in the kidneys or bladder, a case containing the kernel of a seed, a testicle, a weight of 14 lb
- stone
- {a} made of or like stone
- boiling stone
- Boiling stones, also known as boiling chips, boileezers or anti-bumping granules, are small, irregularly shaped stones added to liquids to make them boil more smoothly. They provide nucleation sites so the liquid boils easily without becoming superheated. Without boiling chips, a liquid heated in a smooth container can become superheated and "burp" in a sudden, sometimes violent release of vapor. This sudden burp of gas can cause the solution and reagents to be thrown out of the container, possibly causing severe burns, ruining an experiment, or simply making a mess
- cast the first stone
- To be the first to blame someone, lead accusers against a wrongdoer. "Jesus said that a person who was without sin could cast the first stone.", "Although Ben saw the girl cheating, he did not want to cast the first stone."
- sharpening stone
- Sharpening stones are used to grind and hone the edges of steel tools and implements. Examples of items that may be sharpened with a sharpening stone include scissors, knives, razors and tools such as chisels and plane blades
- stone butch
- A stone butch is a female-bodied person who is strongly masculine in character and dress, who tops their partners sexually (and sometimes emotionally), and who does not wish to be touched genitally. Not all stone butches identify in female terms, some are known to identify with male pronouns, and many stone butches - not all, but many - do not identify themselves with lesbian or within the lesbian community. A common partner for a stone butch is a Stone Femme, who is a femme who bottoms sexually or who wishes not to touch the genitals of her stone butch partner
- stone wool
- Mineral wool, also known as rock wool or stone wool, means fibers made from synthetic or natural minerals or metal oxides. It is an inorganic substance used for insulation and filtering. A common mistake is to believe that fiberglass and ceramic fibers are NOT mineral wools, but they are by virtue of their consisting of minerals or metal oxides
- stone wool
- Stone wool also known as rock wool or mineral wool, means fibers made from synthetic or natural minerals or metal oxides. It is an inorganic substance used for insulation and filtering. A common mistake is to believe that fiberglass and ceramic fibers are NOT mineral wools, but they are by virtue of their consisting of minerals or metal oxides