stone | (adjective) of any of various dull tannish or grey colors | - |
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(noun) building material consisting of a piece of rock hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose | - |
(noun) a lack of feeling or expression or movement | - |
(noun) a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter | Synonyms: rock |
(noun) the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed | Synonyms: endocarp, pit |
(noun) an avoirdupois unit used to measure the weight of a human body; equal to 14 pounds | - |
(noun) material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust | Synonyms: rock |
(noun) a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry | Synonyms: gem, gemstone |
(verb) remove the pits from | Synonyms: pit |
(verb) kill by throwing stones at | Synonyms: lapidate |
stonechat | (noun) common European chat with black plumage and a reddish-brown breast | Synonyms: Saxicola torquata |
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stonecress | (noun) any Old World herb of the genus Aethionema; native of sunny limestone habitats | Synonyms: stone cress |
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stonecrop | (noun) any of various northern temperate plants of the genus Sedum having fleshy leaves and red or yellow or white flowers | - |
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stonecutter | (noun) someone who cuts or carves stone | Synonyms: cutter |
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stoned | (adjective) under the influence of narcotics, especially cannabis | Synonyms: hopped-up |
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stoneface | (noun) any plant of the genus Lithops native to Africa having solitary yellow or white flowers and thick leaves that resemble stones | Synonyms: flowering stone, lithops, living stone, stone-face, stone life face, stone plant |
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stonefish | (noun) venomous tropical marine fish resembling a piece of rock | Synonyms: Synanceja verrucosa |
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stonefly | (noun) primitive winged insect with a flattened body; used as bait by fishermen; aquatic gilled larvae are carnivorous and live beneath stones | Synonyms: plecopteran, stone fly |
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stoneless | (adjective) (of fruits having stones) having the stone removed | - |
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stonelike | (adjective) (of bone especially the temporal bone) resembling stone in hardness | Synonyms: petrous |
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stonemason | (noun) a craftsman who works with stone or brick | Synonyms: mason |
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stoner | (noun) an attacker who pelts the victim with stones (especially with intent to kill) | Synonyms: lapidator |
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stoneroot | (noun) erect perennial strong-scented with serrate pointed leaves and a loose panicle of yellowish flowers; the eastern United States | Synonyms: Collinsonia canadensis, horse balm, horseweed, richweed, stone-root, stone root |
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stonewall | (verb) engage in delaying tactics or refuse to cooperate | - |
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(verb) obstruct or hinder any discussion | - |
stonewaller | (noun) one who stonewalls or refuses to answer or cooperate; someone who delays by lengthy speeches etc. | - |
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stonewalling | (noun) stalling or delaying especially by refusing to answer questions or cooperate | - |
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stoneware | (noun) ceramic ware that is fired in high heat and vitrified and nonporous | - |
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stonewash | (verb) wash with stones to achieve a worn appearance | Synonyms: stone-wash |
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stonework | (noun) masonry done with stone | - |
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stonewort | (noun) any of various submerged aquatic algae of the genus Chara having nodes with whorled filamentlike branches; usually encrusted with calcium carbonate deposits | - |
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stonily | (adverb) in a stony manner | - |
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stoning | (noun) the act of pelting with stones; punishment inflicted by throwing stones at the victim (even unto death) | Synonyms: lapidation |
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stony | (adjective) hard as granite | Synonyms: granitelike, granitic, rocklike |
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(adjective) showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings | Synonyms: flint, flinty, granitic, obdurate |
(adjective) abounding in rocks or stones | Synonyms: bouldered, bouldery, rocky |
stonyhearted | (adjective) devoid of feeling for others | Synonyms: hardhearted, unfeeling |
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