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"
a lack of feeling or expression or movement; "he must have a heart of stone"; "her face was as hard as stone"
United States architect (1902-1978)
United States jurist who served on the United States Supreme Court as chief justice (1872-1946)
United States journalist who advocated liberal causes (1907-1989)
United States feminist and suffragist (1818-1893)
United States filmmaker (born in 1946)
United States jurist who was named chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1941 by Franklin D. Roosevelt (1872-1946)
the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed; "you should remove the stones from prunes before cooking"
an avoirdupois unit used to measure the weight of a human body; equal to 14 pounds; "a heavy chap who must have weighed more than twenty stone"
of any of various dull tannish or grey colors
kill by throwing stones at; "People wanted to stone the woman who had a child out of wedlock"
a massive monument with a square base and four triangular sides; begun by Cheops around 2700 BC as royal tombs in ancient Egypt
(stock market) a series of transactions in which the speculator increases his holdings by using the rising market value of those holdings as margin for further purchases
a polyhedron having a polygonal base and triangular sides with a common vertex
increase rapidly and progressively step by step on a broad base
arrange or build up as if on the base of a pyramid
use or deal in (as of stock or commercial transaction) in a pyramid deal
enlarge one's holdings on an exchange on a continued rise by using paper profits as margin to buy additional amounts
(film) a gradual transition from one scene to the next; the next scene is gradually superimposed as the former scene fades out
declare void; "The President dissolved the parliament and called for new elections"
come to an end; "Their marriage dissolved"; "The tobacco monopoly broke up"
bring the association of to an end or cause to break up; "The decree officially dissolved the marriage"; "the judge dissolved the tobacco company"
become or cause to become soft or liquid; "The sun melted the ice"; "the ice thawed"; "the ice cream melted"; "The heat melted the wax"; "The giant iceberg dissolved over the years during the global warming phase"; "dethaw the meat"
pass into a solution; "The sugar quickly dissolved in the coffee"
cause to go into a solution; "The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water"
become weaker; "The sound faded out"
cause to fade away; "dissolve a shot or a picture"
lose control emotionally; "She dissolved into tears when she heard that she had lost all her savings in the pyramid scheme"
cause to lose control emotionally; "The news dissolved her into tears"