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Multi-word Results
| Blarney stone |
a stone in Blarney Castle in Ireland, reputed to give the gift of blarney to those who kiss it. |
| cast the first stone |
to be the first to accuse someone of wrongdoing. |
| kidney stone |
an abnormal mass of hard mineral deposits that forms in the kidney. |
| kill two birds with one stone |
to meet two goals with one action. |
| leave no stone unturned |
to use every means possible; consider every choice. |
| philosophers' stone |
an imaginary substance for which alchemists searched, believing it was capable of conferring wisdom, prolonging life, and transmuting any base metal, such as lead, into gold or silver. |
| precious stone |
any of several minerals, such as diamonds, rubies, sapphires, or emeralds, that are valued for their rarity and beauty, and are often used in jewelry; gem. |
| Rosetta stone |
an inscribed stone tablet found near Rosetta, Egypt, in 1799 that bears parallel legends in Greek as well as ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic and demotic scripts, thus enabling the first deciphering of Egyptian hieroglyphics. [2 definitions] |
| Stone Age |
the stage of human culture when stone tools and weapons were made and used. The Stone Age dates from about two million B.C. to about 3,500 B.C. |
| stone-blind |
thoroughly and completely blind. (Cf. sand-blind, gravel-blind.) |
| stone-deaf |
thoroughly and completely deaf. |
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