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(uncountable, geology) A hard earthen substance that can form rocks; especially, such substance when regarded as a building material.
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(nautical) The position of a ship laid on one side.
A bed or cot for a baby, oscillating on rockers or swinging on pivots.
(US) A form of confectionery made by crystallizing sugar around a string.
A slope or inclination.
Influence, weight, or authority that inclines to one side
The act of shaking or being shaken; tremulous or back-and-forth motion.
(figurative) A basis or foundation.
(UK, regional) One of various types of rock or geological strata.
A large mass of stone detached from the surrounding land.
Rocky Balboa, a fictional boxer in a series of films.
A small stone, especially one rounded by the action of water.
(mineralogy) A translucent gemstone, an orthoclase feldspar, that has a pearly lustre.
(mining) The waste that remains after the minerals have been extracted from an ore by ore dressing; the waste from coal mining.
A gemstone made from this mineral.
A large, naturally-occurring cavity formed underground or in the face of a cliff or a hillside.
A precious stone, usually of substantial monetary value or prized for its beauty or shine.
A cobblestone.
A vertical (or nearly vertical) rock face.
(botany) Any of several plants, native to mountain habitats, often grown in rock gardens.
(uncountable) Small fragments of rock, used for laying on the beds of roads and railways, and as ballast.
(countable) A hardened rectangular block of mud, clay etc., used for building.
Constructions made of stone.
The layer of native soil on which the foundation of a road is laid.
A sudden leaping attack.
(architecture, also "window sill") A breast wall; window breast; horizontal brink which forms the base of a window.
(architecture) The face of a building, especially the front view or elevation.
(figuratively) A problem or difficulty with something.
A tool with a heavy head and a handle used for pounding.
Originally, a stick; now specifically, a long and slender piece of metal or (especially) wood, used for various construction or support purposes.
A set of pieces for making a cask or box, usually wood.
The act of, or occurrence of capsizing or overturning.
Initialism of to be read: A list of books that an individual intends to read in the future.
A perennial woody plant taller and larger than a shrub with a wooden trunk and, at some distance from the ground, having leaves and branches.
(physical) A solid object in the shape of a circle.
A curved piece of wood attached to the bottom of a rocking chair or cradle that enables it to rock back and forth.
(Ireland, US, England) A liquor distilled from the fermented mash of grain (as rye, corn, or barley).
(cooking) A quenelle (in the sense of food moulded into an elliptical shape) made using one spoon rather than two.
A liquid (often thickened) condiment or accompaniment to food.
Alternative form of facade. [(architecture) The face of a building, especially the front view or elevation.]
(countable) A small, compact chunk or clump.
A continuous series of like events.
(uncountable) The hairy coat of various mammal species, especially when fine, soft and thick.
(figurative) A potential, unsuspected, hidden problem, hazard, or danger that is easily encountered but not immediately obvious.
(countable, clothing) An outer garment covering the upper torso and arms.
A fruit curd made from a base of coconut milk, eggs and sugar, popular in Southeast Asia.
The generally sterile male or female hybrid offspring of a male donkey and a female horse.
Someone or something that climbs (such as a mountain climber).
A separate article of clothing, usually worn by women and girls, that hangs from the waist and covers the lower torso and part of the legs.
A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material.
(colloquial) A fit of trembling or shivering.
A male deer, antelope, sheep, goat, rabbit, hare, and sometimes the male of other animals such as the hamster, ferret, salmonid, shad and kangaroo.
A blow; a punch; a striking against; the collision of one body against another; the stroke that touches anything.
(countable) A loud, sharp sound, as of a cork coming out of a bottle, especially when the contents are pressurized by fizziness.
The currency of Panama, divided into 100 centésimos
The act of moving; a movement.
Any crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura, having five pairs of legs, the foremost of which are in the form of claws, and a carapace.
Object that rattles.
Production of metal, especially iron, from ore in a process that involves heating and chemical reduction of metal compounds into purified metal.
An enormous mythical bird in Eastern legend.
An unsteady movement or gait.
An act of jolting.
(geology) The rock and subsoil that lies above a mineral deposit such as a coal seam, or any other underground feature.
(figurative) A state of feeling or showing doubt or indecision; a vacillation.
A movement that shakes.
A series of sounds organized in time, usually employing some combination of harmony, melody, rhythm, tempo, etc., often to convey a mood.
A contiguous area of land, smaller than a continent, totally surrounded by water.
A male given name, equivalent to English John.
An area of low fertility and habitation, a desolate place.
(adj)
Germless; free from all living or viable microorganisms.
(US) A form of croquet using short-handled mallets, and played on a hard surface.
A river in Greater Manchester, England, which joins the River Irwell.
(countable) A habitational surname from Old English.
The leading Apostle in the New Testament: Saint Peter.
The capital city of South Dakota, United States, and the county seat of Hughes County.
A male given name from Italian, of mostly American usage.
A surname from Mandarin of Chinese origin, the 63rd most common in China.
A surname from Cantonese.
A surname.
The Rolling Stones, a very successful British rock band formed in the 1960s, still together in the 21st century
A strip of material used for strengthening or coupling.
(military, slang, dated) Acronym of herrings in tomato sauce.