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2,189 words match “TONE”

HEPTONE n.
A liquid hydrocarbon, C7H10, of the valylene series.
HIGH-TONED a. 2 definitions
High in tone or sound.
HOARSTONE n.
A stone designating the Halliwell.
HOLYSTONE n. 2 definitions
A stone used by seamen for scrubbing the decks of ships. Totten.
HONEYSTONE n.
See Mellite.
HORNSTONE n.
A siliceous stone, a variety of quartz, closely resembling flint, but more brittle; -- called also chert.
HYDROPERITONEUM n.
Same as Ascites.
INKSTONE n.
A kind of stone containing native vitriol or subphate of iron, used in making ink.
INTONE v. 2 definitions
To utter with a musical or prolonged note or tone; to chant; as, to intone the church service.
IRESTONE n.
Any very hard rock.
IRONSTONE n.
A hard, earthy ore of iron. Clay ironstone. See under Clay. -- Ironstone china, a hard white pottery, first made in England during the 18th century.
JACKSTONE n.
One of the pebbles or pieces used in the game of jackstones.
JEW'S-STONE; JEWSTONE n.
A large clavate spine of a fossil sea urchin.
KERBSTONE n.
See Curbstone.
KETONE n.
ds and consisting of carbonyl (CO) united with two hydrocarbon radicals. In general the ketones are colorless volatile liquids having a pungent ethereal odor.
KEY TONE n.
See Keynote.
KEYSTONE n.
The central or topmost stone of an arch. This in some styles is made different in size from the other voussoirs, or projects, or is decorated with carving. See Illust. of Arch. Keystone State, the State of Pennsylvania; -- so called from its having been the central State of the Union at the formation of the Constitutio…
KEYSTONE STATE n.
Pennsylvania; -- a nickname alluding to its having been the central one of the 13 original United States.
KINGSTON; KINGSTONE n.
The black angel fish. See Angel fish, under Angel.
KLINKSTONE n.
See Clinkstone.
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