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Definition of stony

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Stony (superl.) Of or pertaining to stone, consisting of, or abounding in, stone or stones; resembling stone; hard; as, a stony tower; a stony cave; stony ground; a stony crust..

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Rock :: Rock (n.) A large concreted mass of stony material; a large fixed stone or crag. See Stone.

Calcify :: Calcify (v. t.) To make stony or calcareous by the deposit or secretion of salts of lime.

Decalcify :: Decalcify (v. t.) To deprive of calcareous matter; thus, to decalcify bones is to remove the stony part, and leave only the gelatin..

Mineralization :: Mineralization (n.) The conversion of a cell wall into a material of a stony nature.

Madreporaria :: Madreporaria (n. pl.) An extensive division of Anthozoa, including most of the species that produce stony corals. See Illust. of Anthozoa..

Actinaria :: Actinaria (n. pl.) A large division of Anthozoa, including those which have simple tentacles and do not form stony corals. Sometimes, in a wider sense, applied to all the Anthozoa, expert the Alcyonaria, whether forming corals or not..

Heliopora :: Heliopora (n.) An East Indian stony coral now known to belong to the Alcyonaria; -- called also blue coral.

Stonish :: Stoniness (n.) The quality or state of being stony.

Stony :: Stony (superl.) Converting into stone; petrifying; petrific.

Stoniness :: Stonily (adv.) In a stony manner.

Brimstony :: Brimstony (a.) Containing or resembling brimstone; sulphurous.

Astonying :: Astonying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Aston.

Petrous :: Petrous (a.) Like stone; hard; stony; rocky; as, the petrous part of the temporal bone..

Stont :: Stonish (a.) Stony.

Petrify :: Petrify (v. i.) Fig.: To become stony, callous, or obdurate..

Sclerenchyma :: Sclerenchyma (n.) The hard calcareous deposit in the tissues of Anthozoa, constituting the stony corals..

Stonework :: Stoneweed (n.) Any plant of the genus Lithospermum, herbs having a fruit composed of four stony nutlets..

Fungian :: Fungian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Fungidae, a family of stony corals..

Lapidify :: Lapidify (v. i.) To become stone or stony.

Calcify :: Calcify (v. i.) To become changed into a stony or calcareous condition, in which lime is a principal ingredient, as in the formation of teeth..