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Stony :: 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..

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..

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

Hydrocorallia :: Hydrocorallia (n. pl.) A division of Hydroidea, including those genera that secrete a stony coral, as Millepora and Stylaster. Two forms of zooids in life project from small pores in the coral and resemble those of other hydroids. See Millepora..

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

Lapidescence :: Lapidescence (n.) A stony concretion.

Inlapidate :: Inlapidate (v. t.) To convert into a stony substance; to petrity.

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

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

Loy :: Loy (n.) A long, narrow spade for stony lands..

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

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

Lithophyte :: Lithophyte (n.) A hard, or stony, plantlike organism, as the gorgonians, corals, and corallines, esp. those gorgonians having a calcareous axis. All the lithophytes except the corallines are animals..

Lapidify :: Lapidify (v. t.) To convert into stone or stony material; to petrify.

Astonied :: Astonied (p. p.) Stunned; astonished. See Astony.

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

Tabulata :: Tabulata (n. pl.) An artificial group of stony corals including those which have transverse septa in the calicles. The genera Pocillopora and Favosites are examples.

Astony :: Astony (v. t.) To stun; to bewilder; to astonish; to dismay.

Lithoidal :: Lithoidal (a.) Like a stone; having a stony structure.

Stood :: Stony (superl.) Inflexible; cruel; unrelenting; pitiless; obdurate; perverse; cold; morally hard; appearing as if petrified; as, a stony heart; a stony gaze..

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