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Sclerodermata :: Sclerodermata (n. pl.) The stony corals; the Madreporaria.

Calculary :: Calculary (n.) A congeries of little stony knots found in the pulp of the pear and other fruits.

Isis :: Isis (n.) Any coral of the genus Isis, or family Isidae, composed of joints of white, stony coral, alternating with flexible, horny joints. See Gorgoniacea..

Holosiderite :: Holosiderite (n.) Meteoric iron; a meteorite consisting of metallic iron without stony matter.

Tophaceous :: Tophaceous (a.) Gritty; sandy; rough; stony.

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

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

Lapilli :: Lapilli (n. pl.) Volcanic ashes, consisting of small, angular, stony fragments or particles..

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..

Petrify :: Petrify (v. i.) To become stone, or of a stony hardness, as organic matter by calcareous deposits..

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

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

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

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..

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

Devitrification :: Devitrification (n.) The act or process of devitrifying, or the state of being devitrified. Specifically, the conversion of molten glassy matter into a stony mass by slow cooling, the result being the formation of crystallites, microbites, etc., in the glassy base, which are then called devitrification products..

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

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

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

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