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Palmitone :: Palmitone (n.) The ketone of palmitic acid.

Set :: Set (v. t.) To lower into place and fix solidly, as the blocks of cut stone in a structure..

Ballast :: Ballast (a.) The larger solids, as broken stone or gravel, used in making concrete..

Acetone :: Acetone (n.) A volatile liquid consisting of three parts of carbon, six of hydrogen, and one of oxygen; pyroacetic spirit, -- obtained by the distillation of certain acetates, or by the destructive distillation of citric acid, starch, sugar, or gum, with quicklime..

Lithotriptor :: Lithotriptor (n.) An instrument for triturating the stone in the bladder; a lithotrite.

Purl :: Purl (v. i.) To run swiftly round, as a small stream flowing among stones or other obstructions; to eddy; also, to make a murmuring sound, as water does in running over or through obstructions..

Hautboy :: Hautboy (n.) A wind instrument, sounded through a reed, and similar in shape to the clarinet, but with a thinner tone. Now more commonly called oboe. See Illust. of Oboe..

Hydractinian :: Hydractinian (n.) Any species or marine hydroids, of the genus Hydractinia and allied genera. These hydroids form, by their rootstalks, a firm, chitinous coating on shells and stones, and esp. on spiral shells occupied by hermit crabs. See Illust. of Athecata..

Nephrotomy :: Nephrotomy (n.) Extraction of stone from the kidney by cutting.

Apology :: Apology (n.) An acknowledgment intended as an atonement for some improper or injurious remark or act; an admission to another of a wrong or discourtesy done him, accompanied by an expression of regret..

Putting :: Putting (n.) The throwing of a heavy stone, shot, etc., with the hand raised or extended from the shoulder; -- originally, a Scottish game..

Wreckfish :: Wreckfish (n.) A stone bass.

Whinstone :: Whinstone (n.) A provincial name given in England to basaltic rocks, and applied by miners to other kind of dark-colored unstratified rocks which resist the point of the pick. -- for example, to masses of chert. Whin-dikes, and whin-sills, are names sometimes given to veins or beds of basalt..

Carmot :: Carmot (n.) The matter of which the philosopher's stone was believed to be composed.

Cantoned :: Cantoned (a.) Having a charge in each of the four corners; -- said of a cross on a shield, and also of the shield itself..

Butyrone :: Butyrone (n.) A liquid ketone obtained by heating calcium butyrate.

Sequence :: Sequence (n.) A melodic phrase or passage successively repeated one tone higher; a rosalia.

Rendering :: Rendering (n.) The act of laying the first coat of plaster on brickwork or stonework.

Buzz :: Buzz (v. t.) To whisper; to communicate, as tales, in an under tone; to spread, as report, by whispers, or secretly..

Tinstone :: Tinstone (n.) Cassiterite.

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