rhinestone, amphibole, aquamarine,
tourmaline, rhodolite, spinel, bufonite. Antonyms: paste, strass,
gewgaw, gimcrack, tinsel, pinchbeck, gaud, bauble, foil stone. Associated
words: lapidary, lapidist, lapidarian, cameo, intaglio, facet, naif,
anaglyph, briquet, collet, platinum, bizet, caret, anaglyphic, diaglyptic,
anaglyphies, glyptography, table, bezel, girdle, pavilion, cadrans, mound,
mount, dichroiscope, dichroism, dichroscope.

stone pit. quarry.

stone coffin. sarcophagus.

stonecutting, n. stereotomy.

stonecutter's consumption. chalicosis.

stony, a. rocky, flinty, adamantine, petrous; unrelenting, pitiless.

stool, n. footstool, cricket, hassock, ottoman, tabouret, buffet;
tripod, trivet; faldstool; excrement, faeces.

stoop, v. bend; condescend, deign, descend.

stoop, n. condescension, descent; porch, veranda, piazza.

stop, v. obstruct, close up; stanch; arrest, hinder, impede, block,
stay, check; repress, restrain, suppress, deter, interrupt, suspend,
thwart, preclude, intercept, impede; halt, pause, stagnate, stand; refrain
from, discontinue, cease, desist, suspend, intermit; break off, forbear:
lodge, tarry. Antonyms: continue, persist.

stop, n. cessation, discontinuation, surcease, pause, suspension,
intermission, interception, interruption, obstruction, obstacle,
impediment.

stoppage, n. arrest, stopping, detention, stop.

stopper, n. stopple, cork, bung.

store, n. shop; accumulation, stock, abundance, plenty, hoard,
supply.

store, v. stock, replenish, save, hoard, garner, husband, treasure
up.

storehouse, n. warehouse, repository, depot, store, magazine,
promptuary.

storm, n. tempest. Antonyms: calm, subsidence, serenity,
tranquillity.

storm, v. assault, attack, besiege, expugn; rage, fume, rant.

storminess, n. inclemency, tempestuousness, boisterousness, violence.

stormy, a. tempestuous, boisterous, inclement, rugged, impetuous;
violent, furious, wild; agitated, disturbed. Antonyms: calm, pacific,
serene.

story, n. fiction, tale, anecdote, romance, novel, fable, legend,
myth, parable, apologue, chronicle, record, history, narrative, narration,
yarn, rehearsal, recital, tradition, jeremiad; falsehood, canard; floor,
loft; mezzanine, entresol.

story-teller, n. _raconteur_.

stout, a. strong, powerful, vigorous, enduring, durable, tough;
portly, fleshy, corpulent, thickset, obese, burly, chubby, fat.

straddle, v. bestride.

straight, a. perpendicular, vert