Cairn: alternatives and connections

a person of Anglo-Saxon (especially British) descent whose native tongue is English and whose culture is strongly influenced by Englis…

unmistakably (‘plain’ is often used informally for ‘plainly’); "the answer is obviously wrong"; "she was in bed and evidently in great…

A conical calcareous fossil, tapering to a point at the lower extremity, with a conical cavity at the other end, where it is ordinaril…

In England, an incorporated town that is not a city; also, a town that sends members to parliament; in Scotland, a body corporate, con…

An empty tomb or a monument erected in honor of a person who is buried elsewhere.

A small, low pillar, square or round, commonly having an inscription, used by the ancients for various purposes, as for indicating the…

A sepulchral chamber with niches for holding cinerary urns.

Having the form of, or resembling, a geometrical cone; round and tapering to a point, or gradually lessening in circumference; as, a c…

A conical or conical-ended mass of coiled thread, yarn, or roving, wound upon a spindle, etc.

early spring flower common in British isles having fragrant yellow or sometimes purple flowers

A monument of rough stones composed of one or more large ones supported in a horizontal position upon others. They are found chiefly i…

To gather or throw into a heap; to heap together; to accumulate.

In advance of the usual or appointed time; in good season; prior in time; among or near the first; -- opposed to late; as, the early b…

An inscription on, or at, a tomb, or a grave, in memory or commendation of the one buried there; a sepulchral inscription.

Capable of being erected; susceptible of being erected of dilated.

unmistakably (‘plain’ is often used informally for ‘plainly’); "the answer is obviously wrong"; "she was in bed and evidently in great…

To throw or lay in a heap; to make a heap of; to pile; as, to heap stones; -- often with up; as, to heap up earth; or with on; as, to…

A grave, coffin, tomb, or sepulchral monument.