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Stony

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.

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Hard 84% connected

Not easily penetrated, cut, or separated into parts; not yielding to pressure; firm; solid; compact; -- applied to material bodies, and opposed to so…

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Hard 84% connected

Not easily penetrated, cut, or separated into parts; not yielding to pressure; firm; solid; compact; -- applied to material bodies, and opposed to so…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Heartless 84% connected

Without a heart.

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Heartless 84% connected

Without a heart.

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Rough 84% connected

Having inequalities, small ridges, or points, on the surface; not smooth or plain; as, a rough board; a rough stone; rough cloth.

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Rough 84% connected

Having inequalities, small ridges, or points, on the surface; not smooth or plain; as, a rough board; a rough stone; rough cloth.

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Endocarp 74% connected

The inner layer of a ripened or fructified ovary.

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Endocarp 74% connected

The inner layer of a ripened or fructified ovary.

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Stone 74% connected

Concreted earthy or mineral matter; also, any particular mass of such matter; as, a house built of stone; the boy threw a stone; pebbles are rounded…

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Stone 74% connected

Concreted earthy or mineral matter; also, any particular mass of such matter; as, a house built of stone; the boy threw a stone; pebbles are rounded…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Bouldery 92% connected

Characterized by bowlders.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Flint 92% connected

A massive, somewhat impure variety of quartz, in color usually of a gray to brown or nearly black, breaking with a conchoidal fracture and sharp edge…

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Flinty 92% connected

Consisting of, composed of, abounding in, or resembling, flint; as, a flinty rock; flinty ground; a flinty heart.

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Granitic 92% connected

Like granite in composition, color, etc.; having the nature of granite; as, granitic texture.

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Obdurate 92% connected

Hardened in feelings, esp. against moral or mollifying influences; unyielding; hard-hearted; stubbornly wicked.

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Rocky 92% connected

Full of, or abounding in, rocks; consisting of rocks; as, a rocky mountain; a rocky shore.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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