GEMSTONE Synonyms

• a transparent purple variety of quartz; used as a gemstone

• of a moderate purple color

• a transparent variety of beryl that is blue green in color

• a shade of blue tinged with green

• semiprecious yellow quartz resembling topaz

• a solid formed by the solidification of a chemical and having a highly regular atomic structure

• a crystalline element used as a component in various electronic devices

• a rock formed by the solidification of a substance; has regularly repeating internal structure; external plane faces

• colorless glass made of almost pure silica

• glassware made of quartz

• a protective cover that protects the face of a watch

• a transparent piece of diamond that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem

• very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem

• a parallelogram with four equal sides; an oblique-angled equilateral parallelogram

• a playing card in the minor suit that has one or more red rhombuses on it

• the area of a baseball field that is enclosed by 3 bases and home plate

• the baseball playing field

• a green transparent form of beryl; highly valued as a gemstone

• a transparent piece of emerald that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem

• the green color of an emerald

• any of a group of hard glassy minerals (silicates of various metals) used as gemstones and as an abrasive

• the principal form of iron ore; consists of ferric oxide in crystalline form; occurs in a red earthy form

• a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry

• a person who is as brilliant and precious as a piece of jewelry

• adorn or decorate with precious stones

• a translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color; some varieties are used as gemstones

• a smooth lustrous round structure inside the shell of a clam or oyster; much valued as a jewel

• a shade of white the color of bleached bones

• a shape that is spherical and small

• gather pearls, from oysters in the ocean

• a pale green variety of chrysolite; used as a gemstone

• a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter

• United States gynecologist and devout Catholic who conducted the first clinical trials of the oral contraceptive pill (1890-1984)

• material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust

• (figurative) someone who is strong and stable and dependable

• hard bright-colored stick candy (typically flavored with peppermint)

• a genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of black rhythm-and-blues with white country-and-western

• pitching dangerously to one side

• move back and forth or sideways

• cause to move back and forth

• a transparent piece of ruby that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem

• a transparent deep red variety of corundum; used as a gemstone and in lasers

• a deep and vivid red color

• of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies

• a precious transparent stone of rich blue corundum valued as a gemstone

• a transparent piece of sapphire that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem

• a light shade of blue

• of something having the color of a blue sapphire

• a yellow quartz

• a mineral (fluosilicate of aluminum) that occurs in crystals of various colors and is used as a gemstone

• a light brown the color of topaz

• a mineral that is a complex borosilicate and hydroxide of aluminum containing iron and magnesium and calcium and lithium and sodium; it is usually black but occurs in transparent colored forms that are used as gemstones

• a blue to grey green mineral consisting of copper aluminum phosphate

• a shade of blue tinged with green

• a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry