1. A crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewellery
   - gem, stone

Derived forms: gemstones

See also: lapidary

Type of: crystal

Part of: jewellery [Brit, Cdn], jewelry [N. Amer]

Encyclopedia: Gemstone

• brachycephaly
• Brachychiton
• Brachychiton acerifolius
• Brachychiton australis
• Brachychiton populneus
• Brachychiton rupestris
• Brachycome
• Brachycome Iberidifolia
• brachycranial
• brachycranic
• brachydactylia
• brachydactylic
• brachydactylous
• brachydactyly
• brachypterous
• Brachystegia
• Brachystegia speciformis
• brachytherapy
• Brachyura
• brachyuran
• brachyurous
• bracing
• bracken
• bracket
• bracket creep