Definition that contains sands
- th a soft silvery-white tetravalent radioactive metallic element; isotope 232 is used as a power source in nuclear reactors; occurs in thorite and in monazite sands
- mak a terrorist organization founded by Osama bin Laden in the 1980s to provide money and recruit fighters around the world; enlisted and transported thousands of men to Afghanistan to fight the Russians; a split in the group led bin Laden and the extremist faction of MAK to form al-Qaeda
- grit a hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone
- ives United States lithographer who (with his partner Nathaniel Currier) produced thousands of prints signed `Currier & Ives' (1824-1895)
- quartz a hard glossy mineral consisting of silicon dioxide in crystal form; present in most rocks (especially sandstone and granite); yellow sand is quartz with iron oxide impurities
- firestone a sandstone that withstands intense heat; used to line fireplaces and furnaces and kilns
- torquemada the Spaniard who as Grand Inquisitor was responsible for the death of thousands of Jews and suspected witches during the Spanish Inquisition (1420-1498)
- brownstone a reddish brown sandstone; used in buildings
- varna (Hinduism) the name for the original social division of Vedic people into four groups (which are subdivided into thousands of jatis)
- bluestone bluish-grey sandstone used for paving and building