Below are possible answers for the crossword clue Unit of weight.
4 letter answer(s) to unit of weight
GRAM
Danish physician and bacteriologist who developed a method of staining bacteria to distinguish among them (1853-1938)
Gram - a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram
5 letter answer(s) to unit of weight
OUNCE
a unit of apothecary weight equal to 480 grains or one twelfth of a pound
a unit of weight equal to one sixteenth of a pound or 16 drams or 28.349 grams
large feline of upland central Asia having long thick whitish fur
The snow leopard (Panthera uncia), also known as the ounce, is a large cat native to the mountain ranges of Central and South Asia.
POUND
16 ounces avoirdupois; "he got a hernia when he tried to lift 100 pounds"
a nontechnical unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound with an acceleration of free fall equal to 32 feet/sec/sec
a public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs; "unlicensed dogs will be taken to the pound"
a symbol for a unit of currency (especially for the pound sterling in Great Britain)
a unit of apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces troy
break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle; "pound the roots with a heavy flat stone"
formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence
hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument; "the salesman pounded the door knocker"; "a bible-thumping Southern Baptist"
move heavily or clumsily; "The heavy man lumbered across the room"
move rhythmically; "Her heart was beating fast"
partition off into compartments; "The locks pound the water of the canal"
STONE
a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry; "he had the gem set in a ring for his wife"; "she had jewels made of all the rarest stones"
a lack of feeling or expression or movement; "he must have a heart of stone"; "her face was as hard as stone"
a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter; "he threw a rock at me"
an avoirdupois unit used to measure the weight of a human body; equal to 14 pounds; "a heavy chap who must have weighed more than twenty stone"
building material consisting of a piece of rock hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose; "he wanted a special stone to mark the site"
kill by throwing stones at; "People wanted to stone the woman who had a child out of wedlock"
material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust; "that mountain is solid rock"; "stone is abundant in New England and there are many quarries"
of any of various dull tannis
3 letter answer(s) to unit of weight
TON
a British unit of weight equivalent to 2240 pounds
a United States unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds
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