…a precious stone consisting of a clear and colourless crystalline form of pure carbon, the hardest naturally occurring substance…
…(1941-), US pop songwriter and singer. Among his many hits are “Cherry, Cherry” (1966), “Sweet Caroline” (1969) “You Don’t Bring Me Flowers” (1978, a duet with Barbra Streisand), and “Hello Again” (1980)…
…a pardalote, which typically has rows of small white spots on the dark parts of its plumage…
…an extinct volcano overlooking the port of Honolulu on the Hawaiian island of Oahu…
…a diamond-shaped design that is stamped into metal to give it industrial strength…
…a hemispherical diamond with the curved part cut in triangular facets…
…the sixtieth anniversary of a notable event, especially a sovereign’s accession or the foundation of an organization…
…a carpet python of a race occurring in the coastal areas of New South Wales…
…a willow tree with diamond-shaped depressions on the trunk as a result of fungal attack, resulting in timber with a diamond-shaped pattern of pale sapwood and darker heartwood…
…(in Africa) a rough diamond traded illicitly to finance an armed struggle…
…a small diamond, not of gem quality, used in abrasives and in cutting and drilling tools…
…used to describe a situation in which a sharp-witted person meets their match…
…a flat, ill-formed, or veiny diamond…
