Architecture (n.) The art or science of building |
Architecture (n.) Construction, in a more general sense |
Claude Lorraine glass () A slightly convex mirror, commonly of black glass, used as a toy for viewing the reflected landscape. |
Egg-glass (n.) A small sandglass, running about three minutes, for marking time in boiling eggs |
Flint glass () A soft, heavy, brilliant glass, consisting essentially of a silicate of lead and potassium. It is used for tableware, and for optical instruments, as prisms, its density giving a high degree of dispersive power |
Glass (v. t.) A hard, brittle, translucent, and commonly transparent substance, white or colored, having a conchoidal fracture, and made by fusing together sand or silica with lime, potash, soda, or lead oxide. It is used for window panes and mirrors, for articles of table and culinary use, for lenses, and various articles of ornament. |
Glass (v. t.) Any substance having a peculiar glassy appearance, and a conchoidal fracture, and usually produced by fusion. |
Glass (v. t.) Anything made of glass. |
Glass (v. t.) A looking-glass |
Glass (v. t.) A vessel filled with running sand for measuring time |
Glass (v. t.) A drinking vessel |
Glass (v. t.) An optical glass |
Glass (v. t.) A weatherglass |
Glass (v. t.) To reflect, as in a mirror |
Glass (v. t.) To case in glass. |
Glass (v. t.) To cover or furnish with glass |
Glass (v. t.) To smooth or polish anything, as leater, by rubbing it with a glass burnisher. |
Glass-crab (n.) The larval state (Phyllosoma) of the genus Palinurus and allied genera. It is remarkable for its strange outlines, thinness, and transparency. See Phyllosoma. |
Glass-faced (a.) Mirror-faced |
Glass-gazing (a.) Given to viewing one's self in a glass or mirror |
Glass maker (n.) Alt. of Glassmaker |
Glass-rope (n.) A remarkable vitreous sponge, of the genus Hyalonema, first brought from Japan. It has a long stem, consisting of a bundle of long and large, glassy, siliceous fibers, twisted together. |
Glass-snail (n.) A small, transparent, land snail, of the genus Vitrina. |
Glass-snake (n.) A long, footless lizard (Ophiosaurus ventralis), of the Southern United States |
Glass-sponge (n.) A siliceous sponge, of the genus Hyalonema, and allied genera |
Lady's looking-glass () See Venus's looking-glass, under Venus. |
Looking-glass (n.) A mirror made of glass on which has been placed a backing of some reflecting substance, as quicksilver. |
Millefiore glass () Slender rods or tubes of colored glass fused together and embedded in clear glass |
Muscovy glass () Mica |
Water glass () See Soluble glass, under Glass. |
architecture | the profession of designing buildings and environments with consideration for their esthetic effect |
glass lizard glass snake joint snake | snakelike lizard of Europe and Asia and North America with vestigial hind limbs and the ability to regenerate its long fragile tail |
glass sponge | a siliceous sponge (with glassy spicules) of the class Hyalospongiae |
alcohol thermometer alcohol-in-glass thermometer | thermometer consisting of a glass capillary tube marked with degrees Celsius or Fahrenheit and containing alcohol which rises or falls as it expands or contracts with changes in temperature |
architecture | an architectural product or work |
beer glass | a relatively large glass for serving beer |
bell jar bell glass | a bell-shaped glass cover used to protect and display delicate objects or to cover scientific apparatus or to contain gases |
cheval glass | a full length mirror mounted in a frame in which it can be tilted |
clinical thermometer mercury-in-glass clinical thermometer | a mercury thermometer designed to measure the temperature of the human body, graduated to cover a range a few degrees on either side of the normal body temperature |
cover glass cover slip | a small and very thin piece of glass used to cover the specimen on a microscope slide |
crystal watch crystal watch glass | a protective cover that protects the face of a watch |
cut glass | glass decorated by cutting or grinding facets |
field glass glass spyglass | a small refracting telescope |
flute flute glass champagne flute | a tall narrow wineglass |
glass drinking glass | a container for holding liquids while drinking |
glass | glassware collectively, She collected old glass |
glass cutter | a tool for cutting glass |
glass eye | prosthesis consisting of an artificial eye made of glass |
hand glass simple microscope magnifying glass | light microscope consisting of a single convex lens that is used to produce an enlarged image, the magnifying glass was invented by Roger Bacon in |
hand glass hand mirror | a mirror intended to be held in the hand |
highball glass | a tall glass for serving highballs |
jeweler's glass | an optical instrument used by jewelers, has one or more lenses and is used to view features not readily seen |
liqueur glass | a small glass for serving a small amount of liqueur (typically after dinner) |
looking glass glass | a mirror, usually a ladies' dressing mirror |
mercury thermometer mercury-in-glass thermometer | thermometer consisting of mercury contained in a bulb at the bottom of a graduated sealed glass capillary tube marked in degrees Celsius or Fahrenheit, mercury expands with a rise in temperature causing a thin thread of mercury to rise in the tube |
c methamphetamine methamphetamine hydrochloride Methedrine meth deoxyephedrine chalk chicken feed crank glass ice shabu trash | an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride, used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant |
objective objective lens object lens object glass | the lens or system of lenses in a telescope or microscope that is nearest the object being viewed |
optical fiber glass fiber optical fibre glass fibre | a very thin fiber made of glass that functions as a waveguide for light, used in bundles to transmit images |
pane pane of glass window glass | sheet glass cut in shapes for windows or doors |
parfait glass | a tall slender glass with a short stem in which parfait is served |
pier glass pier mirror | a large mirror between two windows |
plate glass sheet glass | glass formed into large thin sheets |
shot glass jigger pony | a small glass adequate to hold a single swallow of whiskey |
snifter brandy snifter brandy glass | a globular glass with a small top, used for serving brandy |
stained-glass window | a window made of stained glass |
Venetian glass | fine glassware made near Venice |
watch glass | laboratory glassware, a shallow glass dish used as an evaporating surface or to cover a beaker |
water clock clepsydra water glass | clock that measures time by the escape of water |
water gauge water gage water glass | gauge for indicating the level of water in e.g. a tank or boiler or reservoir |
water glass | a glass for drinking water |
computer architecture architecture | (computer science) the structure and organization of a computer's hardware or system software, the architecture of a computer's system software |
architectural style style of architecture type of architecture | architecture as a kind of art form |
Byzantine architecture | the style of architecture developed in the Byzantine Empire developed after the th century, massive domes with square bases and round arches and spires and much use of mosaics |
classical architecture Greco-Roman architecture | architecture influenced by the ancient Greeks or Romans |
Greek architecture | the architecture of ancient Greece |
Roman architecture | the architecture of ancient Rome |
Gothic Gothic architecture | a style of architecture developed in northern France that spread throughout Europe between the th and th centuries, characterized by slender vertical piers and counterbalancing buttresses and by vaulting and pointed arches |
Romanesque Romanesque architecture | a style of architecture developed in Italy and western Europe between the Roman and the Gothic styles after AD, characterized by round arches and vaults and by the substitution of piers for columns and profuse ornament and arcades |
Norman architecture | a Romanesque style first appearing in Normandy aroundAD and used in Britain from the Norman Conquest until the th century |
perpendicular perpendicular style English-Gothic English-Gothic architecture | a Gothic style in th and th century England, characterized by vertical lines and a fourentered (Tudor) arch and fan vaulting |