Case (n.) A box, sheath, or covering |
Case (n.) A box and its contents |
Case (n.) A shallow tray divided into compartments or "boxes" for holding type. |
Case (n.) An inclosing frame |
Case (n.) A small fissure which admits water to the workings. |
Case (v. t.) To cover or protect with, or as with, a case |
Case (v. t.) To strip the skin from |
Case (n.) Chance |
Case (n.) That which befalls, comes, or happens |
Case (n.) A patient under treatment |
Case (n.) The matters of fact or conditions involved in a suit, as distinguished from the questions of law |
Case (n.) One of the forms, or the inflections or changes of form, of a noun, pronoun, or adjective, which indicate its relation to other words, and in the aggregate constitute its declension |
Case (v. i.) To propose hypothetical cases. |
Case-bay (n.) The space between two principals or girders |
Case-bay (n.) One of the joists framed between a pair of girders in naked flooring. |
Case knife () A knife carried in a sheath or case. |
Case knife () A large table knife |
Case shot () A collection of small projectiles, inclosed in a case or canister. |
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 |
Fly-case (n.) The covering of an insect, esp. the elytra of beetles. |
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. |
Lower-case (a.) Pertaining to, or kept in, the lower case |
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. |
case load | the number of cases handled in a given period of time (as by a court or agency) |
case study | a detailed analysis of a person or group from a social or psychological or medical point of view |
trespass on the case | an action brought to recover damages from a person whose actions have resulted indirectly in injury or loss, a person struck by a log as it was thrown onto a road could maintain trespass against the thrower but one who was hurt by stumbling over it could maintain and action on the case |
lawsuit suit case cause causa | a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy, the family brought suit against the landlord |
antitrust case | a legal action brought against parties who are charged with limiting free competition in the market place |
custody case | a legal action to determine custody (usually of children following a divorce) |
test case test suit | a representative legal action whose outcome is likely to become a precedent |
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 |
wing case elytron | either of the horny front wings in beetles and some other insects which cover and protect the functional hind wings |
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 |
attache case attache | a shallow and rectangular briefcase |
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 |
case | a portable container for carrying several objects, the musicians left their instrument cases backstage |
case display case showcase vitrine | a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home |
case pillowcase slip pillow slip | bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow, the burglar carried his loot in a pillowcase |
case compositor's case typesetter's case | (printing) the receptacle in which a compositor has his type, which is divided into compartments for the different letters, spaces, or numbers, for English, a compositor will ordinarily have two such cases, the upper case containing the capitals and the lower case containing the small letters |
case knife sheath knife | a knife with a fixed blade that is carried in a sheath |
case knife | a metal blade with a handle, used as cutlery |
case shot canister canister shot | a metallic cylinder packed with shot and used as ammunition in a firearm |
casing case | the enclosing frame around a door or window opening, the casings had rotted away and had to be replaced |
cheval glass | a full length mirror mounted in a frame in which it can be tilted |
cigarette case | a small flat case for holding cigarettes, can be carried in a purse or a pocket |
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 |
dispatch case dispatch box | case consisting of an oblong container (usually having a lock) for carrying dispatches or other valuables |
dressing case | a small piece of luggage for carrying brushes and bottles and toilet articles while traveling |
field glass glass spyglass | a small refracting telescope |
flute flute glass champagne flute | a tall narrow wineglass |
gearbox gear box gear case | the shell (metal casing) in which a train of gears is sealed |
glass drinking glass | a container for holding liquids while drinking |
glass | glassware collectively, She collected old glass |
glass cutter | a tool for cutting glass |
glasses case | a case for carrying spectacles |
glass eye | prosthesis consisting of an artificial eye made of glass |
gun case | a case for storing a gun |
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 |
letter case | case for carrying letters |
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 |