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() 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 |
Painting
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Paint |
Painting
(n.) The act or employment of laying on, or adorning with, paints or colors. |
Painting
(n.) The work of the painter |
Painting
(n.) Color laid on |
Painting
(n.) A depicting by words |
Reverse
(a.) Turned backward |
Reverse
(a.) Turned upside down |
Reverse
(a.) Reversed |
Reverse
(a.) That which appears or is presented when anything, as a lance, a line, a course of conduct, etc., is reverted or turned contrary to its natural direction. |
Reverse
(a.) That which is directly opposite or contrary to something else |
Reverse
(a.) The act of reversing |
Reverse
(a.) The back side |
Reverse
(a.) A thrust in fencing made with a backward turn of the hand |
Reverse
(a.) A turn or fold made in bandaging, by which the direction of the bandage is changed. |
Reverse
(a.) To turn back |
Reverse
(a.) To cause to return |
Reverse
(a.) To change totally |
Reverse
(a.) To turn upside down |
Reverse
(a.) Hence, to overthrow |
Reverse
(a.) To overthrow by a contrary decision |
Reverse
(v. i.) To return |
Reverse
(v. i.) To become or be reversed. |
Water glass
() See Soluble glass, under Glass. |
reversion reverse reversal turnabout
turnaround | turning in the opposite direction |
| reverse hang | a hang with the arms extended in back |
| piked reverse hang | a reverse hang performed on the rings |
reverse split
reverse stock split
split down | a decrease in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders' equity |
| reverse | (American football) a running play in which a back running in one direction hands the ball to a back running in the opposite direction |
| double reverse | (American football) a running play in which a first reverse is followed by a second reverse |
| painting house painting | the occupation of a house painter, house painting was the only craft he knew |
| painting | the act of applying paint to a surface, you can finish the job of painting faster with a roller than with a brush |
| spray painting | applying paint with a sprayer |
| finger-painting | painting by using the fingers to spread the paint |
| painting | creating a picture with paints, he studied painting and sculpture for many years |
| oil painting | the art or method of painting with oil paints |
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 |
Abstract Expressionism
action painting | a New York school of painting characterized by freely created abstractions, the first important school of American painting to develop independently of European styles |
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 |
| 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 |
binoculars
field glasses
opera glasses | an optical instrument designed for simultaneous use by both eyes |
| 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 |
| finger-painting | a painting produced by spreading paint with the fingers |
flute flute glass
champagne flute | a tall narrow wineglass |
| genre painting | a genre depicting everyday life |
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 |
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 |
landscape
landscape painting | a genre of art dealing with the depiction of natural scenery |
| 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 |
mural
wall painting | a painting that is applied to a wall surface |
non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor
NNRTI | an antiviral drug used against HIV, binds directly to reverse transcriptase and prevents RNA conversion to DNA, often used in combination with other drugs |
nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor
NRTI | an antiviral drug used against HIV, is incorporated into the DNA of the virus and stops the building process, results in incomplete DNA that cannot create a new virus, often used in combination with other drugs |
nude
nude painting | a painting of a naked human figure |
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 |
| oil painting | a picture painted with oil paints |
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 |
painting
picture | graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface, a small painting by Picasso, he bought the painting as an investment, his pictures hang in the Louvre |