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() A slightly convex mirror, commonly of black glass, used as a toy for viewing the reflected landscape. |
Cuttoo plate
() A hood over the end of a wagon wheel hub to keep dirt away from the axle. |
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 |
Plate
(n.) A flat, or nearly flat, piece of metal, the thickness of which is small in comparison with the other dimensions |
Plate
(n.) Metallic armor composed of broad pieces. |
Plate
(n.) Domestic vessels and utensils, as flagons, dishes, cups, etc., wrought in gold or silver. |
Plate
(n.) Metallic ware which is plated, in distinction from that which is genuine silver or gold. |
Plate
(n.) A small, shallow, and usually circular, vessel of metal or wood, or of earth glazed and baked, from which food is eaten at table. |
Plate
(n.) A piece of money, usually silver money. |
Plate
(n.) A piece of metal on which anything is engraved for the purpose of being printed |
Plate
(n.) A page of stereotype, electrotype, or the like, for printing from |
Plate
(n.) That part of an artificial set of teeth which fits to the mouth, and holds the teeth in place. It may be of gold, platinum, silver, rubber, celluloid, etc. |
Plate
(n.) A horizontal timber laid upon a wall, or upon corbels projecting from a wall, and supporting the ends of other timbers |
Plate
(n.) A roundel of silver or tinctured argent. |
Plate
(n.) A sheet of glass, porcelain, metal, etc., with a coating that is sensitive to light. |
Plate
(n.) A prize giving to the winner in a contest. |
Plate
(v. t.) To cover or overlay with gold, silver, or other metals, either by a mechanical process, as hammering, or by a chemical process, as electrotyping. |
Plate
(v. t.) To cover or overlay with plates of metal |
Plate
(v. t.) To adorn with plated metal |
Plate
(v. t.) To beat into thin, flat pieces, or laminae. |
Plate
(v. t.) To calender |
Plate-gilled
(a.) Having flat, or leaflike, gills, as the bivalve mollusks. |
Polished
(imp. & p. p.) of Polish |
Polished
(a.) Made smooth and glossy, as by friction |
Water glass
() See Soluble glass, under Glass. |
spin the plate
spin the platter | a game in which something round (as a plate) is spun on edge and the name of a player is called, the named player must catch the spinning object before it falls or pay a forfeit |
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 |
ctene
comb-plate | a locomotor organ consisting of a row of strong cilia whose bases are fused |
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 |
armor plate
armour plate
armor plating
plate armor
plate armour | specially hardened steel plate used to protect fortifications or vehicles from enemy fire |
| 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 |
bite plate
biteplate | a removable dental appliance that is worn in the palate for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes |
| 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 |
| cover plate | covering consisting of a plate used to cover over or close in a chamber or receptacle |
crystal
watch crystal
watch glass | a protective cover that protects the face of a watch |
| cut glass | glass decorated by cutting or grinding facets |
denture
dental plate
plate | a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth |
| dessert plate | a small plate on which dessert can be served |
| dinner plate | a plate from which a diner eats during the main course of a meal |
| fashion plate | a plate illustrating the latest fashion in dress |
field glass
glass spyglass | a small refracting telescope |
finger plate
escutcheon scutcheon | a flat protective covering (on a door or wall etc) to prevent soiling by dirty fingers |
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 |
| gold plate | a thin plating of gold on something |
| gold plate | tableware that is plated with gold |
| gusset gusset plate | a metal plate used to strengthen a joist |
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 |
home plate
home base home plate | (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands, it must be touched by a base runner in order to score, he ruled that the runner failed to touch home |
hot plate
hotplate | a portable electric appliance for heating or cooking or keeping food warm |
| jeweler's glass | an optical instrument used by jewelers, has one or more lenses and is used to view features not readily seen |
license plate
numberplate | a plate mounted on the front and back of car and bearing the car's registration number |
| 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 |
| L-plate | a square plate bearing the letter L that is attached to both ends of a car to indicate that the driver is a learner |
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 |
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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 |
| paper plate | a disposable plate made of cardboard |
| 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 | dish on which food is served or from which food is eaten |
| plate scale shell | a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners) |
| plate | a sheet of metal or wood or glass or plastic |