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. |
Magnifier
(n.) One who, or that which, magnifies. |
Magnifying
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Magnify |
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. |
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 |
| 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 |
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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| magnifier | a scientific instrument that magnifies an image |
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 |
spectacles
specs
eyeglasses
glasses | optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision |
| stained-glass window | a window made of stained glass |
sunglasses
dark glasses
shades | spectacles that are darkened or polarized to protect the eyes from the glare of the sun, he was wearing a pair of mirrored shades |
| 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 |
| glass ceiling | a ceiling based on attitudinal or organizational bias in the work force that prevents minorities and women from advancing to leadership positions |
| pheasant under glass | a dish of roast pheasant served in a manner characteristic of expensive restaurants |
glass cutter
glassutter
glassworker
glazier
glazer | someone who cuts flat glass to size |
| glass cutter glassutter | someone who cuts or grinds designs on glass |
looking glass tree
Heritiera macrophylla | large evergreen tree of India and Burma whose leaves are silvery beneath |
looking-glass plant
Heritiera littoralis | small tree of coastal regions of Old World tropics whose leaves are silvery beneath |
glass
glassful | the quantity a glass will hold |