Claude Lorraine glass () A slightly convex mirror, commonly of black glass, used as a toy for viewing the reflected landscape. |
Clear (superl.) Free from opaqueness |
Clear (superl.) Free from ambiguity or indistinctness |
Clear (superl.) Able to perceive clearly |
Clear (superl.) Not clouded with passion |
Clear (superl.) Easily or distinctly heard |
Clear (superl.) Without mixture |
Clear (superl.) Without defect or blemish, such as freckles or knots |
Clear (superl.) Free from guilt or stain |
Clear (superl.) Without diminution |
Clear (superl.) Free from impediment or obstruction |
Clear (superl.) Free from embarrassment |
Clear (n.) Full extent |
Clear (adv.) In a clear manner |
Clear (adv.) Without limitation |
Clear (v. t.) To render bright, transparent, or undimmed |
Clear (v. t.) To free from impurities |
Clear (v. t.) To free from obscurity or ambiguity |
Clear (v. t.) To render more quick or acute, as the understanding |
Clear (v. t.) To free from impediment or incumbrance, from defilement, or from anything injurious, useless, or offensive |
Clear (v. t.) To free from the imputation of guilt |
Clear (v. t.) To leap or pass by, or over, without touching or failure |
Clear (v. t.) To gain without deduction |
Clear (v. i.) To become free from clouds or fog |
Clear (v. i.) To disengage one's self from incumbrances, distress, or entanglements |
Clear (v. i.) To make exchanges of checks and bills, and settle balances, as is done in a clearing house. |
Clear (v. i.) To obtain a clearance |
Clear-cut (a.) Having a sharp, distinct outline, like that of a cameo. |
Clear-cut (a.) Concisely and distinctly expressed. |
Clear-headed (a.) Having a clear understanding |
Clear-seeing (a.) Having a clear physical or mental vision |
Clear-shining (a.) Shining brightly. |
Clear-sighted (a.) Seeing with clearness |
Clear-sightedness (n.) Acute discernment. |
Crystal (n.) The regular form which a substance tends to assume in solidifying, through the inherent power of cohesive attraction. It is bounded by plane surfaces, symmetrically arranged, and each species of crystal has fixed axial ratios. See Crystallization. |
Crystal (n.) The material of quartz, in crystallization transparent or nearly so, and either colorless or slightly tinged with gray, or the like |
Crystal (n.) A species of glass, more perfect in its composition and manufacture than common glass, and often cut into ornamental forms. See Flint glass. |
Crystal (n.) The glass over the dial of a watch case. |
Crystal (n.) Anything resembling crystal, as clear water, etc. |
Crystal (a.) Consisting of, or like, crystal |
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 |
plain sailing clear sailing easy going | easy unobstructed progress, after we solved that problem the rest was plain sailing |
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 |
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 |
crystal | glassware made of quartz |
crystal | a crystalline element used as a component in various electronic devices |
crystal ball | a glass or crystal globe used in crystal gazing by fortunetellers |
crystal counter | a counter tube in which an ionizing event increases conductivity |
crystal detector | a detector consisting of a fine wire in contact with a galena crystal, acts as a rectifier |
crystal microphone | a microphone in which sound waves vibrate a piezoelectric crystal that generates a varying voltage |
crystal oscillator quartz oscillator | an oscillator that produces electrical oscillations at a frequency determined by the physical characteristics of a piezoelectric quartz crystal |
crystal pickup | a cartridge in which an output voltage is produced by the vibration of a piezoelectric crystal |
crystal set | an early radio receiver using a crystal detector |
cut glass | glass decorated by cutting or grinding facets |
diode semiconductor diode junction rectifier crystal rectifier | a semiconductor that consists of a p-n junction |
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) |
liquid crystal display LCD | a digital display that uses liquid crystal cells that change reflectivity in an applied electric field, used for portable computer displays and watches etc. |
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 |
piezoelectric crystal | a crystal that can be used as a transducer |
plate glass sheet glass | glass formed into large thin sheets |
quartz crystal | a thin plate or small rod of quartz cut along certain lines and ground so that it can produce an electric signal at a constant frequency, used in crystal oscillators |
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 |