Explore further
Words connected by meaning
Their definitions overlap or refer to similar ideas. Use these to widen your search, then compare the exact meanings.
Calender
noun · 78% connection
A machine, used for the purpose of giving cloth, paper, etc., a smooth, even, and glossy or glazed surface, by cold or hot pressure, o…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: giving, dull, ground, surface, glass.
Carboy
noun · 78% connection
A large, globular glass bottle, esp. one of green glass, inclosed in basket work or in a box, for protection; -- used commonly for car…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: giving, dull, ground, surface, glass.
Crystal
noun · 78% connection
A species of glass, more perfect in its composition and manufacture than common glass, and often cut into ornamental forms. See Flint…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: giving, dull, ground, surface, glass.
Cyanuric acid
unknown · 78% connection
an organic acid, C3O3N3H3, first obtained by heating uric acid or urea, and called pyrouric acid; afterwards obtained from isocyanic a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: giving, dull, ground, surface, glass.
Drab
noun · 78% connection
A kind of thick woolen cloth of a dun, or dull brownish yellow, or dull gray, color; -- called also drabcloth.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: giving, dull, ground, surface, glass.
Drag
verb · 78% connection
To draw slowly or heavily onward; to pull along the ground by main force; to haul; to trail; -- applied to drawing heavy or resisting…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: giving, dull, ground, surface, glass.
Dull
superl. · 78% connection
Not bright or clear to the eye; wanting in liveliness of color or luster; not vivid; obscure; dim; as, a dull fire or lamp; a dull red…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: giving, dull, ground, surface, glass.
Earth
noun · 78% connection
The softer inorganic matter composing part of the surface of the globe, in distinction from the firm rock; soil of all kinds, includin…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: giving, dull, ground, surface, glass.
Flat
superl. · 78% connection
Lying at full length, or spread out, upon the ground; level with the ground or earth; prostrate; as, to lie flat on the ground; hence,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: giving, dull, ground, surface, glass.
Flint glass
unknown · 78% connection
A soft, heavy, brilliant glass, consisting essentially of a silicate of lead and potassium. It is used for tableware, and for optical…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: giving, dull, ground, surface, glass.
Glycocoll
noun · 78% connection
A crystalline, nitrogenous substance, with a sweet taste, formed from hippuric acid by boiling with hydrochloric acid, and present in…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: giving, dull, ground, surface, glass.
Ground
noun · 78% connection
Any definite portion of the earth's surface; region; territory; country. Hence: A territory appropriated to, or resorted to, for a par…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: giving, dull, ground, surface, glass.
Hotpress
verb · 78% connection
To apply to, in conjunction with mechanical pressure, for the purpose of giving a smooth and glosay surface, or to express oil, etc.;…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: giving, dull, ground, surface, glass.
Hypogeous
adjective · 78% connection
Growing under ground; remaining under ground; ripening its fruit under ground.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: giving, dull, ground, surface, glass.
Irradiation
noun · 78% connection
The apparent enlargement of a bright object seen upon a dark ground, due to the fact that the portions of the retina around the image…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: giving, dull, ground, surface, glass.
Level
noun · 78% connection
A line or surface to which, at every point, a vertical or plumb line is perpendicular; a line or surface which is everywhere parallel…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: giving, dull, ground, surface, glass.
Machine
noun · 78% connection
In general, any combination of bodies so connected that their relative motions are constrained, and by means of which force and motion…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: giving, dull, ground, surface, glass.
Mechanical
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, governed by, or in accordance with, mechanics, or the laws of motion; pertaining to the quantitative relations of force…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: giving, dull, ground, surface, glass.
