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Analogue
noun · 78% connection
A species or genus in one country closely related to a species of the same genus, or a genus of the same group, in another: such speci…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: siliceous, sponge, genus, hyalonema, allied.
Crocidolite
noun · 78% connection
A mineral occuring in silky fibers of a lavender blue color. It is related to hornblende and is essentially a silicate of iron and sod…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: siliceous, sponge, genus, hyalonema, allied.
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: siliceous, sponge, genus, hyalonema, allied.
Devitrification
noun · 78% connection
The act or process of devitrifying, or the state of being devitrified. Specifically, the conversion of molten glassy matter into a sto…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: siliceous, sponge, genus, hyalonema, allied.
Euplectella
noun · 78% connection
A genus of elegant, glassy sponges, consisting of interwoven siliceous fibers, and growing in the form of a cornucopia; -- called also…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: siliceous, sponge, genus, hyalonema, allied.
Filefish
noun · 78% connection
Any plectognath fish of the genera Monacanthus, Alutera, balistes, and allied genera; -- so called on account of the roughly granulate…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: siliceous, sponge, genus, hyalonema, allied.
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: siliceous, sponge, genus, hyalonema, allied.
Glass-rope
noun · 78% connection
A remarkable vitreous sponge, of the genus Hyalonema, first brought from Japan. It has a long stem, consisting of a bundle of long and…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: siliceous, sponge, genus, hyalonema, allied.
Glassy
adjective · 78% connection
Resembling glass in its properties, as in smoothness, brittleness, or transparency; as, a glassy stream; a glassy surface; the glassy…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: siliceous, sponge, genus, hyalonema, allied.
Glazing
noun · 78% connection
The act or art of setting glass; the art of covering with a vitreous or glasslike substance, or of polishing or rendering glossy.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: siliceous, sponge, genus, hyalonema, allied.
Globefish
noun · 78% connection
A plectognath fish of the genera Diodon, Tetrodon, and allied genera. The globefishes can suck in water or air and distend the body to…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: siliceous, sponge, genus, hyalonema, allied.
Grist
noun · 78% connection
In rope making, a given size of rope, common grist being a rope three inches in circumference, with twenty yarns in each of the three…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: siliceous, sponge, genus, hyalonema, allied.
Grunt
noun · 78% connection
Any one of several species of American food fishes, of the genus Haemulon, allied to the snappers, as, the black grunt (A. Plumieri),…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: siliceous, sponge, genus, hyalonema, allied.
Guy
noun · 78% connection
A rope, chain, or rod attached to anything to steady it; as: a rope to steady or guide an object which is being hoisted or lowered; a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: siliceous, sponge, genus, hyalonema, allied.
Halichondriae
n. pl. · 78% connection
An order of sponges, having simple siliceous spicules and keratose fibers; -- called also Keratosilicoidea.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: siliceous, sponge, genus, hyalonema, allied.
Hexactinelline
adjective · 78% connection
Belonging to the Hexactinellinae, a group of sponges, having six-rayed siliceous spicules.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: siliceous, sponge, genus, hyalonema, allied.
Hyaline
adjective · 78% connection
Glassy; resembling glass; consisting of glass; transparent, like crystal.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: siliceous, sponge, genus, hyalonema, allied.
Hyaloid
adjective · 78% connection
Resembling glass; vitriform; transparent; hyaline; as, the hyaloid membrane, a very delicate membrane inclosing the vitreous humor of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: siliceous, sponge, genus, hyalonema, allied.
