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Glasswork

Manufacture of glass; articles or ornamentation made of glass.

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Crystal 76% connected

The regular form which a substance tends to assume in solidifying, through the inherent power of cohesive attraction. It is bounded by plane surfaces…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Glass 76% connected

A hard, brittle, translucent, and commonly transparent substance, white or colored, having a conchoidal fracture, and made by fusing together sand or…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Tableware 76% connected

Ware, or articles collectively, for table use.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Glass 70% connected

A hard, brittle, translucent, and commonly transparent substance, white or colored, having a conchoidal fracture, and made by fusing together sand or…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Glassware 92% connected

Ware, or articles collectively, made of glass.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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