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Glyptography

The art or process of engraving on precious stones.

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Anaglyph 76% connected

Any sculptured, chased, or embossed ornament worked in low relief, as a cameo.

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Diaglyph 76% connected

An intaglio.

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Glyph 76% connected

A sunken channel or groove, usually vertical. See Triglyph.

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Glyptics 76% connected

The art of engraving on precious stones.

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Intaglio 76% connected

A cutting or engraving; a figure cut into something, as a gem, so as to make a design depressed below the surface of the material; hence, anything so…

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Lithoglyptics 76% connected

The art of cutting and engraving gems.

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Art 76% connected

The second person singular, indicative mode, present tense, of the substantive verb Be; but formed after the analogy of the plural are, with the endi…

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Carving 76% connected

of Carve

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Artistic creation noun · 85% connection

the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he s…

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Artistic production noun · 85% connection

the creation of beautiful or significant things; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he s…

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Painting noun · 85% connection

creating a picture with paints; "he studied painting and sculpture for many years"

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Arts and crafts noun · 85% connection

the arts of decorative design and handicraft; "they sponsored arts and crafts in order to encourage craftsmanship in an age of mass pr…

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Ceramics noun · 85% connection

the art of making and decorating pottery

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Decalcomania noun · 85% connection

the art of transferring designs from specially prepared paper to a wood or glass or metal surface

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Decoupage noun · 85% connection

the art of decorating a surface with shapes or pictures and then coating it with varnish or lacquer

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Drafting noun · 85% connection

the creation of artistic pictures or diagrams; "he learned drawing from his father"

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Draftsmanship noun · 85% connection

the creation of artistic pictures or diagrams; "he learned drawing from his father"

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Drawing noun · 85% connection

the creation of artistic pictures or diagrams; "he learned drawing from his father"

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Gastronomy noun · 85% connection

the art and practice of choosing and preparing and eating good food

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Origami noun · 85% connection

the Japanese art of folding paper into shapes representing objects (e.g., flowers or birds)

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Perfumery noun · 85% connection

the art of making perfumes

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Printmaking noun · 85% connection

artistic design and manufacture of prints as woodcuts or silkscreens

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Sculpture noun · 85% connection

creating figures or designs in three dimensions

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Topiary noun · 85% connection

making decorative shapes by trimming shrubs or trees

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Baroque noun · 78% connection

elaborate and extensive ornamentation in decorative art and architecture that flourished in Europe in the 17th century

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Baroqueness noun · 78% connection

elaborate and extensive ornamentation in decorative art and architecture that flourished in Europe in the 17th century

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Alchemy noun · 78% connection

Miraculous power of transmuting something common into something precious.

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Amalgamator noun · 78% connection

One who, or that which, amalgamates. Specifically: A machine for separating precious metals from earthy particles by bringing them in…

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Base adjective · 78% connection

Of little comparative value, as metal inferior to gold and silver, the precious metals.

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Battery verb · 78% connection

A series of stamps operated by one motive power, for crushing ores containing the precious metals.

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Bdellium noun · 78% connection

An unidentified substance mentioned in the Bible (Gen. ii. 12, and Num. xi. 7), variously taken to be a gum, a precious stone, or pear…

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Breastplate noun · 78% connection

A part of the vestment of the high priest, worn upon the front of the ephod. It was a double piece of richly embroidered stuff, a span…

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Calcedon noun · 78% connection

A foul vein, like chalcedony, in some precious stones.

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Carat noun · 78% connection

The weight by which precious stones and pearls are weighed.

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Carbuncle noun · 78% connection

A charge or bearing supposed to represent the precious stone. It has eight scepters or staves radiating from a common center. Called a…

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Chalcography noun · 78% connection

The act or art of engraving on copper or brass, especially of engraving for printing.

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Choice superl. · 78% connection

Worthly of being chosen or preferred; select; superior; precious; valuable.

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Creux noun · 78% connection

Used in English only in the expression en creux. Thus, engraving en creux is engraving in intaglio, or by sinking or hollowing out the…

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El Dorado unknown · 78% connection

A name given by the Spaniards in the 16th century to an imaginary country in the interior of South America, reputed to abound in gold…

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Engraved adjective · 78% connection

Made by engraving or ornamented with engraving.

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Garland noun · 78% connection

A wreath of chaplet made of branches, flowers, or feathers, and sometimes of precious stones, to be worn on the head like a crown; a c…

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Gem verb · 78% connection

To adorn with gems or precious stones.

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Glyptographic adjective · 78% connection

Relating to glyptography, or the art of engraving on precious stones.

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