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Ambrotype
noun · 78% connection
A picture taken on a plate of prepared glass, in which the lights are represented in silver, and the shades are produced by a dark bac…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: becoming, transparent, like, glass.
Aventurine
noun · 78% connection
A kind of glass, containing gold-colored spangles. It was produced in the first place by the accidental (par aventure) dropping of som…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: becoming, transparent, like, glass.
Avoidance
noun · 78% connection
The act of becoming vacant, or the state of being vacant; -- specifically used for the state of a benefice becoming void by the death,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: becoming, transparent, like, glass.
Beryl
noun · 78% connection
A mineral of great hardness, and, when transparent, of much beauty. It occurs in hexagonal prisms, commonly of a green or bluish green…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: becoming, transparent, like, glass.
Binocle
noun · 78% connection
A dioptric telescope, fitted with two tubes joining, so as to enable a person to view an object with both eyes at once; a double-barre…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: becoming, transparent, like, glass.
Binocular
noun · 78% connection
A binocular glass, whether opera glass, telescope, or microscope.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: becoming, transparent, like, glass.
Bocca
noun · 78% connection
The round hole in the furnace of a glass manufactory through which the fused glass is taken out.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: becoming, transparent, like, glass.
Bubble
noun · 78% connection
A globule of air, or globular vacuum, in a transparent solid; as, bubbles in window glass, or in a lens.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: becoming, transparent, like, glass.
Came
noun · 78% connection
A slender rod of cast lead, with or without grooves, used, in casements and stained-glass windows, to hold together the panes or piece…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: becoming, transparent, like, 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: becoming, transparent, like, glass.
Contraction
noun · 78% connection
The act of incurring or becoming subject to, as liabilities, obligation, debts, etc.; the process of becoming subject to; as, the cont…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: becoming, transparent, like, 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: becoming, transparent, like, glass.
Decency
noun · 78% connection
The quality or state of being decent, suitable, or becoming, in words or behavior; propriety of form in social intercourse, in actions…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: becoming, transparent, like, glass.
Dynameter
noun · 78% connection
An instrument for determining the magnifying power of telescopes, consisting usually of a doubleimage micrometer applied to the eye en…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: becoming, transparent, like, glass.
Flash
verb · 78% connection
To cover with a thin layer, as objects of glass with glass of a different color. See Flashing, n., 3 (b).
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: becoming, transparent, like, glass.
Flashing
noun · 78% connection
A mode of covering transparent white glass with a film of colored glass.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: becoming, transparent, like, glass.
Flask
noun · 78% connection
A narrow-necked vessel of metal or glass, used for various purposes; as of sheet metal, to carry gunpowder in; or of wrought iron, to…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: becoming, transparent, like, 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: becoming, transparent, like, glass.
