eyeglass | (noun) lens for correcting defective vision in one eye; held in place by facial muscles | Synonyms: monocle |
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eyeglasses | (noun) (plural) optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision | Synonyms: glasses, specs, spectacles |
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fiberglass | (noun) a covering material made of glass fibers in resins | Synonyms: fibreglass |
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fibreglass | (noun) a covering material made of glass fibers in resins | Synonyms: fiberglass |
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glasnost | (noun) a policy of the Soviet government allowing freer discussion of social problems | - |
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glass | (noun) a container made of glass for holding liquids while drinking | Synonyms: drinking glass |
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(noun) an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride; used as a stimulant to the nervous system and as an appetite suppressant | Synonyms: chalk, chicken feed, crank, deoxyephedrine, ice, meth, methamphetamine, methamphetamine hydrochloride, Methedrine, shabu, trash |
(noun) a mirror; usually a ladies' dressing mirror | Synonyms: looking glass |
(noun) a small refracting telescope | Synonyms: field glass, spyglass |
(noun) glassware collectively | - |
(noun) the quantity a glass will hold | Synonyms: glassful |
(noun) a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure | - |
glassblower | (noun) someone skilled in blowing bottles from molten glass | - |
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glasses | (noun) (plural) optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision | Synonyms: eyeglasses, specs, spectacles |
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glassful | (noun) the quantity a glass will hold | Synonyms: glass |
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glasshouse | (noun) a building with glass walls and roof; for the cultivation and exhibition of plants under controlled conditions | Synonyms: greenhouse |
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glassmaker | (noun) someone who makes glass | - |
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glassware | (noun) an article of tableware made of glass | Synonyms: glasswork |
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glasswork | (noun) an article of tableware made of glass | Synonyms: glassware |
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glassworker | (noun) someone who cuts flat glass to size | Synonyms: glass-cutter, glass cutter, glazer, glazier |
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glassworks | (noun) a workplace where glass is made | - |
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glasswort | (noun) fleshy maritime plant having fleshy stems with rudimentary scalelike leaves and small spikes of minute flowers; formerly used in making glass | Synonyms: Salicornia europaea, samphire |
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(noun) bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash | Synonyms: barilla, kali, kelpwort, Salsola kali, Salsola soda, saltwort |
hourglass | (noun) a sandglass that runs for sixty minutes | - |
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isinglass | (noun) any of various minerals consisting of hydrous silicates of aluminum or potassium etc. that crystallize in forms that allow perfect cleavage into very thin leaves; used as dielectrics because of their resistance to electricity | Synonyms: mica |
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plexiglass | (noun) a light transparent weather resistant thermoplastic | Synonyms: Plexiglas |
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sandglass | (noun) timepiece in which the passage of time is indicated by the flow of sand from one transparent container to another through a narrow passage | - |
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spyglass | (noun) a small refracting telescope | Synonyms: field glass, glass |
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sunglass | (noun) a convex lens that focuses the rays of the sun; used to start a fire | - |
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sunglasses | (noun) (plural) spectacles that are darkened or polarized to protect the eyes from the glare of the sun | Synonyms: dark glasses, shades |
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weatherglass | (noun) a simple barometer for indicating changes in atmospheric pressure | - |
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wineglass | (noun) a glass that has a stem and in which wine is served | - |
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