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Look up: Glass

  1. glass
    A non-crystaline rock that results from very rapid cooling of magma.
    Found on http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gl

  2. Glass
    an inorganic product of fusion which has cooled to a rigid condition without crystallizing.
    Found on http://www.tulane.edu/~bmitche/book/glos

  3. glass
    liquid with its viscosity so high that it appears solid, even though its constituent atoms and ions do not have a regular arrangement like those of crystalline substances.
    Found on http://www.cst.cmich.edu/users/dietr1rv/

  4. glass
    [n] - a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure 2. [n] - the quantity a glass will hold 3. [n] - glassware collectively 4. [n] - a glass container for holding liquids while drinking 5. [v] - furnish with glass, as of a window 6. [v] - scan with binoculars...
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  5. Glass
    The material predominantly used to glaze windows
    Found on http://www.caldwell.co.uk/glossary/gloss

  6. Glass
    A fusion of sand and wood ash. Coloured with the addition of metal oxides. Used for the production of beads, and enamels for decoration.
    Found on http://www.gallica.co.uk/celts/glossary.

  7. Glass
    Wine glass.Transparent or translucent substance that is physically neither a solid or liquid. It is made by fusing certain types of sand (silica).
    Found on http://www.diracdelta.co.uk/science/sour

  8. glass
    The Romans learned from the Syrians how to blow glass. This was a new and simple technique, although ways of making glass had been known for centuries. As a result, glass became widely used in Roman times. From ca. AD 200 the different styles of glass came together and all parts of the Roman Empire began to make glass of the same kind. Thousands of…
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contrib

  9. glass
    an inorganic product of fusion which has cooled to a rigid condition without crystallizing Category: The chemical industry
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  10. Glass
    A hard, brittle substance, usually transparent, made by fusing silicates under high temperatures with soda, lime, etc.
    Found on http://www.rookinspections.com/glossary/

  11. Glass
    known to man since at least 4000BC, the basic ingredients are sand and a flux to reduce the melting point, such as soda. Ideal ingredients are basically, soda ash, lime and pure white silica sand, which are then fused together at high temperature. The Romans used glass in windows, after wh...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20935

  12. glass
    Hard, transparent or translucent substance made from the fusion of silica, such as sand or flint, and an alkali, such as potash or soda. When heated to about 1100°C (2000°F) the ingredients fuse together and become molten. In this state the metal, as it is technically called, can be shaped by blowing, casting, moulding or pressing. Glass can be col …
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contrib

  13. Glass
    Glass (glȧs) noun [ Middle English glas , gles , Anglo-Saxon glæs ; akin to D., G., Dan., & Swedish glas , Icelandic glas , gler , Danish glar ; confer Anglo-Saxon glær amber, Latin ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/G/31

  14. Glass
    Glass transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Glassed ; present participle & verbal noun Glassing .] 1. To reflect, as in a mirror; to mirror; -- used reflexively. « Ha...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/G/31

  15. glass
    1. A hard, brittle, translucent, and commonly transparent substance, white or coloured, having a conchoidal fracture, and made by fusing together sand or silica with lime, potash, soda, or lead oxide. It is used for window panes and mirrors, for articles of table and culinary use, for lenses, and va...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  16. glass
    drinking glass noun a container for holding liquids while drinking
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  17. glass
    glaze verb furnish with glass; `glass the windows`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  18. glass
    glass in verb enclose with glass; `glass in a porch`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  19. glass
    verb scan (game in the forest) with binoculars
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  20. glass
    (glas) a hard, brittle, often transparent material, usually consisting of the fused amorphous silicates of potassium or sodium, and of calcium, with silica in excess. a container, usually cylindrical, made from this material. cupping glass a small vessel from which the...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001

  21. Glass
    • (v. t.) To cover or furnish with glass; to glaze. • (v. t.) Anything made of glass. • (v. t.) To reflect, as in a mirror; to mirror; -- used reflexively. • (v. t.) An optical glass; a lens; a spyglass; -- in the plural, spectacles; as, a pair of glasses; he wears glasses. &bull...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  22. Glass
    (from the article `Rayonism`) ...founded by Mikhail F. Larionov, representing one of the first steps toward the development of abstract art in Russia. Larionov exhibited one of ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/g/36

  23. glass
    an inorganic solid material that is usually transparent or translucent as well as hard, brittle, and impervious to the natural elements. Glass has ... [61 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/g/36

  24. glass
    Type: Term Pronunciation: glas Definitions: 1. A transparent substance composed of silica and oxides of various bases.
    Found on http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictio

  25. glass
    (IBM) silicon. [Jargon File]
    Found on http://foldoc.org/glass



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11 February 2012

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On 11th February, 1858, a 14 year old French peasant girl, Bernadette Soubirous claimed to have seen visions of the Virgin Mary at her native Lourdes. She also revealed that the waters of a spring near a grotto in Lourdes had been given healing powers by the Virgin. Eventually, the Roman Catholic church decided that the visions were authentic. Franz Werfel wrote the novel, Song of Bernadette, based on the story of Bernadette's visions. read more

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