Encyclo - De online Nederlandstalige encyclopedie뮠in 驮 oogopslag
Encyclopedia Sources Categories About Encyclo      Enzyklopädie-DE Encyclopedie-NL
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Index
Agriculture and Industry
Animals and Nature
Architecture and Buildings
Arts
Business and Law
Earth and Environment
Economy and Finance
Education
Electronics and Engineering
Film and Animation
Food and Drink
General
General technical and industrial
Government and organisations
Health and Medicine
History and Culture
Hobbies and Crafts
Language and Literature
Legal
Management
Mathematics and statistics
Meteorology and astronomy
Military and Defence
Music and Sound
People and society
Sciences
Sport and Leisure
Technical and IT
Travel and Transportation

Look up: spectacles

  1. spectacles
    [n] - optical instrument consisting of a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. spectacles
    a pair of ophthalmic lenses together with frame or mounting Category: Medicine
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  3. spectacles
    Lenses set in a frame that holds them in front of the eyes, used to correct errors of refraction or to protect the eyes. The parts of the spectacles are the lenses; the bridge between the lenses, resting on the nose; the rims or frames, encircling the lenses; the sides or temples that pass on either...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  4. spectacles
    specs noun optical instrument consisting of a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  5. spectacles
    (spek´tә-kәlz) glasses.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001

  6. spectacles
    eyeglass, spectacles 1. A glass lens used to correct a defect in visual acuity or to prevent exposure to bright light if the lens is tinted. 2. A transparent refractive device worn to correct reflection errors in the patient's eyes. 3. A device worn to protect the eyes from glare or particles in the air.
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  7. Spectacles
    Spectacles are devices for aiding sight, and consist of lenses of glass, rock crystal, or plastic, mechanically supported before the eyes. The term is more generally used for those glasses which are fixed in frames and fitted with supports for the ears. Spectacles without ear supports, which grip th...
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  8. spectacles
    Type: Term Pronunciation: spek′tĭ-kĕlz Definitions: 1. Lenses set in a frame that holds them in front of the eyes, used to correct errors of refraction or to protect the eyes. The parts of the spectacles are the lenses; the bridge between the lenses, resting on the nose; the rims or ...
    Found on http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictio

  9. spectacles
    Another name for glasses, worn to correct or assist defective vision
    Found on http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/ency

  10. Spectacles
    Shadings or dark markings over or around the eyes or from eyes to ears.
    Found on http://www.apluspetgoods.com/petsupplies

  11. Spectacles
    lighter, circular colouring around eyes of some breeds
    Found on http://www.terricom.com/shihtzu/CanineTe



...

11 February 2012

This day in history:
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

Encyclo in your browser

Encyclo in the search bar of your browser? Click for more info! Would you like to use Encyco more often? Add an (extra) search option to the search field of your browser. Installed in 3 seconds, easy to remove.
More info

Statistics

Encyclo has been online since october 15th 2007. It currently contains 3,485,243 words from 1122 sources. The words are listed in 32 categories.

Search

Type a word and press the `Search` button.

Recent searches

The most recent searches on Encyclo. Between brackets you will find the number of results and number of related results.
Quenelle (4/1)
creative (4/25)
djinns (2/0)
Bucolic (9/6)
Foregame (2/0)
middleware (9/1)
decidual (2/14)
George (10/25)
Electrical (2/25)
conducent (2/0)
djinns (2/0)
George (3/25)
George (2/25)
relevant (9/20)
Thermoperiodicity (2/0)
arthrosclerosis (3/0)
Kewanee (3/3)
category (25/25)
pinnacle (25/25)
scrofulous (11/5)
Balearic (5/15)
locative (3/7)
sweetheart (10/22)
Coaction (3/0)

© Encyclo MMXI
Contact Privacy