glaser
- n United States physicist who invented the bubble chamber to study subatomic particles (born in 1926)
glasgow
- n largest city in Scotland; a port on the Clyde in west central Scotland; one of the great shipbuilding centers of the world
glasnost
- n a policy of the Soviet government allowing freer discussion of social problems
glass
- n a brittle transparent solid with irregular atomic structure
- n a container for holding liquids while drinking
- n the quantity a glass will hold
- n a small refracting telescope
- n 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
- n a mirror; usually a ladies' dressing mirror
- n glassware collectively
She collected old glass - v furnish with glass
glass the windows - v scan (game in the forest) with binoculars
- v enclose with glass
glass in a porch - v put in a glass container
- v become glassy or take on a glass-like appearance
glass-cutter
- n someone who cuts or grinds designs on glass
- n someone who cuts flat glass to size
glass ceiling
- n a ceiling based on attitudinal or organizational bias in the work force that prevents minorities and women from advancing to leadership positions
glass cutter
- n someone who cuts or grinds designs on glass
- n someone who cuts flat glass to size
- n a tool for cutting glass
glass eye
- n prosthesis consisting of an artificial eye made of glass
glass fiber
- n a very thin fiber made of glass that functions as a waveguide for light; used in bundles to transmit images
glass fibre
- n a very thin fiber made of glass that functions as a waveguide for light; used in bundles to transmit images
glass lizard
- n snakelike lizard of Europe and Asia and North America with vestigial hind limbs and the ability to regenerate its long fragile tail
glass snake
- n snakelike lizard of Europe and Asia and North America with vestigial hind limbs and the ability to regenerate its long fragile tail
glass sponge
- n a siliceous sponge (with glassy spicules) of the class Hyalospongiae