Word Meanings - LORGNETTE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

An opera glass; pl.

Related words: (words related to LORGNETTE)

• OPERATIC; OPERATICAL
  Of or pertaining to the opera or to operas; characteristic of, or resembling, the opera.
• GLASSEN
  Glassy; glazed. And pursues the dice with glassen eyes. B. Jonson.
• GLASSINESS
  The quality of being glassy.
• GLASSWORT
  A seashore plant of the Spinach family , with succulent jointed stems; also, a prickly plant of the same family , both formerly burned for the sake of the ashes, which yield soda for making glass and soap.
• GLASS-ROPE
  A remarkable vitreous sponge, of the genus Hyalonema, first brought from Japan. It has a long stem, consisting of a bundle of long and large, glassy, siliceous fibers, twisted together.
• GLASSILY
  So as to resemble glass.
• OPERANCE; OPERANCY
  The act of operating or working; operation.
• OPERANT
  Operative. Shak. -- n.
• GLASS MAKER; GLASSMAKER
  One who makes, or manufactures, glass. -- Glass" mak`ing, or Glass"mak`ing, n.
• GLASS-SPONGE
  A siliceous sponge, of the genus Hyalonema, and allied genera; -- so called from their glassy fibers or spicules; -- called also vitreous sponge. See Glass-rope, and Euplectella.
• GLASS-SNAIL
  A small, transparent, land snail, of the genus Vitrina.
• OPERATION
  Something to be done; some transformation to be made upon quantities, the transformation being indicated either by rules or symbols. (more info) 1. The act or process of operating; agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral.
• GLASSITE
  A member of a Scottish sect, founded in the 18th century by John Glass, a minister of the Established Church of Scotland, who taught that justifying faith is "no more than a simple assent to the divine testimone passively recived by the
• GLASS-GAZING
  Given to viewing one's self in a glass or mirror; finical. Shak.
• GLASSWORK
  Manufacture of glass; articles or ornamentation made of glass.
• OPERATIVE
  Based upon, or consisting of, an operation or operations; as, operative surgery. (more info) 1. Having the power of acting; hence, exerting force, physical or moral; active in the production of effects; as, an operative motive. It holds in all
• OPERAND
  The symbol, quantity, or thing upon which a mathematical operation is performed; -- called also faciend.
• OPERATOR
  One who performs some act upon the human body by means of the hand, or with instruments. 3. A dealer in stocks or any commodity for speculative purposes; a speculator. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, operates or produces an effect.
• OPERATORY
  A laboratory.
• GLASSHOUSE
  A house where glass is made; a commercial house that deals in glassware.
• SPYGLASS
  A small telescope for viewing distant terrestrial objects.
• IMPROPERATION
  The act of upbraiding or taunting; a reproach; a taunt. Improperatios and terms of scurrility. Sir T. Browne
• SANDGLASS
  An instrument for measuring time by the running of sand. See Hourglass.
• STORMGLASS
  A glass vessel, usually cylindrical, filled with a solution which is sensitive to atmospheric changes, indicating by a clouded appearance, rain, snow, etc., and by clearness, fair weather.
• WATER GLASS
  See GLASS
• PROPERATE
  To hasten, or press forward.
• WINEGLASSFUL
  As much as a wineglass will hold; enough to fill a wineglass. It is usually reckoned at two fluid ounces, or four tablespoonfuls.
• COOPERATOR
  One who labors jointly with others to promote the same end. "Coöperators with the truth." Boyle.
• MUSCOVY GLASS
  Mica; muscovite. See Mica.
• LADY'S LOOKING-GLASS
  See VENUS