vitreous rocks. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The vitreous chamber. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : vitreous china. From Dictionary.com.
This principle is that there are two distinct electricities, very different from each other, one of which I call vitreous electricity and the other resinous electricity. From Wordnik.com. [A History of Science: in Five Volumes. Volume II: The Beginnings of Modern Science] Reference
A transparent jelly called the vitreous humour serves a similar function between the eye lens and the retina. From Wordnik.com. [MyLinkVault Newest Links] Reference
All of these beads are translucent to a greater or lesser degree and have what is termed a vitreous lustre: a glassy sheen when polished. From Wordnik.com. [WalesOnline - Home] Reference
Ocular pathology such as vitreous body hemorrhage, papilledema, and central retinal artery occlusion were excluded. From Wordnik.com. [BioMed Central - Latest articles] Reference
Charles François Dufay detected that there were two kinds of electricity, which he called "vitreous" and "resinous.". From Wordnik.com. [True to His Home A Tale of the Boyhood of Franklin] Reference
So, you can see these vitreous or glassy surfaces. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 24, 2004] Reference
These media are the cornea, the aqueous humor, and the vitreous humor. From Wordnik.com. [A Practical Physiology] Reference
H. Pottery with vitreous glaze like modern earthenware only appears on. From Wordnik.com. [How to Observe in Archaeology] Reference
It is with the retina, therefore, that the vitreous humor is in contact. From Wordnik.com. [A Practical Physiology] Reference
The luster too is almost adamantine while that of ruby is softer and vitreous. From Wordnik.com. [A Text-Book of Precious Stones for Jewelers and the Gem-Loving Public] Reference
Hind wings with two vitreous spots, of which one is basal and the other discal. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology] Reference
And so that's why, if you're lucky, you have an operation to remove the vitreous. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 1, 2005] Reference
For example, the potassium level in the vitreous humer, a certain fluid in the eye. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 8, 2006] Reference
The aqueous and vitreous humors aid in keeping the eyeball in shape and also in focusing. From Wordnik.com. [Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools] Reference
On the inner surface next to the vitreous humor, is a lining membrane not shown in the cut. From Wordnik.com. [Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics] Reference
This is of a magnificent emerald green colour, translucent at edges and of a vitreous lustre. From Wordnik.com. [The Chemistry, Properties and Tests of Precious Stones] Reference
The result is a vitreous blue with a purple cast, of little body, and exceedingly difficult to grind. From Wordnik.com. [Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists] Reference
Its lustre is sometimes resinous, sometimes vitreous, and it crystallises in the 2nd (hexagonal) system. From Wordnik.com. [The Chemistry, Properties and Tests of Precious Stones] Reference
KARDIAN: I ` ve heard that they -- the medical examiner ` s offices has conducted a vitreous fluid test. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 17, 2009] Reference
Closet bowls of today are made of vitreous body which does not permit crazing or discoloring of the ware. From Wordnik.com. [Elements of Plumbing] Reference
As Flinx looked on, first Enoch and then Teal spat directly into the center of two of the vitreous blooms. From Wordnik.com. [Mid Flinx]
Invented about the year 1540, in Saxony, is a vitreous compound of cobalt and silica, in fact a blue glass. From Wordnik.com. [Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists] Reference
And I don't know what its purpose is, but if you're having bleeds in your eye, it collects in the vitreous. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 1, 2005] Reference
The vitreous humor fills about four-fifths of the eyeball and prevents it from falling into a shapeless mass. From Wordnik.com. [A Practical Physiology] Reference
The surfaces of crystals of corundum are often clouded or dull, whilst its classification of lustre is vitreous. From Wordnik.com. [The Chemistry, Properties and Tests of Precious Stones] Reference
They are transparent to translucent, with a vitreous lustre, and are of an emerald-green to blackish-green colour. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"] Reference
Not only, moreover, does grinding effect an optical change in vitreous pigments, but it imposes further alteration. From Wordnik.com. [Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists] Reference
On the best developed of the three cleavages the lustre is pearly, on other surfaces it is of the ordinary vitreous type. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1] Reference
H. considers it a kind of frit, of a semi-vitreous nature; and this would appear to be the case from Sir H. Davy obtaining. From Wordnik.com. [Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists] Reference
The skeleton is formed by small crystals and long threads of vitreous silica, cemented together, during life, by protoplasm. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American, Volume 40, No. 13, March 29, 1879 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures] Reference
Wings long, with the discal areolets from the base to beyond the middle mostly vitreous, but having the veins bordered with brown. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology] Reference
The calcined and vitreous surface of the bricks, fused into rock-like masses, show that their fall may have been caused by lightning. From Wordnik.com. [The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela] Reference
To sum up, vitreous pigments are durable in a coarse or compact form, but are not more stable than others when reduced to extreme division. From Wordnik.com. [Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists] Reference
The vitreous (INAUDIBLE) the fluid from the eye was even higher, which means she was at least that level at some point during her drinking. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 28, 2009] Reference
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