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101water — wa|ter1 W1S3 [ˈwo:tə US ˈwo:tər, ˈwa: ] n [U] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(liquid)¦ 2¦(area of water)¦ 3 waters 4 high/low water 5 uncharted/troubled/murky waters 6 be (all) water under the bridge 7 like water 8 like water off a duck s back 9 somebody s waters b …
102Water level — Level Lev el (l[e^]v [e^]l), n. [OE. level, livel, OF. livel, F. niveau, fr. L. libella level, water level, a plumb level, dim. of libra pound, measure for liquids, balance, water poise, level. Cf. {Librate}, {Libella}.] 1. A line or surface to… …
103Glass-bottom boat — A glass bottom boat is a boat with sections of glass (or other suitable transparent material) below the waterline allowing passengers to observe the underwater environment from within the boat. The view through the glass bottom is better than… …
104Water on Glass — Infobox Single Name = Water on Glass Artist = Kim Wilde from Album = Kim Wilde B side = Boys Released = 17 July 1981 Format = 7 Recorded = Genre = Pop Length = 3:36 Label = RAK Writer = Ricky Wilde, Marty Wilde Producer = Ricky Wilde… …
105glass — A transparent substance composed of silica and oxides of various bases. [A.S. glaes] cover g. a thin g. disk or plate covering an object examined under the microscope. SYN: coverslip. Crookes g. a spectacle lens combined with …
106glass frog — ▪ amphibian any of a group of tree frogs (frog) found in the New World tropics, some species of which have transparent bellies and chests. In glass frogs the viscera are visible, and an observer can see the heart pumping blood into the arteries… …
107Glass Tower — For the science fiction novel by Robert Silverberg, see Tower of Glass.The Glass Tower is a fictional skyscraper featured in the 1974 Irwin Allen disaster film The Towering Inferno . The tower is 138 stories tall and sheathed with large floor to… …
108Water carrier of Seville — (1619; London, Wellington Museum) Diego Velazquez painted the Water Carrier of Seville four years before entering in the service of King Philip IV of Spain. It belongs to his Sevillian period when bodegones were his favored subjects, usually… …
109glass — /glas / (say glahs) noun 1. a hard, brittle, more or less transparent substance produced by fusion, usually consisting of mutually dissolved silica and silicates (the ordinary variety used for windows, bottles, and the like, containing silica,… …
110Glass disease — Bottle with glass disease Glass disease, also known as sick glass, is a degradation process encountered in art conservation. Glass disease is caused by an inherent fault in the chemical composition of the original glass formula. Usually,… …
