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Definition: Glasses |
GlassesNoun1. Optical instrument consisting of a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "glasses" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Medicine | A pair of ophthalmic lenses together with frame or mounting. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Glass is a material (see below) and a drinking vessel made of this material.
Glass is a transparent, relatively strong, hard-wearing, essentially inert, and biologically inactive material which can be formed with very smooth and impervious surfaces. These desirable properties lead to the very many uses of glass.
Glasses are uniform amorphous solid materials, usually produced when a suitably viscous molten material cools very rapidly, thereby not giving enough time for a regular crystal lattice to form.
Common glass is mostly amorphous silicon dioxide (SiO2), which is the same chemical compound as quartz, or in its polycrystalline form, sand. Pure silica has a melting point of about 2000 Celsius, so two other substances are always added to the sand in the glass-making process. One is soda (sodium carbonate Na2CO3), or potash, the equivalent potassium compound, which lowers the melting point to about 1000 Celsius. However, the soda makes the glass soluble, which is obviously unhelpful, so lime (calcium oxide, CaO) is the third component, added to restore insolubility.
One of the most obvious characteristics of glass is that it is transparent to visible light. This transparency is due to the fact that there are no atomic line transition states with the energy of visible light in the material that makes up glass. Extremely pure glass can be made so transparent that hundreds of kilometers of glass can be 'seen through' at infrared wavelengths in fibre optic cables.
Most common glass has other ingredients added to change its properties. Leaded glass is more brilliant, because of its increased refractive index, while boron may be added to change the thermal and electrical properties, as in Pyrex. Adding barium will also increase the refractive index, and cerium is used in glass that absorbs infrared energy. Other metal oxides are added to change the color. Additional Soda or potash is sometimes added to further lower the melting point, and manganese can be added to remove unwanted colors.
Glass is sometimes created naturally from volcanic flows in the form of obsidian.
History of glass
Naturally occurring glass, such as obsidian, has been used since the stone age. The first documented glass making is in Egypt around 2000 BC glass was first used as a glaze for pottery and other items. In the first century BC the technique of blowing glass was developed and what had once been an extremely rare and valuable item became much more common. During the Roman Empire many forms of glass were created mostly for use in vases and bottles.
Until the 12th century stained glass (which is glass with some metals added for color) was not widely used.
The centre for glass making from the 14th century was Venice which developed many new techniques and became the center of a lucrative export trade in dinner ware, mirrors, and other luxury items. Eventually some of the Venetian glass workers moved to other areas of northern Europe and glass making spread with them.
Used up to the mid-1800s was the Crown glass process, in which a glassblower would spin around 9 lbs. of molten glass at the end of a rod until it flattened into a disk approximately 5 feet in diameter. The disk would then be cut into panes. Venetian glass was highly prized between the 10th and 14th centuries as they kept the process secret. Around 1688, the process for casting glass was developed, which led to it being a much more commonly used material. The invention of the glass pressing machine in 1827 allowed the mass production of inexpensive glass articles.
The word glass, Latin glacis (ice) German Glas, M.E. glas, A.S. glaes was also used by the Aesti-Old Prussians. They used the word glaes to describe amber, recorded by Roman historians as glaesum. Angle-Saxons used the word glaer for amber. Another German word for amber, Bernstein (English translation : burning stone), came into use because of its transparency as glass, to shine (glare) and its ability to melt.
Pilkington's invention of the float-glass process, in which molten glass is poured onto molten lead as it solidifies, made it possible to produce large sheets of flat glass more cheaply and with better quality than the previous process in which the glass was passed through rollers.
Fine glassware
Even with the availablity of common glassware, there remains place for hand blown glassware. Some artists in glass include Sidney Waugh, René Lalique, Dale Chihuly, and Louis Comfort Tiffany, who were responsible for extraordinary glass objects. The term "crystal glass", derived from rock crystal, has come to denote high-grade colorless glass, often containing lead, and is sometimes applied to any fine hand-blown glass.
Toughened glass
Glass is a tremendously strong material, but very brittle. Glass articles intended to survive rough handling, or rapid temperature changes, are sometimes toughened by rapid and localised cooling of their surfaces during the manufacturing process (called "tempering"). This pre-stresses the material and reduces its tendency to crack at the surface when stressed. When tempered glass does shatter, it tends to break into rounded granules that are not as dangerous as ordinary glass shards. The pattern of cooling is revealed by observing the glass with polarised light.
Laminated glass
Large sheets of glass can cause a serious hazard when broken, as they tend to form shards with very sharp edges. This risk is unacceptable in applications such as automobile windscreens, or large shop windows. This hazard can be reduced by laminating the glass with layers of plastic material. Laminated glass tends to hold together when shattered, the shards bound to the flexible plastic layer where they are less likely to cause injury. Often, large sheets of glass will be both toughened and laminated. The laminate can be either within the bulk of the material, or applied to the surface.
Does glass flow?
It is sometimes claimed that glass may show some of the properties of liquids that flow at room temperature, albeit very slowly. This has led to controversial statements such as the claim that "glass is a supercooled liquid". It is sometimes claimed that old windows are often thicker at the bottom than at the top, and that this might be due to flow. It is a bit unclear where this belief came from, or if there was ever any evidence to support it.
One possible source of this belief is that when panes of glass were commonly made by glassblowers, the technique that was used was to spin molten glass so as to create a round, mostly flat and even plate (the Crown glass process, described above). This plate was then cut to fit a window. The pieces were not, however, absolutely flat; the edges of the disk would be thicker due to centrifugal forces. When actually installed in a window frame, the glass would be placed thicker side down for the sake of stability. There is anecdotal evidence that occasionally such glass has been found thinner side down, as would be caused by carelessness at the time of installation.
The "glass flows" issue has been discussed at great length in the alt.folklore.urban newsgroup, and the consensus there (supported by citations from glass experts) is that glass does not flow at room temperature. Note, however, that glass can and does 'creep' , just like crystalline solids do, in response to a load. Furthermore, in some applications (such as some laboratory thermometers), glass gets heated above the transition temperature at which it actually does become a supercooled liquid. This can cause the calibration of thermometers to change slightly over the course of many years of use.
Arguments against glass flow:
Tar pitch, on the other hand, is a highly viscous liquid which appears solid, and, unlike glass, does flow at room temperature, very very slowly. See pitch drop experiment for more details.
- if medieval glass has flowed perceptibly, then ancient Roman and Egyptian objects should have flowed proportionately more - but this is not observed.
- if glass flows at a rate that allows changes to be seen with the naked eye after centuries, then changes in optical telescope mirrors should be observable (by interferometry) in a matter of days - but this also is not observed.
References:
- "Do Cathedral Glasses Flow?", Am. J. Phys. v66, pp 392-396, May, 1998
External links:
- Page devoted to the AFU glass flow controversy, with links to citations
- Page stating that glass does not flow
- Two articles on the non-flowness of glass
- Antique windowpanes and the flow of supercooled liquids
- Page from the sci.physics newsgroup FAQ
- The Pitch Drop Experiment
- Is glass liquid or solid? by John Baez
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Glass."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Glasses or spectacles (also eyeglasses in North American English) are lenses worn in a frame before the eyes. Modern glasses are typically supported by pads on the bridge of the nose and by arms placed over the ears. Historical types of glasses include the pince nez, monocle, and lorgnette.
Glasses were originally made from glass, but many are now made from plastic due to the danger of breakage and the greater weight and thickness of glass lenses. Glass lenses, on the other hand, are much less prone to scratching.
Glasses fitted with corrective lenses are a very common means of correcting focus problems such as myopia (commonly called nearsightedness or short-sightedness), and hyperopia (commonly called farsightedness or long-sightedness). Myopic people cannot focus at long distances; people with hyperopia cannot focus at close distances. Astigmatism is mismatched focussing horizontally and vertically. Presbyopia is limited flexibility in focussing. None of these conditions are diseases.
Glasses can be very simple. Magnifying lenses for reading that are used to treat mild hyperopia and presbyopia that can be bought off the shelf, but most glasses are made to a particular prescription, based on degree of myopia or hyperopia combined with astigmatism. Lenses can be ground to specific eyes, but in most cases standard off-the-shelf prescriptions suffice, but require custom-fitting to particular frames.
As people age, their ability to focus is lessened and many come to need multiple-focus lenses, bifocal or even trifocal to cover all the situations in which they use their sight.
Traditional multifocal lenses have two or three distinct viewing areas, each requiring a conscious effort of refocusing. These were originally separate lenses, as invented by Benjamin Franklin, an early eyeglass-wearing celebrity.
Some modern multifocal lenses give a smooth transition between these lenses, unnoticeable by most wearers. Other glasses wearers sometimes have lenses specifically intended for use with computer monitors at a fixed distance. On the other hand, many people simply have several pairs of glasses, one for each task or distance.
Glasses are often regarded as unattractive (see Dorothy Parker), and many people prefer to wear contact lenses for that reason. Contact lenses also provide much improved peripheral vision.
On the other hand, many people are attracted to people who wear glasses, and glasses are available in a very wide range of styles, materials, and even designer labels.
Glasses can be a major part of personal expression, from the extravagance of Elton John and Dame Edna Everage, from Groucho Marx to John Denver all the way to the varied professional personas of eyeglass-wearing knowledge workers.
For some celebrities, glasses form part of the identity. American Sen. Barry Goldwater continued to wear lensless horn-rimmed glasses after being fitted with contact lenses because he was not recognizable without his trademark glasses. British comedic actor Eric Sykes, who became profoundly deaf as an adult, wears glasses that contain no lenses, but are in fact a bone-conducting hearing aid.
In popular culture, glasses were all the disguise Superman and Wonder Woman needed to hide in plain view as alter egos, Clark Kent and Diana Prince, respectively.
Halo effect refers to the stereotype that the wearers of glasses are intelligent or, especially in teen culture, even geeks. This is conception rooted in that the first people to wear glasses were those who did a lot of reading in an era when most people were illiterate.
Other kinds of glasses include tinted protective lenses, ranging from sunglasses, which protect the eye from glare and ultraviolet radiation, to specialized units that protect against extreme brightness and are used for welding and viewing eclipses.
Prescription sunglasses, which combine protection from bright light with vision correction, have become fairly common. Some glasses have photo-sensitive lenses that darken as the light grows brighter. They are sunglasses and indoor glasses in one.
There are also safety glasses which are made of rigid plastic and designed to protect the eyes from flying objects. Some of these may have a prescription as well.
Glasses fitted with differently coloured or polarized lenses can be used to view three-dimensional images.
Quotations
When you're a kid that sees through plastic
- "The optimist looks at the world through rose-tinted spectacles." -- Old saying
- "Four Eyes", song by bespectacled John Sebastian
With a harness of elastic So the girls all think you're icky And the boys all think you're queer Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Glasses."
Synonyms: GlassesSynonyms: eyeglasses (n), specs (n), spectacles (n). (additional references) |
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Screenplays | And you had wires on your teeth and glasses and everything (On the Waterfront; writing credit: Budd Schulberg.) Anything below the stereo and on this side of the bicentennial glasses. Anything between the ashtrays and the thimble (The Jerk; writing credit: Carl Reiner, written by Steve Martin and Carl Gottlieb.) You broke my glasses! (The Princess Diaries; writing credit: Gina Wendkos) Good evening, I know the program says I'm supposed to play the water glasses for you, but some of the girls got dehydrated (Miss Congeniality; writing credit: Marc Lawrence; Katie Ford) My glasses! Where's my glasses (Scooby-Doo; writing credit: William Hanna; Joseph Barbera) | |
Lyrics | She put on dark glasses and long sleeved blouses ("Goodbye Earl"; performing artist: Dixie Chicks) To see the world through your Rosy glasses (Tucker’s Town; performing artist: Hootie & The Blowfish) What do you say, me, you, and your Chloe glasses (I Just Wanna Love U (Give it 2 Me); performing artist: Jay-Z) Glasses go up (All Eyez On Me; performing artist: Monica) She was the whiz kid in horned rim glasses (Carlene; performing artist: Phil Vassar) | |
Clever | Plastic glasses (references; author: unknown) Since I have smashed my denominational glasses, I have a better vision of who Christ is. (references; author: unknown) I have gotten to the age where I need my false teeth and hearing aid before I can ask where I left my glasses. (references; author: unknown) A celebrity is someone who works hard all his life to become known and then wears dark glasses to avoid being recognized. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun (1970) Raise Your Glasses (1962) So You Think You Need Glasses (1942) When Glasses Are Not Glasses (1913) A Pair of Glasses (2001) | |
Song Titles | Judy In Disguise (With Glasses) (performing artist: John & The Playboy Band Fred) LONG TALL GLASSES (I CAN DANCE) (performing artist: Leo Sayer ) | |
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 | This shows a scientist wearing a mask. He seems to be performing a dissection, aided by magnifying glasses. There is also a close-up of the subject (subject of study is unknown). Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |  | This image is true stereo from GOES-East and GOES-West satellites. Use red/green stereo glasses with the red lens on the right eye. The date/time for this image was 15 Sepember 1988 16:18:55 UTC. Credit: NASA. |
 | Images of snowflakes showing six-sided symmetry and ice crystals. In: "Micrographia, or, Some physiological descriptions of minute bodies made by magnifying glasses....", by Robert Hooke. 1667. Call Number QH271 .H66 1667 Scheme VIII. Credit: Treasures of the Library. |  | Image of "the great Belly'ed Gnat or female Gnat." In: "Micrographia, or, Some physiological descriptions of minute bodies made by magnifying glasses....", by Robert Hooke. 1667. Call Number QH271 .H66 1667 Scheme XXIX. P. 193. Credit: Treasures of the Library. |
 | Using a differential scanning calorimeter, plant physiologist Christina Walters can detect phase-state changes of water and lipids in seeds. First she cools thin slices of seed tissues sealed in tiny aluminum pans (held in tweezers) to -170°C. The relationship she finds between a seed's water content, temperature at which its heat capacity changes, and size of the change give clues about the nature of glasses that form. Photo by Scott Bauer. Credit: USDA ARS News. |  | Kids wearing colorful glasses while participating in the Cascade Stream Watch at Wildwood Recreation Site. Credit: B. Ratcliffe. |
 | Celluloid Eye Glasses. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Captain John W. Murphy, ship's Commanding Officer, presents King Ibn Saud, of Saudi Arabia, to the Executive Officer, during a Royal visit on board, probably near Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, circa 1947. Some of the King's bodyguards are standing nearby, with photographers beyond. David Duncan of "Life" Magazine (with flash camera) is one of the latter. Standing at right are U.S. Minister to Saudi Arabia J. Rives Childs (in dark glasses) and Waldo Bailey, the U.S. Consul at Dhahran. Credit: NAVY. |
 | Drilling and riveting aircraft structure in the Assembly and Repair Department at Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Florida, 24 July 1943. Note that she is wearing safety glasses, a wise precaution for this type of work. Credit: NAVY. |  | Through the glasses could be seen the shipwrecked couple standing side by side on the strand. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Glasses" by Gary Leung Commentary: "This picture is shot with an old Pentax camera on regular 35mm film." | "Glasses" by Brian Griesbaum Commentary: "Glasses on a note pad with notes." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| Play | Caption | Play | Caption |
 | Setting the table with glasses; plates; and silverware. | | Pouring water from a pitcher into two glasses. |
| Crystal glasses clinking. | ||
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Epictetus | He is a drunkard who takes more than three glasses though he be not drunk. |
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Emma | Austen, Jane | She allowed him to talk, and arranged the glasses, and wrapped herself up, without opening her lips |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Had anybody asked for a glass of water among these glasses of wine, he would have seemed a savage to all those men. |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | Then replacing the jar in the locker he poured a little of the whisky into two glasses, added a little water and came back with them to the fireplace |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | She lost her glasses the year I went up. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Perhaps you need reading glasses. (references) | |
For others, glasses that provide powerful magnification may be better. (references) | ||
You can keep your fluids down by drinking from smaller cups or glasses. (references) | ||
Business | Regarding worker protection equipment, most demanded are shoes, gloves, glasses, ear and respiratory protectors. (references) | |
Domestic production of SSE is limited to locks, reinforced shoes and boots, safety headgear, uniforms, bulletproof vests, safes, gloves, glasses, ear and respiratory protectors, fences, alarms, and padlocks. (references) | ||
Suppliers for low-emissivity flat glasses and sashes, adhesives, and coatings will find a ready market here. These products are mainly used for construction of new commercial buildings and public facilities. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Cuba | The president of FCDH, Juan Carlos Gonzalez Leyva, said that he was hit in the face, that he lost his glasses (Gonzalez Leyva is blind), and was held in a painful grip. (references) |
Worker Rights | Belarus | Workers at many heavy machinery plants do not wear even minimal safety gear, such as gloves, hard hats, or welding glasses. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Glasses" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 99.24% of the time. "Glasses" is used about 2,490 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 99.24% | 2,471 | 3,642 |
| Lexical Verb (-s form) | 0.76% | 19 | 80,337 |
| Total | 100.00% | 2,490 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| India | Excel Glasses Ltd. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "glasses": clink glasses ♦ dark glasses ♦ field glasses ♦ fill the glasses ♦ glasses case ♦ glasses round! ♦ grannie glasses ♦ granny glasses ♦ musical glasses ♦ night glasses ♦ opera glasses ♦ pair of glasses ♦ pantoscopic glasses ♦ prismatic glasses ♦ reading glasses ♦ safety glasses ♦ sun glasses ♦ tinted glasses ♦ touch glasses ♦ wear glasses. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "glasses": glasses-take, glasses-wearers. | |
Ending with "glasses": field-glasses, half-glasses, looking-glasses, night-glasses, object-glasses, sun-glasses, wine-glasses. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
sun glasses | 16,584 | shot glasses | 547 |
oakley sun glasses | 3,197 | gargoyle sun glasses | 516 |
eye glasses | 3,090 | bolle sun glasses | 498 |
glasses | 2,123 | sun glasses nike | 493 |
sun glasses hut | 1,849 | revo sun glasses | 421 |
gucci sun glasses | 1,358 | prescription sun glasses | 419 |
polarized sun glasses | 1,274 | arnette sun glasses | 413 |
spy sun glasses | 1,152 | serengeti sun glasses | 374 |
the matrix sun glasses | 1,065 | replica oakley sun glasses | 350 |
ray ban sun glasses | 1,025 | martini glasses | 336 |
glasses safety | 812 | dragon sun glasses | 331 |
smith sun glasses | 803 | calvin klein sun glasses | 299 |
discount sun glasses | 773 | fake oakley sun glasses | 292 |
replica sun glasses | 738 | cheap sun glasses | 280 |
wholesale sun glasses | 725 | aviator sun glasses | 272 |
reading glasses | 698 | silhouette sun glasses | 262 |
chanel sun glasses | 672 | sun glasses clip | 260 |
maui jim sun glasses | 666 | christian dior sun glasses | 253 |
designer sun glasses | 665 | sport sun glasses | 251 |
wine glasses | 648 | sun glasses online | 249 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "glasses"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | bril (spectacles). (various references) | |
Albanian | gjyzlykë (eyeglass, spectacles), syze (barnacle, eyeglass, eyeglasses, eyepiece, glass, goggles, lens, ocular, specs, spectacles). (various references) | |
Arabic | نظارات (barnacle, spectacles), عدسات. (various references) | |
Asturian | gafes, vasos. (various references) | |
Basque | betaurrekoak. (various references) | |
Bemba | amagalashi. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | очила (barnacle, eyeglasses, goggles, specs, spectacles), бинокъл (binoculars). (various references) | |
Catalan | ulleres (spectacles). (various references) | |
Cebuano | mga baso, antipara. (various references) | |
Chamorro | antihos. (various references) | |
Chinese | 玻璃 (GLASS, Vitreous). (various references) | |
Czech | brýle (eyeglass, eyeglasses). (various references) | |
Danish | briller (spectacles). (various references) | |
Dutch | bril (seat, spectacles). (various references) | |
Ecuadorian Quechua | lintis. (various references) | |
Esperanto | okulvitroj (spectacles). (various references) | |
Faeroese | gløs, brillur. (various references) | |
Finnish | silmälasit (goggles, spectacles). (various references) | |
French | lunettes. (various references) | |
Frisian | glêzen (glass), bril. (various references) | |
German | brille (eye glasses, eyeglasses, goggles, specs, spectacles, toilet seat). (various references) | |
Greek | γυαλιά (spectacles). (various references) | |
Hebrew | משקפים (spectacles). (various references) | |
Hungarian | szemüveg (eyeglasses, pair of eye-glasses, specs, spectacles). (various references) | |
Indonesian | kaca mata (eyeglasses, spectacles). (various references) | |
Inuktitut | immiut, ikgaak. (various references) | |
Italian | occhiali (glass, goggles, specs, spectacles). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 眼鏡 (spectacles). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | がんきょう (dogged, ringleader, spectacles, stubborn, tenacious), めがね (spectacles). (various references) | |
Kongo | nguya, makopo. (various references) | |
Korean | 유리 (GLASS, Vantage). (various references) | |
Lombard | oggiaj (spectacles). (various references) | |
Macedonian | ocila, ocgila. (various references) | |
Manx | speckleyryn (spectacles), glessyn-sooilley. (various references) | |
Maori | moowhiti. (various references) | |
Mohawk | atkahranha. (various references) | |
Norwegian | briller (spectacles). (various references) | |
Occitan | lunetas. (various references) | |
Papiamen | brel di bista (spectacles), brel (spectacles). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | assesglay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | óculos (eyeglasses, glass, specs, spectacles, telescope). (various references) | |
Provencal | veires, lunetas. (various references) | |
Romanian | ochelari (barnacles, Blinders, blinkers, eye-glass, glass, goggles, lorgnette, spectacles, sunglasses). (various references) | |
Ruanda | ibirahuri, amarori. (various references) | |
Russian | очки (eyeglasses, glass, specs, spectacles). (various references) | |
Samoan | matatiota, ipu malamalama (glass). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | naočare (eyeglasses). (various references) | |
Spanish | gafas (pair of spectacles, specs, spectacles), lentes (lenses, specs, spectacles), anteojos (spectacles). (various references) | |
Sranan | aygrasi (spectacles). (various references) | |
Swedish | glasögon (eyeglasses, goggles, spectacles, spects). (various references) | |
Thai | กล้องส่องทางไกล (binoculars, field glasses, scope). (various references) | |
Turkish | gözlük (a pair of eyeglasses, a pair of spectacles, eyeglasses, goggles, specs, spectacles). (various references) | |
Turkmen | дяnek (spectacles). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | окуляри (barnacle, barnacles, peepers, specs, spectacles). (various references) | |
Zulu | izibuko (spectacles). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Isaiah Chapter 3, Verse 23 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai ta bussina kai ta uakinqina kai ta kokkina kai thn busson sun crusiw kai uakinqw sugkaqufasmena kai qeristra kataklita |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et specula et sindones et vittas et theristra |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And sheweres, and `necke couercheues, and filetes, and roketes. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | The glasses, and the fine linen, and the hoods, and the vails. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | The glasses, and the fine linen, and the hoods, and the vails. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | The looking-glasses, and the fair linen, and the high head-dresses, and the veils. |
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| Language | Isaiah Chapter 3, Verse 23 |
| Cebuano | Ang mga salamin, ug ang mga fino nga lino, ug ang mga turbante, ug ang mga velo. |
| Croatian | zrcala i košuljice, povezaèe i rupce. |
| Danish | Spejle, Lin, Hovedbånd og Slør. |
| Dutch | De spiegels, en de fijn-linnen deksels, en de hulledoeken, en de sluiers. |
| Finnish | kuvastimet, aivinapaidat, käärelakit ja päällysharsot. |
| French | Les miroirs et les chemises fines, Les turbans et les surtouts légers. |
| German | die Spiegel, die Koller, die Borten, die Überwürfe; |
| Haitian Creole | glas yo, rad twal fin yo, madras yo ak vwal dantèl yo mete sou tèt yo. |
| Hungarian | Az ünneplõ ruhákat, a palástokat, a nagy kendõket és az erszényeket, |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | baju tipis, pakaian linen, ikat leher dan kerudung panjang. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | dan segala cermin dan segala kain sundus dan segala tetampan dan segala selendang. |
| Italian | specchi, tuniche, cappelli e vestaglie. |
| Maori | Nga whakaata me te rinena pai, nga potae me nga arai whakapaipai. |
| Portuguese | os vestidos diáfanos, e as capinhas de linho, e os turbantes, e os véus. |
| Rumanian | oglinzile wi cqmqwile supyiri, turbanele wi mqhramele uwoare. |
| Spanish | los espejos, la ropa íntima, los turbantes y las mantillas. |
| Swedish | speglar, fina linneskjortor, huvudbindlar och flor. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words ending with "glasses": eyeglasses, fiberglasses, fibreglasses, gallowglasses, hourglasses, isinglasses, sandglasses, spyglasses, sunglasses, weatherglasses, wineglasses. (additional references) | |
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"Glasses" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Galeses, Galszecsy, galusses, Gassees, glaise, Glascol, Glase, glases, glasey, glasis, Glasney, glasse, Glassey, glasss, glassteel, Glissez. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "glasses" (pronounced gla"suz) |
| 5 | -l a" s u z | classes, molasses. |
| 4 | -a" s u z | asses, basses, gases, gasses, grasses, masses, morasses, passes, surpasses. |
| 3 | -s u z | absences, abuses, acceptances, accomplices, aces, acquaintances, actresses, addresses, advances, affixes, albatrosses, aliases, allegiances, alliances, allowances, amaryllises, ambulances, annexes, announces, annoyances, apparatuses, appearances, appendixes, appliances, apprentices, assesses, assurances, atlases, audiences, auspices, axes, congresses, consciences, consequences, continuances, contrivances, conveniences, converses, convinces, corpses, countenances, balances, bases, biases, Biosciences, blesses, blitzes, blouses, boardinghouses, bonuses, bookcases, bosses, bounces, bourses, boxes, braces, briefcases, buses, businesses, Busses, buttresses, bypasses, cabooses, cadences, campuses, canvases, canvasses, carcasses, Casas, cases, caucuses, cayuses, ceases, censuses, chances, chases, choices, choruses, circumstances, circuses, clearances, clearinghouses, climaxes, clubhouses, coaxes, coffeehouses, coincidences, collapses, commences, complexes, compresses, concourses, condolences, conferences, confesses, confidences, courses, courthouses, creases, cresses, crevices, crocuses, crosses, crosspieces, crucifixes, curses, dances, databases, decreases, defenses, denounces, depresses, devices, differences, disabuses, disallowances, disappearances, discourses, discusses, dismisses, dispenses, displaces, distances, distresses, disturbances, divergences, divorces, dollhouses, doses, dresses, earpieces, eclipses, embarrasses, embraces, eminences, encompasses, endorses, enforces, enhances, entrances, erases, esses, evidences, excesses, excuses, exes, expanses, expenses, experiences, expresses, eyeglasses, eyewitnesses, faces, farmhouses, faxes, fences, fetuses, finances, firehouses, fireplaces, fixes, flexes, flounces, focuses, forces, fortresses, foxes, fragrances, furnaces, fusses, gearboxes, geniuses, glances, glimpses, glosses, goddesses, graces, greenhouses, grievances, grimaces, grosses, grouses, guesses, guesthouses, harnesses, headdresses, hindrances, hippopotamuses, hisses, hoaxes, horses, hospices, hostesses, houses, hyraxes, ices, illnesses, imbalances, impresses, impulses, incidences, inconveniences, increases, indexes, induces, indulgences, inferences, influences, injustices, instances, insurances, interfaces, intersperses, introduces, invoices, irises, issuances, juices, jukeboxes, justices, kisses, laces, lapses, latexes, leases, licences, licenses, lighthouses, likenesses, looses, losses, lynxes, mailboxes, marketplaces, masterpieces, mattresses, medusas, messes, minibuses, minuses, misses, missus, mistresses, mixes, mongooses, mosses, mouthpieces, necklaces, nieces, nixes, notices, novices, nuances, nurses, observances, occurrences, offenses, offices, omnibuses, ordinances, orifices, ounces, outhouses, outpaces, overdoses, overpasses, paces, palaces, paradoxes, penises, performances, perplexes, perses, pieces, pizzas, places, pluses, polices, porpoises, possesses, poultices, powerhouses, practices, prances, preferences, prejudices, premises, presences, presses, pretenses, prices, princes, princesses, processes, produces, professes, progresses, prominences, promises, pronounces, prospectuses, protuberances, provinces, pulses, purchases, purposes, purses, pusses, racehorses, races, reassurances, recesses, reduces, references, refinances, reflexes, refocuses, rehearses, reimburses, reinforces, reintroduces, relapses, relaxes, releases, remembrances, reminiscences, reminisces, remittances, renounces, replaces, reproduces, repurchases, resemblances, residences, resources, responses, retroviruses, reverses, romances, sacrifices, sauces, sciences, sconces, seamstresses, senses, sentences, sequences, services, sexes, shoelaces, showcases, silences, sinuses, sixes, skyboxes, slaughterhouses, slices, solstices, sources, spaces, spices, splices, spouses, staircases, stances, statehouses, steakhouses, stewardesses, stresses, substances, successes, suffices, suitcases, sunglasses, suppresses, surfaces, surpluses, surtaxes, taxes, terraces, tolerances, tortoises, tosses, townhouses, traces, treatises, tresses, trusses, typefaces, universes, uses, utterances, variances, vases, verses, versus, vices, viruses, voices, waitresses, walruses, waltzes, waxes, weaknesses, witnesses, workhorses, workplaces, xeroxes, yeses. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: gasless. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-g-l-s-s-s" | |
-1 letter: gasses, lasses. | |
-2 letters: asses, gales, gases, glass, lases, sages, sales, seals, slags. | |
-3 letters: ages, ales, egal, gaes, gale, gals, gels, lags, lase, lass, leas, legs, less, sage, sags, sale, sals, sass, seal, seas, segs, sels, slag. | |
-4 letters: age, ale, als, ass, els, ess, gae, gal, gas, gel, lag, las, lea, leg, sae, sag, sal. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-g-l-s-s-s" | |
+1 letter: glassies. | |
+2 letters: glassiest, glassines, glassless, glissades, grassless, largesses, plussages, sugarless. | |
+3 letters: eelgrasses, eyeglasses, galleasses, galliasses, gladnesses, glasshouse, glassiness, glasswares, glissaders, glossaries, greaseless, salesgirls, signalises, slanginess, spyglasses, sunglasses, vassalages. | |
+4 letters: agelessness, assemblages, bluegrasses, gestaltists, ghastliness, glasshouses, glassmakers, glasspapers, hourglasses, isinglasses, kilogausses, largenesses, lastingness, sandglasses, surplusages, wineglasses. | |
+5 letters: assemblagist, fiberglasses, fibreglasses, gladsomeness, glassblowers, glassinesses, glassworkers, glaucousness, glucosidases, glycosidases, lemongrasses, pleasingness, sexagesimals, slanginesses, sluggardness. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Sounds 10. Quotations: Familiar 11. Quotations: Fiction 12. Quotations: Non-fiction | 13. Usage Frequency 14. Names: Company Usage 15. Expressions 16. Expressions: Internet | 17. Translations: Modern 18. Bible Trace 19. Derivations 20. Rhymes | 21. Anagrams 22. Bibliography |
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