Glassy

Definition: Glassy

Glassy

Adjective

1. Resembling glass in smoothness and shininess and slickness; "the glassy surface of the lake"; "the pavement was...glassy with water"- Willa Cather.

2. Used of eyes lacking liveliness; "empty eyes"; "a glassy stare"; "his eyes were glazed over with boredom".

3. (of ceramics) having the surface made shiny and nonporous by fusing a vitreous solution to it; "glazed pottery"; "glassy porcelain"; "hard vitreous china used for plumbing fixtures".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "glassy" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1592. (references)

Slang

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Synonyms: Glassy

Smoothness

Adjective: smooth; polished; Verb: leiodermatous, slick, velutinous; even; level; plane; (flat); sleek, glossy; silken, silky; lanate, downy, velvety; glabrous, slippery, glassy, lubricous, oily, soft, unwrinkled; smooth as glass, smooth as ice, smooth as monumental alabaster, smooth as velvet, smooth as oil; slippery as an eel; woolly; (feathery).

Crosswords: Glassy

Books

• Complex Behaviour of Glassy Systems: Proceedings of the XIV Sitges Conference Sitges, Barcelona, Spain, 10-14 June 1996 (Lecture Notes in Physics, 492) (reference)

• Free Radical Copolimerization Dispersions Glassy State Relaxation (Advances in Polymer Science, Vol. 103) (reference)

• Glassy Metals (Topics in Applied Physics, Vol 46) (reference)

• Glassy Metals III: Amorphization Techniques, Catalysis, Electronic and Ionic Structure (Topics in Applied Physical, Vol 72) (reference)

• Glassy Metals: Atomic Structure and Dynamics, Electronic Structure, Magnetic Properties (Topics in Applied Physics, Vol 53) (reference)

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Glassy sweepers and elkhorn coral. 1987 Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Photo Contest entry. Credit: The Coral Kingdom.

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Her eyes were glassy, from livid she had become pale, and she shuddered with a shudder of terror

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Expressions using "glassy": become glassy ♦ Glassy feldspar ♦ glassy ice ♦ glassy ice on the ground ♦ glassy inclusion ♦ glassy phase ♦ glassy rock ♦ glassy vitreous vitrified ♦ glassy wood. Additional references.

Beginning with "glassy": glassy-eyed, glassy-looking, glassy-smooth.

Ending with "glassy": calm-glassy.

Albanian

i tejdukshëm (clear, diaphanous, hyaline, lucid, pellucid, sheer, translucent, transparent, transpicuous, vitreous), i qelqtë (glass), i ngrirë (congealed, dull, freezing, frost-bound, frosted, frozen, glace, lame, numb, prim, starchy, stiff, stilted). (various references)

Arabic 

‏زجاجي (hyaline, plexiglas, vitreous), ‏زجاج كالزجاج, ‏عين كابية (glassily). (various references)

Bulgarian 

като стъкло, гладък като огледало, оцъклен (glazed), безжизнен (breathless, dead, earthy, inanimate, insensate, languid, lifeless, pithless, sapless, set, stone-dead, tuneless), изцъклен (glazy). (various references)

Chinese 

玻璃状. (various references)

Czech

sklovitý (vitreous), skelný (glazed, hyaline, vitreous), lesklý (bright, gleaming, glossal, glossy, polished, resplendent, shining, shiny, tawdry), kluzký (greasy, lubricous, slippery), hladký (even, facile, round, smooth, soft, straight, unlined, unruffled), bezvýrazný (blank, characterless, dead pan, flabby, inexpressive, insipid, noncommittal, tame, vapid), apatický (apathetic, lethargic, listless, torpid). (various references)

Danish

E452iv Calciumpolyphosphat (calciumpolyphosphate, polyphosphates, potassium polyphosphate, sodium calcium polyphosphate, sodium calciumpolyphosphate, sodium polyphosphate), E452iii natriumcalciumpolyphosphat (calciumpolyphosphate, polyphosphates, potassium polyphosphate, sodium calcium polyphosphate, sodium calciumpolyphosphate, sodium polyphosphate), E452ii Kaliumpolyphosphat (calciumpolyphosphate, polyphosphates, potassium polyphosphate, sodium calcium polyphosphate, sodium calciumpolyphosphate, sodium polyphosphate), E452i natriumpolyphosphat (calciumpolyphosphate, polyphosphates, potassium polyphosphate, sodium calcium polyphosphate, sodium calciumpolyphosphate, sodium polyphosphate), E452 polyphosphater (calciumpolyphosphate, polyphosphates, potassium polyphosphate, sodium calcium polyphosphate, sodium calciumpolyphosphate, sodium polyphosphate). (various references)

Dutch

glazig (hyaline), glasachtig (hyaline, hyaloid, vitreous), polyfosfaten (calciumpolyphosphate, polyphosphates, potassium polyphosphate, sodium calcium polyphosphate, sodium calciumpolyphosphate, sodium polyphosphate), natrium-calciumpolyfosfaat, glasachtig (calciumpolyphosphate, polyphosphates, potassium polyphosphate, sodium calcium polyphosphate, sodium calciumpolyphosphate, sodium polyphosphate), E452iv, E452 iv, calciumpolyfosfaat (calciumpolyphosphate, polyphosphates, potassium polyphosphate, sodium calcium polyphosphate, sodium calciumpolyphosphate, sodium polyphosphate), E452iii, E452 iii, natrium-calciumpolyfosfaat (calciumpolyphosphate, polyphosphates, potassium polyphosphate, sodium calcium polyphosphate, sodium calciumpolyphosphate, sodium polyphosphate), E452ii, E452 ii, kaliumpolyfosfaat (calciumpolyphosphate, polyphosphates, potassium polyphosphate, sodium calcium polyphosphate, sodium calciumpolyphosphate, sodium polyphosphate), E452i, E452 i, natriumpolyfosfaat (calciumpolyphosphate, polyphosphates, potassium polyphosphate, sodium calcium polyphosphate, sodium calciumpolyphosphate, sodium polyphosphate), E452 (calciumpolyphosphate, polyphosphates, potassium polyphosphate, sodium calcium polyphosphate, sodium calciumpolyphosphate, sodium polyphosphate). (various references)

Esperanto

vitreca. (various references)

Farsi 

تیز (Acute, Bitter, Brisk, Caustic, Hot, Incisive, Keen, Pike, Poignant, Pointy, Pungent, Sharp, Shrill, Trenchant), تند (Caustic, Discourteous, Fast, Harsh, Hasty, Headlong, Heady, Hot, Inflammable, Intensive, Keen, Paregoric, Peppery, Presto, Pungent, Quick, Racy, Rapid, Rash, Slush, Sour, Spicy, Tart, Transient, Violent, Virulent, Wrench, Yare), زننده (Acrid, Acrimonious, Beater, Garish, Gaunt, Harsh, Hideous, Knocker, Loathsome, Lurid, Nasty, Nippy, Pitapat, Poignant, Pungent, Repellent, Repugnant, Repulsive, Sharp, Squalid, Striker, Tart, Vile), زجاجی (Vitreous), شیشه مانند, شیشه ای (Vitreous), بیحالت , بی نور (Lackluster, Pale). (various references)

Finnish

polyfosfaatit (calciumpolyphosphate, E452, E452(i), E452(ii), E452(iii), E452(iv), polyphosphates, potassium polyphosphate, sodium calcium polyphosphate, sodium calciumpolyphosphate, sodium polyphosphate), peilikirkas, lasimainen, E 452 (calciumpolyphosphate, E452, E452(i), E452(ii), E452(iii), E452(iv), polyphosphates, potassium polyphosphate, sodium calcium polyphosphate, sodium calciumpolyphosphate, sodium polyphosphate). (various references)

French

vitreux, semblable au verre, qui ressemble au verre, polyphosphate calco-sodique, vitreux, E452 polyphosphates, d'un œil vitreux. (various references)

German

glasklar, gläsern (glass, transparent, vitreous, vitreously), glasig (transparent, vitreous, waxy). (various references)

Greek 

γιαλινόσ, υαλώδησ (vitreous), Ε452iv πολυφωσφορικό ασβέστιο (calciumpolyphosphate, E452, E452(i), E452(ii), E452(iii), E452(iv), polyphosphates, potassium polyphosphate, sodium calcium polyphosphate, sodium calciumpolyphosphate, sodium polyphosphate), Ε452iii πολυφωσφορικό ασβέστιο-νάτριο (calciumpolyphosphate, E452, E452(i), E452(ii), E452(iii), E452(iv), polyphosphates, potassium polyphosphate, sodium calcium polyphosphate, sodium calciumpolyphosphate, sodium polyphosphate), Ε452ii πολυφωσφορικό κάλιο (calciumpolyphosphate, E452, E452(i), E452(ii), E452(iii), E452(iv), polyphosphates, potassium polyphosphate, sodium calcium polyphosphate, sodium calciumpolyphosphate, sodium polyphosphate), Ε452i πολυφωσφορικό νάτριο (calciumpolyphosphate, E452, E452(i), E452(ii), E452(iii), E452(iv), polyphosphates, potassium polyphosphate, sodium calcium polyphosphate, sodium calciumpolyphosphate, sodium polyphosphate), Ε452 πολυφωσφορικά άλατα (calciumpolyphosphate, E452, E452(i), E452(ii), E452(iii), E452(iv), polyphosphates, potassium polyphosphate, sodium calcium polyphosphate, sodium calciumpolyphosphate, sodium polyphosphate). (various references)

Hebrew 

זכוכי (transparent, vitreous), זגוגי (vitreous). (various references)

Hungarian

üveges (glaze, glazier, glazy), tükörszerű, sima (calm, chimaera, clean, flat, glib, glossy, like a mill-pond, plane, sedate, sleek, slick, smooth, smooth air, smooth as glass, smooth working, soft, untroubled), kifejezéstelen (expressionless, inexpressive, null, vacant, vacuous), üvegszerű (vitreous), élettelen (breathless, exanimate, inanimate, inert, inorganic, lifeless). (various references)

Indonesian

mengaca (become glassy, look in the mirror). (various references)

Italian

E452(iv), polifosfato di calcio (calciumpolyphosphate, E452, E452(i), E452(ii), E452(iii), E452(iv), polyphosphates, potassium polyphosphate, sodium calcium polyphosphate, sodium calciumpolyphosphate, sodium polyphosphate), E452 polifosfati (calciumpolyphosphate, E452, E452(i), E452(ii), E452(iii), E452(iv), polyphosphates, potassium polyphosphate, sodium calcium polyphosphate, sodium calciumpolyphosphate, sodium polyphosphate). (various references)

Korean 

투명한 (sheer, transparent). (various references)

Manx

glonnoil (glacial). (various references)

Pig Latin

assyglay.(various references)

Portuguese

vítreo (glazed, glazy, vitreous), transparente (articulate, clear, filmy, gauzy, lucid, pellucid, translucent, transpicuous), hialino (vitreous), hialóide, E452iv polifosfatos de cálcio (calciumpolyphosphate, E452, E452(i), E452(ii), E452(iii), E452(iv), polyphosphates, potassium polyphosphate, sodium calcium polyphosphate, sodium calciumpolyphosphate, sodium polyphosphate), E452iii polifosfatos de sódio e de cálcio (calciumpolyphosphate, E452, E452(i), E452(ii), E452(iii), E452(iv), polyphosphates, potassium polyphosphate, sodium calcium polyphosphate, sodium calciumpolyphosphate, sodium polyphosphate), E452ii polifosfato de potássio (calciumpolyphosphate, E452, E452(i), E452(ii), E452(iii), E452(iv), polyphosphates, potassium polyphosphate, sodium calcium polyphosphate, sodium calciumpolyphosphate, sodium polyphosphate), E452i polifosfato de sódio (calciumpolyphosphate, E452, E452(i), E452(ii), E452(iii), E452(iv), polyphosphates, potassium polyphosphate, sodium calcium polyphosphate, sodium calciumpolyphosphate, sodium polyphosphate), E452 polifosfatos (calciumpolyphosphate, E452, E452(i), E452(ii), E452(iii), E452(iv), polyphosphates, potassium polyphosphate, sodium calcium polyphosphate, sodium calciumpolyphosphate, sodium polyphosphate). (various references)

Romanian

vitros (vitreous), transparent (clear, fine-spun, flimsy, gauzy, glasslike, hyaloid, lucent, pellucid, perspicuous, thin, translucent, transparent), sticlos (glossy, hyaline, hyaloid, vitreous), ca sticlã. (various references)

Russian 

стеклянный (glass, vitreous). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

staklen (glass, vitreous), bezizrazan (blank, deadpan, dull, fishy, glazy, unmeaning). (various references)

Spanish

vidrioso (glazed), E452iv polifosfatos de calcio (calciumpolyphosphate, E452, E452(i), E452(ii), E452(iii), E452(iv), polyphosphates, potassium polyphosphate, sodium calcium polyphosphate, sodium calciumpolyphosphate, sodium polyphosphate), E452iii polifosfato doble de sodio y calcio (calciumpolyphosphate, E452, E452(i), E452(ii), E452(iii), E452(iv), polyphosphates, potassium polyphosphate, sodium calcium polyphosphate, sodium calciumpolyphosphate, sodium polyphosphate), E452ii polifosfato potásico (calciumpolyphosphate, E452, E452(i), E452(ii), E452(iii), E452(iv), polyphosphates, potassium polyphosphate, sodium calcium polyphosphate, sodium calciumpolyphosphate, sodium polyphosphate), E452i polifosfato sódico (calciumpolyphosphate, E452, E452(i), E452(ii), E452(iii), E452(iv), polyphosphates, potassium polyphosphate, sodium calcium polyphosphate, sodium calciumpolyphosphate, sodium polyphosphate), E452 polifosfatos (calciumpolyphosphate, E452, E452(i), E452(ii), E452(iii), E452(iv), polyphosphates, potassium polyphosphate, sodium calcium polyphosphate, sodium calciumpolyphosphate, sodium polyphosphate). (various references)

Swedish

glasartad (glasslike, vitreous). (various references)

Turkish

donuk (blear, blurred, clouded, colourless, dead, diaphanous, dim, dull, dullish, frosty, inanimate, mat, Matt, opaque, toneless), dalgın (absent, absent minded, abstracted, deep, distrait, dreamy, engrossed, far away, far off, faraway, lost, meditative, moony, pensive, plunged in thought, preoccupied, reflective, ruminant, ruminative, self-absorbed, stargazer, thoughtful, unheedful, vacant, vacuous, vague, wandering, wistful, woolgathering), camsı, cam gibi (glazed, hyaline, hyaloid, vitreous), ayna gibi. (various references)

Turkmen 

aяnalamak (make glassy). (various references)

Ukrainian

скляний (glass, vitreous), глянсуватий (enamellar, glazy, lustrous), прозорий (bright, clear, crystal clear, crystalline, gossamer, hyaline, limpid, liquid, pellucid, perspicuous, see through, sheer, transparent, unclouded), дзеркальний (hyaline, specular). (various references)

Vietnamese 

như thuỷ tinh có tính chất thuỷ tinh đờ đẫn. (various references)

vitreus. (various references)

Misspellings

"Glassy" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: gassey, glacy, glas, glases, glasey, glasis, glasse, Glassey, Glassie, glasss, glasto, gleasy, gliss, Glsi, Glssi, gpass, lassy. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: gassy, glass, lyssa, slags, slays.

-2 letters: agly, gals, gays, lags, lass, lays, sags, sagy, sals, says, slag, slay.

-3 letters: als, ass, ays, gal, gas, gay, lag, las, lay, sag, sal, say, sly.

-4 letters: ag, al, as, ay, la, ya.

+1 letter: gassily.

+2 letters: eyeglass, glassily, glossary, grassily, slayings, spyglass.

+3 letters: agelessly, langsynes.

+4 letters: eyeglasses, scallywags, slashingly, smashingly, spyglasses.

+5 letters: caressingly, classifying, galactosyls, glycosidase, glycosurias, gracelessly, gypsophilas, hypoglossal, polygamists, sagaciously, semasiology.