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vitreous

adjective as in glassy

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They are transparent to translucent, with a vitreous lustre, and are of an emerald-green to blackish-green colour.

They spoke authoritatively about infusions into the vitreous humor and subsequent absorption.

This he dropped into some molten lead, but it was nearly all exhaled in smoke, and the residue was simply of a vitreous character.

And now another suggestion, based on the fact that slag is vitreous, is put forth, namely to convert it into glass.

It forms the processus falciformis, and from it is derived the vitreous humour.

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On this page you'll find 12 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to vitreous, such as: clear, glasslike, hyaline, hyaloid, translucent, and transparent.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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