Word Meanings - CASSIUS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A brownish purple pigment, obtained by the action of some compounds of tin upon certain salts of gold. It is used in painting and staining porcelain and glass to give a beautiful purple color. Commonly called Purple of Cassius.

• Obtained
  of Obtain
• Pigmental
  Alt. of Pigmentary
• Stainless
  Free from stain; immaculate.
• GLASSSNAKE
  A long, footless lizard (Ophiosaurus ventralis), of the Southern United States; -- so called from its fragility, the tail easily breaking into small pieces. It grows to the length of three feet. The name is applied also to similar species found in the O
• Callisthenics
  See Calisthenic, Calisthenics.
• Certainness
  Certainty.
• Colorist
  One who colors; an artist who excels in the use of colors; one to whom coloring is of prime importance.
• Glasshouse
  A house where glass is made; a commercial house that deals in glassware.
• Obtaining
  of Obtain
• Pigmentary
  Of or pertaining to pigments; furnished with pigments.
• Stainlessly
  In a stainless manner.
• GLASSSPONGE
  A siliceous sponge, of the genus Hyalonema, and allied genera; -- so called from their glassy fibers or spicules; -- called also vitreous sponge. See Glass-rope, and Euplectella.
• Callithump
  A somewhat riotous parade, accompanied with the blowing of tin horns, and other discordant noises; also, a burlesque serenade; a charivari.
• Certainties
  of Certainty
• Colorless
  Without color; not distinguished by any hue; transparent; as, colorless water.
• Glassily
  So as to resemble glass.
• Pigmentation
  A deposition, esp. an excessive deposition, of coloring matter; as, pigmentation of the liver.

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