Word Meanings - GLASSSPONGE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

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.
• General
  Relating to a genus or kind; pertaining to a whole class or order; as, a general law of animal or vegetable economy.
• Generated
  of Generate
• Glass-faced
  Mirror-faced; reflecting the sentiments of another.
• Glasswort
  A seashore plant of the Spinach family (Salicornia herbacea), with succulent jointed stems; also, a prickly plant of the same family (Salsola Kali), both formerly burned for the sake of the ashes, which yield soda for making glass and soap.
• ALLINEATIONALINEEATION
  Alignment; position in a straight line, as of two planets with the sun. Whewell. The allineation of the two planets. C. A. Young.
• Allineation
  Alt. of Alineation
• Callithumpian
  Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a callithump.
• Generalia
  Generalities; general terms.
• Generating
  of Generate
• Glassfuls
  of Glassful
• Glassy
  Made of glass; vitreous; as, a glassy substance.
• CALLIGRAPHICCALLIGRAPHICAL
  Of or pertaining to calligraphy. Excellence in the calligraphic act. T. Warton.
• Allision
  The act of dashing against, or striking upon.
• Callidity
  Acuteness of discernment; cunningness; shrewdness.
• Callosan
  Of the callosum.
• Generalissimo
  The chief commander of an army; especially, the commander in chief of an army consisting of two or more grand divisions under separate commanders; -- a title used in most foreign countries.
• Generate
  To beget; to procreate; to propagate; to produce (a being similar to the parent); to engender; as, every animal generates its own species.

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