antimony |
a chemical element that has fifty-one protons in each nucleus and forms a brittle bluish white metal crystal, used in hard alloys, electrical components, and medicines. (symbol: Sb) |
bubble bath |
a bath with an added liquid, crystal, or powder preparation that creates thick suds and perfumes and softens the water. [2 definitions] |
crystal |
made of or like crystal. [1/7 definitions] |
crystal ball |
a globe of glass or quartz crystal used by fortune-tellers to foretell events in the future. |
crystal detector |
a simple radio receiver made of a semiconducting crystal touched by a fine wire. |
crystal gazing |
the practice of studying and interpreting images of future events, supposed to appear in a ball of polished glass or crystal. |
crystalline |
of or made of crystal. [3 definitions] |
crystallite |
a tiny crystal that typically forms as a material cools. |
crystallo- |
crystal. |
crystalloid |
like or of the nature of a crystal or crystalloid. [1/3 definitions] |
crystal pickup |
a phonograph pickup that used a piezoelectric crystal. |
crystal set |
an early form of radio receiver that used a crystal detector. |
dextrorotatory |
of or designating a crystal or compound that turns the plane of polarized light to the right. (Cf. levorotatory.) [1/2 definitions] |
dislocation |
an imperfection in the atomic structure of a crystal. [1/2 definitions] |
epitaxy |
the growth of a crystalline layer on an existing crystal that guides its development. |
flint glass |
a bright fusible optical glass that contains lead oxide and is used for lenses and crystal. |
-hedron |
a solid geometric figure or crystal that has (such) a number or type of surfaces. |
hemihedral |
of a crystal, having only half the faces necessary for complete symmetry. |
hemitrope |
a compound crystal composed of two or more parts or crystals facing each other. |
iodine |
a highly reactive chemical element of the halogen group that has fifty-three protons in each nucleus and occurs naturally in compounds such as salts, and in pure form as a poisonous bluish black crystal. (symbol: I) [1/2 definitions] |
isometric |
of or pertaining to a crystal system that has three equal axes at right angles to each other. [1/4 definitions] |