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Belleek |
a thin, glossy Irish pottery that resembles porcelain. |
brilliantine |
a perfumed hairdressing used to make hair glossy and manageable. |
broadtail |
the wavy, glossy black pelt of a newborn or stillborn karakul lamb. |
calender |
a machine in which paper or cloth is pressed between rollers to make it smooth or glossy. [1/2 definitions] |
cowry |
a tropical marine mollusk having a glossy and colorfully marked shell that is used as money in some Asian and African cultures. [1/2 definitions] |
enamel |
a glossy, usu. opaque coating fused by heat to metal, glass, pottery, or other surfaces for protection or decoration, or objects so coated. [2/5 definitions] |
ficus |
any of various tropical plants, bushes, or trees of the mulberry family, having large glossy leaves and often cultivated as houseplants. |
galyak |
a flat, glossy fur made from lamb or kid pelts. |
glacé |
having a glazed, frosted, or glossy surface; candied or iced. [1/2 definitions] |
glaze |
a glossy coating on food. [1/9 definitions] |
glossy |
a photographic print on glossy paper. [2/5 definitions] |
great laurel |
a large wild rhododendron of the eastern United States that has thick glossy dark green leaves and bears clusters of white or pink flowers. |
japan |
to apply japan, or a similar glossy finish, to. [1/4 definitions] |
jet-black |
of or pertaining to a dark, glossy, black color. |
lacquer |
any of several glossy varnishes made from resin or cellulose and sometimes mixed with a solvent, used as a protective coating for wood and other materials. [2 definitions] |
lustrous |
shining; glossy; bright. [1/2 definitions] |
lutestring |
a glossy silk material, formerly used for women's clothing. |
marten |
any of several carnivorous weasel-like mammals of northern forests that hunt mostly in trees and have dark glossy fur. [1/2 definitions] |
mother-of-pearl |
the glossy hard iridescent substance that forms the inner surface of some shells and is commonly used in jewelry and inlaid decoration. |
patent leather |
leather that is treated in a formerly patented process to achieve a hard, glossy, usu. black finish. |
pearl |
a smooth, hard, glossy deposit, valued as a gem, that is formed inside the shells of oysters and some other mollusks to cover an irritant object such as a grain of sand. [1/8 definitions] |
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