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A transparent crystalline substance, C6H5.CO.NH2, obtained by the action of ammonia upon chloride of benzoyl, as also by several other reactions with benzoyl compounds.

A small, oval, transparent jellyfish, belonging to the Ctenophora.

A mineral of great hardness, and, when transparent, of much beauty. It occurs in hexagonal prisms, commonly of a green or bluish green color, but also yellow, pink, and white. It is a silicate of aluminium and glucinum (beryllium). The aquamarine is a transparent, sea-green variety used as a gem. The emerald is another…

Being of the color of the silkworm; transparent with a yellow tint. E. Darwin.

Transmitting light; clear; transparent. From the brightest wines He 'd turn abhorrent. Thomson.

A globule of air, or globular vacuum, in a transparent solid; as, bubbles in window glass, or in a lens.

A bleb; a vesicle, or an elevation of the cuticle, containing a transparent watery fluid.

Native lead carbonate; a mineral occurring in colorless, white, or yellowish transparent crystals, with an adamantine, also massive and compact.

used anciently as an astringent and a cosmetic. -- Chian turpentine, a fragrant, almost transparent turpentine, obtained from the Pistacia Terebinthus.

Any species of the genus Cicada. They are large hemipterous insects, with nearly transparent wings. The male makes a shrill sound by pecular organs in the under side of the abdomen, consisting of a pair of stretched membranes, acted upon by powerful muscles. A noted American species (C. septendecim) is called the seven…

The act or process of making clear or transparent, by freeing visible impurities; as, the clarification of wine.

To grow or become clear or transparent; to become free from feculent impurities, as wine or other liquid under clarification.

Free from opaqueness; transparent; bright; light; luminous; unclouded. The stream is so transparent, pure, and clear. Denham. Fair as the moon, clear as the sun. Canticles vi. 10.

A lepidop terous insect with partially transparent wings, of the family Ægeriadæ, of which the currant and peach-tree borers are examples.

A hydrous borate of lime occurring in transparent colorless or white crystals, also massive, in Southern California.

Without color; not distinguished by any hue; transparent; as, colorless water.

The transparent part of the coat of the eyeball which covers the iris and pupil and admits light to the interior. See Eye.

of its harsh irritating action on the body tissue. Usually it is in the form of a heavy, transparent, crystalline substance, easily soluble, and of an acrid, burning taste. It is a virulent poison, a powerful antiseptic, and an exellent antisyphilitic; called also mercuric bichloride. It is to be carefully distinguish…

To copy, as a design or painting, by tracing with a pencil on oiled paper, or other transparent substance.

The material of quartz, in crystallization transparent or nearly so, and either colorless or slightly tinged with gray, or the like; - - called also rock crystal. Ornamental vessels are made of it. Cf. Smoky quartz, Pebble; also Brazilian pebble, under Brazilian.