silver bell
(ˈsɪl vərˌbæk)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
any North American shrub or small tree of the genus Halesia, of the storax family, having toothed leaves and drooping white bell-shaped flowers. Also called silver-bell tree.
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gong
Webster Dictionary
a flat saucerlike bell, rung by striking it with a small hammer which is connected with it by various mechanical devices; a stationary bell, used to sound calls or alarms; -- called also gong bell
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halesia
Webster Dictionary
a genus of American shrubs containing several species, called snowdrop trees, or silver-bell trees. They have showy, white flowers, drooping on slender pedicels
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silver
Webster Dictionary
of or pertaining to silver; made of silver; as, silver leaf; a silver cup
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toll
Webster Dictionary
to cause to sound, as a bell, with strokes slowly and uniformly repeated; as, to toll the funeral bell
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yoke
Webster Dictionary
a frame or convex piece by which a bell is hung for ringing it. See Illust. of Bell
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bell
Webster Dictionary
to develop bells or corollas; to take the form of a bell; to blossom; as, hops bell
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vesper
(ˈvɛs pər)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
Also called vesper bell. a bell rung at evening.
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silver
Webster Dictionary
to cover with silver; to give a silvery appearance to by applying a metal of a silvery color; as, to silver a pin; to silver a glass mirror plate with an amalgam of tin and mercury
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pyrargyrite
Webster Dictionary
ruby silver; dark red silver ore. It is a sulphide of antimony and silver, occurring in rhombohedral crystals or massive, and is of a dark red or black color with a metallic adamantine luster
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argentite
Webster Dictionary
sulphide of silver; -- also called vitreous silver, or silver glance. It has a metallic luster, a lead-gray color, and is sectile like lead
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stephanite
Webster Dictionary
a sulphide of antimony and silver of an iron-black color and metallic luster; called also black silver, and brittle silver ore
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curfew
Webster Dictionary
the ringing of an evening bell, originally a signal to the inhabitants to cover fires, extinguish lights, and retire to rest, -- instituted by William the Conqueror; also, the bell itself
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bell
Webster Dictionary
to make bell-mouthed; as, to bell a tube
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bell-bottom
(ˈbɛlˌbɜrd)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
bell-bottoms, (used with a pl. v.) bell-bottom trousers.
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silver medal
(silver medal, silver)
Princeton's WordNet
a trophy made of silver (or having the appearance of silver) that is usually awarded for winning second place in a competition
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silver
(silver medal, silver)
Princeton's WordNet
a trophy made of silver (or having the appearance of silver) that is usually awarded for winning second place in a competition
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coin silver
(coin silver)
Princeton's WordNet
a silver of the degree of purity established for making legal silver coins
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silverware
(silverware)
Princeton's WordNet
tableware made of silver or silver plate or pewter or stainless steel
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silverware
(ˈsɪl vərˌwɛər)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
articles, esp. flatware, made of silver, silver-plated metals, stainless steel, etc.
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argentous
Webster Dictionary
of, pertaining to, or containing, silver; -- said of certain silver compounds in which silver has a higher proportion than in argentic compounds; as, argentous chloride
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argentite
(argentite)
Princeton's WordNet
a valuable silver ore consisting of silver sulfide (Ag2S)
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silver foil
(ˈsɪl vərˌfɪʃ)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
silver or silver-colored metal in foil form.
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clapper
Webster Dictionary
that which strikes or claps, as the tongue of a bell, or the piece of wood that strikes a mill hopper, etc. See Illust. of Bell
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dependent
(ɪˈpɛn dənt)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
used only in connection with other forms, not in isolation; subordinate. In I walked out when the bell rang, when the bell rang is a dependent clause.
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silver
(silver)
Princeton's WordNet
coat with a layer of silver or a silver amalgam
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tellurium
(tellurium, Te, atomic number 52)
Princeton's WordNet
a brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur; it is used in alloys and as a semiconductor; occurs mainly as tellurides in ores of copper and nickel and silver and gold
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atomic number 52
(tellurium, Te, atomic number 52)
Princeton's WordNet
a brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur; it is used in alloys and as a semiconductor; occurs mainly as tellurides in ores of copper and nickel and silver and gold
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te
(tellurium, Te, atomic number 52)
Princeton's WordNet
a brittle silver-white metalloid element that is related to selenium and sulfur; it is used in alloys and as a semiconductor; occurs mainly as tellurides in ores of copper and nickel and silver and gold
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bell crank
Webster Dictionary
a lever whose two arms form a right angle, or nearly a right angle, having its fulcrum at the apex of the angle. It is used in bell pulls and in changing the direction of bell wires at angles of rooms, etc., and also in machinery
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