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crystal
crystal is a 7-letter English word with 12 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The regular form which a substance tends to assume in solidifying, through the inherent power of cohesive attraction. It is bounded by plane surfaces, symmetrically arranged, and each species of crystal has fixed axial ratios. See Crystallization. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 13 · 12 senses
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- 1noun
The regular form which a substance tends to assume in solidifying, through the inherent power of cohesive attraction. It is bounded by plane surfaces, symmetrically arranged, and each species of crystal has fixed axial ratios. See Crystallization.
- 2noun
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.
- 3noun
A species of glass, more perfect in its composition and manufacture than common glass, and often cut into ornamental forms. See Flint glass.
- 4noun
The glass over the dial of a watch case.
- 5noun
Anything resembling crystal, as clear water, etc.
- 6adjective
Consisting of, or like, crystal; clear; transparent; lucid; pellucid; crystalline.
- 7noun
a protective cover that protects the face of a watch
- 8noun
glassware made of quartz
- 9noun
a crystalline element used as a component in various electronic devices
- 10noun
a rock formed by the solidification of a substance; has regularly repeating internal structure; external plane faces
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- 11noun
colorless glass made of almost pure silica
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- 12noun
a solid formed by the solidification of a chemical and having a highly regular atomic structure
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