crystals

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Synonyms for crystals

noun hard piece of earth's surface

Word Origin & History

Old English cristal "clear ice, clear mineral," from Old French cristal (12c., Modern French crystal), from Latin crystallus "crystal, ice," from Greek krystallos, from kryos "frost," from PIE root *kru(s)- "hard, hard outer surface" (see crust). Spelling adopted the Latin form 15c.-17c. The mineral has been so-called since Old English; it was regarded by the ancients as a sort of fossilized ice. As a shortened form of crystal-glass it dates from 1590s. As an adjective, from late 14c.

Example Sentences for crystals

Crystals of iodine as opposed to permanganate of potash for antiseptic he discussed.

Crystals of frost puffed out as the water vapor left the air.

"Crystals," Rawson tried to tell himself, but he knew they were not.

From this it was only a step to the earth's strata, fossils, crystals—a fresh lecture.

These crystals gradually cover and enclose the active material.

These crystals may be used for all the purposes for which lemon-juice is employed.

There are more fools in the world, Mr. Sutherland, than there are crystals in its mountains.

Hence, the observations should be confirmed by isolation of the crystals of brommethylfurfural.

In another apartment the crystals are all in the form of rosettes.

You can gain it in that way by gazing into crystals, and so on.